Senior Operational Analyst

Our Director of Regulations Division is looking to welcome a Senior Operational Analyst to their widely successful team.

In this role, you will combine your operational skills and line management experience with your ability to manipulate and analyse large data sets and respond with accurate information at pace to complex requests.

This role can be worked from any one of our HSE office locations, and has a multitude of benefits, including flexible working and a Civil Service pension. To find out how you can start your HSE journey, follow the link below to find out more.

Performance and Assurance Team Leader

Effective performance management and assurance is an ongoing activity and an integral part of leadership and management. Performance management and assurance is a collection of processes and behaviours for adoption by everyone in the team and is more than the monitoring of key performance indicators. It embraces all activities that are designed to support the effective delivery of our services. The key elements collectively provide a holistic view of performance and include quality assurance, outcomes, key indicators, compliance, financial planning, data and information, workforce and workload analysis, customer and user engagement, business planning and risk register review and monitoring.

The Performance and Assurance Manager plays a key role in ensuring that our Performance Framework is robust and that appropriate process and behaviours are in place and embedded to effectively manage and optimise performance and assurance across our Customer Service functions. This includes:

Embed a high-performance culture across the team
Support the Performance and Assurance Manager in effective business planning
Support the Head of Customer Services in effective internal and external key targets and performance indicators
Support the Performance and Assurance Manager in the maintenance of systematic, robust quality assurance processes, always driving for incremental gains
Manage robust data quality processes
Ensure effective monitoring, evaluation and review of performance management processes and activities
The creation, collection, analysis and utilisation of data and information to track and manage performance, and drive improvements across the service

Head of Business Assurance and Risk

We have an exciting opportunity to join our growing team.

You will lead the business assurance function, providing direction, expert advice and constructive challenge to senior leaders and colleagues across HSE including the Executive Committee (ExCo) and the Audit Risk and Assurance Committee (ARAC)) to drive a more robust and consistent approach to compliance, control and assurance.

Specialist Inspector – Construction Engineering

The Construction Engineering Specialist Team (CEST) comprises 4 Principal Specialist Inspectors, holding the role of Technical Strategy Lead, and 2 Principal Specialist Inspectors holding the role of Team Leader. Each Team Leader heads a team of up to 8 Specialist Inspectors located across Great Britain.

As a Construction Engineering Specialist, you’ll work alongside other technical specialists to ensure the work activities of those we regulate are operating within the legislative framework by inspecting, investigating, and assessing companies.

Your work with HSE will make the most of your experience – whether that’s evaluating the guidance being given to the emergency services in a rescue situation after an incident, identifying the cause of a structural collapse or providing technical assistance to colleagues undertaking complex investigations into serious incidents involving plant and equipment. This role will broaden your knowledge and challenge your engineering skills.

On joining HSE, all new specialist inspectors are required to complete a 2-year Specialist Training Programme (STP). This two-year programme comprises both in depth legal training and assessments and also any further technical training that may be required. Training will take place in work time.

Head of Organisational Development and Design

This role sits within the HSE’s Human Resources Division (HRD) and will be responsible for organisational development, design and learning and development. You will be part of the HR Senior Leadership Team and will report to the HR Director. You will lead a team which will grow up to around 30 FTE in the next two years.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the OD and D function within HSE which will involve a mix of ‘doing OD&D’ (designing and delivering OD&D interventions) and ‘leading OD&D’ (being accountable for the delivery of inputs from other practitioners) and managing a team of between 30 – 35 OD and D specialists.
People Strategy – Lead the implementation of an innovative People/HR strategy that aligns and contributes to the achievement of the organisations mission, vision and values, while fostering an exemplary organisational culture. Working closely with key stakeholders, including the CEO and exec group.
Culture Change / Change Management – Apply leadership and organisation development practices to the portfolio of strategic change projects. Work in partnership with Deloitte as strategic people lead, to transform how HSE delivers people change and to uplift senior leaders’ capability to successfully lead people through change.
Management, Leadership, and Executive Development: Lead initiatives to identify and cultivate future leaders. Design and execute development programs to build leadership and executive capabilities, including a program to create a high-performing executive team.
Learning & Development: Manage the full cycle of learning and development from identification to evaluation, covering all aspects of behavioural and technical learning.
Talent Development: Lead talent development initiatives such as apprenticeships, coaching, mentoring, and “grow your own” schemes to build a skilled and sustainable workforce. Develop and implement career development programs to provide clear growth pathways for colleagues and leaders.
Digital Learning and Technology: Oversee learning technologies and digital HR, focusing on implementing a learning management system and enhancing digital literacy. Integrating artificial intelligence and modernised people technologies across the organisation.
Organisational Development: Provide leadership on organisation development workstreams, succession and workforce planning ensuring fit for purpose OD solutions that support business needs both now and in the future. Challenge conventional approaches to drive forward change, delivering continuous improvement and alignment with the target operating model.
Regulatory and Inspector Training: Collaborate with key stakeholders within and outside of HSE to create and implement a learning and development strategy for the Building Safety Regulator post-Grenfell Towers and the UK’s Chemical Regulator following the EU transition, providing leadership in a complex and ambiguous environment. Additionally, lead the regulatory training teams across the organisation.
Stakeholder Management: Provide data insights and briefings to executive colleagues on strategic workforce issues, ensuring visibility and informed decision-making on HR priorities. Engage with key stakeholders and senior leadership teams across the business, including various committees, trade unions, staff networks, and subgroups as needed.

