Head of Health, Safety, Wellbeing and Business Partnering

The HR Division (HRD) is a strategic, corporate, expert division which provides services to the organisation. Therefore, its role is to meet the needs of the organisation by developing, promoting, implementing and embedding best practice in people leadership and management. In addition, HRD is responsible for enabling people to develop and grow and fulfil their potential at work and by ensuring that the organisation is successful.

Upcoming priorities for the whole Division include delivering recruitment remains HR’s number one priority, ensuring we can meet the demands of the organisation whilst continually improving our approach and supporting this with a structured approach to talent through quality development activity; Aligning our reward strategies with our business aims, reviewing and reforming our pay structures; Improving diversity and inclusion as well as reducing bullying, harassment and discrimination is key.

We are focused on increasing BAME representation in our workforce as well as growing the number of women in senior roles. Focus on strengthening our health safety and wellbeing arrangements to support and enable colleagues to work in a healthy environment is important to us, no more so than in current times; Continuing to invest in raising the skills and professionalism of our corporate HR capability and in securing better value from external/ shared service supplier. The candidate can be based in any HSE office outside of London, but a regular presence in Bootle (where many of the HR Division are located) will be required.

Business Partnering

Provision of an expert business- focused HR business partner service to HSE’s Divisions.

Health, Safety and Wellbeing

Establish and implement an HSW strategy ensuring HSW arrangements and their outputs contribute to business planning, risk management and overall business performance monitoring.
Lead on all aspects of health and wellbeing within HSE, ensuring appropriate systems and monitoring are in place to ensure the successful safeguarding of HSE employees.

Business Management

Lead focus on tracking, monitoring and iterating the HR Division’s activity to analyse and drive business performance across HRD to support HSE outputs.
Set and oversee the strategic direction across HSE for workforce planning and future shaping activity to deliver the HSE strategy.
Lead on organisational design within HSE

Fixed Term Administrative Officers

We have a fantastic opportunity for 3 administrators to join our Building Safety Division for up to 18 months with the potential of extension or permanency dependent on business requirement.

Providing a consistent customer service, you will support your colleagues in the delivery of pivotal projects across the division, making valuable contributions and suggestions, evidencing your commitment to continuous improvement. You will be a team-player, organised and able to effectively manage your workload.

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Senior Regulatory Toxicologists

Our Chemical Regulations Division have an exciting opportunity for three Senior Regulatory Toxicologists to join their growing and diverse teams based across the UK.

You will apply your expert knowledge and experience to assess human health hazards and risks of a variety of chemicals. You will independently evaluate data from regulatory studies (including animal data), presenting your interpretations to independent scientists and other government departments. This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual looking to make a vital impact in an organisation that strives to keep people safe.

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Head of Performance

The Head of Performance role within Director of Regulation’s Divisional Support Unit acts as the single point of contact within Divisional Support Unit for delivery and performance reporting to 3 Operational Divisions’ Senior Leadership Teams and Director of Regulation Office. This is an influential and high profile role within HSE’s operational Divisions providing high quality workload and performance reporting to 3 operational divisions.

Key Responsibilities

Leading the production, analysis and narratives for a range of weekly and monthly standardised reports and operational delivery dashboards to; Divisional, Unit and Group level to support effective workload management and management of performance against a range of Key Performance Indicators across a diverse range of regulatory processes/activities.
Development of bespoke divisional performance reporting to enable a suite of reporting for regulatory processes supporting achievement of KPI’s to supplement and adapt reporting available on HSE corporate systems (e.g. gathering and reporting projected reporting against KPI’s)
Direct the provision of Divisional level management information for Divisional Senior Leadership Teams and Director of Regulation presenting trends and lead indicators for regulatory processes underpinning achievement of KPI.
Support Divisional Support Team Band 2 in identifying the scope and design of deep dives into regulatory processes and lead on production of comprehensive analysis and discussion at a senior level in order to identify opportunities for improvements.
Act as main point of contact with business intelligence community to ensure provision of corporate data meets the needs of divisional reporting across 3 operational divisions including the development and validation of bespoke data sets.

Head of IT Service Management

About Service Management.

The Information and Technology Services (ITS) Division is responsible for delivering all IT Services to enable HSE to deliver its strategic and delivery plans. An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead the HSE’s IT Service Management Team. HSE’s IT Services have recently transformed, and we are continuing to build in-house capability to give us the skills and experience we need to take our ambitious business plans forward. You will manage a blend of insourced and out-sourced teams, to maintain and operate a modern IT estate.

As Head of Service Management, you will be responsible for the overall design and delivery of end-to-end IT services provided to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) ensuring excellent customer service. Our Service Model is based on ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) best practice principles. The adoption and enhancement of these practices is an on-going priority activity with an ambition to achieve the highest levels of business value through service excellence. There is a need to employ skills specifically aligned with this ambition on an enduring basis to act as the focal point and lead for co-ordination, integration and continuous service improvement; ensuring that our service operations are business driven, customer focused and value for money. You will work under the direction of the Deputy Director IT Operations and will have line management responsibility for the 34 strong service management team.

Advisory Lawyer

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is recruiting an Advisory Lawyer to join the Legal Services Division’s expanding team working on the Building Safety Regulator function of HSE.

The work of the BSR legal team is wide ranging, interesting and challenging. It encompasses criminal and civil proceedings, appeals against civil sanctions in the context of regulation of the building control profession, and supporting BSR’s role as a statutory consultee in planning applications and Inquiries. BSR is playing a key role in HSE’s work to ensure people feel safe where they live, where they work, and in the built environment.

Responsibilities:

Provide legal advice to the organisation on the regulatory framework for the BSR on a wide range of topics, including operational and policy issues
Handle your own caseload of enforcement cases, providing advice on investigations, making the decisions to proceed and conducting any resulting court proceedings (civil and criminal)
Respond to appeals (in the First Tier Tribunal) against enforcement notices issued by the BSR.
Work with senior legal, operational and policy colleagues to implement and manage the enforcement of the BSR regime and contribute to shaping and designing new processes to support collaborative working
Contribute to work with legal professionals in the Government Legal Department on wider policy aspects of the BSR
Contribute to the devising and delivery of relevant legal training and the delivery of written legal guidance on the BSR’s remit
Contribute to delivering the Legal Services Division’s HSE wide corporate objectives

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Scientist – Noise / Vibration (SD Band 4/HEO)

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic scientist with a background in physics (or allied/relevant scientific discipline) to join the Exposure Assessment and Control (EAC) Team at the Health & Safety Executive (HSE). Here you will specialise in human exposure to noise and vibration in the workplace. EAC is a multidisciplinary team and as well as working to reduce ill health caused by exposure to noise and vibration you will also apply your expertise in the other disciplines of the team which include occupational hygiene, aerosols, respiratory protection and ventilation.

Your work will provide innovative support to HSE and industry in alignment with HSE’s aim to prevent death, injury and ill-health of workers and those affected by work activities.

This is an excellent opportunity for a professional to make their mark on an organisation dedicated to protecting people and places and helping to lead safer and healthier lives. The position will be based at our Science & Research Centre in Buxton, Derbyshire. The Centre is an internationally renowned scientific facility for health and safety, employing scientific, medical and technical specialists in a purpose-built laboratory at our 550-acre site. More details about the services available at the Science & Research Centre and HSE can be found on our website here: www.hsl.gov.uk

The practical laboratory-based nature of the work does mean there will be a requirement to regularly attend the Buxton site for routine work activities and collaborative working. In addition, you may be required to travel across the UK for site