Project Manager

This exciting opportunity will be based at the HSE Science and Research Centre, our research laboratory and unique outdoor testing facilities, in Buxton, Derbyshire and you will be working as part of our Science Division Project Management Team.

DO you have experience as a Project Manager? If so, this is a fantastic opportunity to deliver projects that make a real difference to protecting people across Great Britain’s workplaces.

As Project Manager (PM), you will be working on a portfolio of medium-high risk science and engineering based health and safety related projects, generally using waterfall methodology. You will be part of a team of PM specialists and will oversee a diverse portfolio of projects, for both commercial clients and HSE while collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.

We are looking for candidates who:

Have a Nationally recognised project management qualification.
Have project management experience, demonstrating strong knowledge and application, with a proven track record of successful project delivery.
Have effective communicating and influencing skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring on-time and on-budget completion.
Experience in risk management, including identifying and mitigating potential risks throughout the project life-cycle.
Strong financial management skills, including budgeting and cost estimation.
Experience in project scheduling, resource allocation, with excellent negotiation skills.
Willing to work towards additional APM qualification.

Biocides Regulatory Operations Adviser

Our Chemical Regulations Division are excited to welcome two Biocides Regulatory Operations Advisers to their successful and growing team.

If successful, you will be supporting colleagues in taking regulatory decisions and establishing positions by providing accurate advice on the implementation of the relevant regulations as well as proactively identifying and escalating potential issues affecting the practical operation of the biocides regulatory schemes and help develop handling strategies.

Interested? For further information, follow the link below for more information about how you can start your HSE journey. Or to get an insight into what a day in the life of a Biocides Operations Advisor looks like, see our leaflet – Day in the Life Of – Biocides – to find out more.

Principal Building Safety Regulatory Lead

Within High-Risk Building (HRB) Regulation there are two distinct functions: Building Control and In-Occupation. This advert contains one role in each function.

The Building Control function is about ensuring HRBs are designed and built to meet the functional requirements of the Building Regulations.
The In-Occupation function includes delivery of the Building Assessment Certificate (BAC) applications to ensure that building safety risks associated with occupied HRBs are being managed and controlled to protect residents’ safety. This post will require leading a team who are based in Cardiff.

As an Operational Delivery Team Leader (also known as Principal Regulatory lead) you will be responsible for leading and managing Building Safety Regulatory leads, who are responsible for the regulatory decisions. These Regulatory leads will themselves be co-ordinating multidisciplinary teams (MDT) with regulatory partners including Building control and the Fire rescue service and structural engineers, who will provide the expertise to support decision-making.

You will be responsible for Operational Delivery, strategic oversight and leadership for effective and efficient delivery of regulatory compliance for HRBs that ensures residents feel safe and are safe in and around the built environment.

HM Inspector of Quarries

As a HM Inspector of Health and Safety (Quarries) you will report to HM Chief Inspector of Mines and be responsible for securing compliance with relevant health and safety legislation, the reduction in risk and the improvement of health and safety standards in quarrying activities in Great Britain by inspection, investigation and where necessary, the enforcement of the legislation.

The post carries a significant workload and a high level of personal responsibility for decision making. You will be expected to provide support and professional advice to colleagues on operational and regulatory matters, using your knowledge and skills, across industry sectors within Energy Division (Onshore boreholes and Renewable Energy) and other HSE Divisions.

We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate:

Effective communication skills to influence change at all levels in the organisations we regulate;
Sound analytical skills to identify underlying gaps and deficiencies related to risk management;
Effective organisational and planning skills taking responsibility for delivering expected outcomes on time and to the required standard;
The ability to work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, maintaining positive professional working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders;
The ability to produce effective technical reports and present complex technical information in a clear and concise way for a non-technical audience.

HM Principal Inspector of Mines

As a HM Principal Inspector of Health and Safety (Mines) you will report to HM Chief Inspector of Mines and be responsible for securing compliance with relevant health and safety legislation, the reduction in risk and the improvement of health and safety standards in underground mining activities in Great Britain by inspection, investigation and where necessary, the enforcement of the legislation.

The post carries a significant workload and a high level of personal responsibility for decision making. You will be expected to provide support and professional advice to colleagues on operational and regulatory matters, using your knowledge and skills, across industry sectors within Energy Division (Mines, Quarries, Onshore boreholes, and Renewable Energy) and other HSE Divisions.

We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate:

Good communication skills to influence change at all levels in the organisations we regulate
Sound analytical skills to identify underlying gaps and deficiencies related to health and safety risk management
Good organisational and planning skills, taking personal responsibility for delivering expected outcomes on time and to the required standard
The ability to work collaboratively as art of a multi-disciplinary team, maintaining positive professional working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders
The ability to produce effective technical reports, also to present complex technical information in a clear and concise way for a non-technical audience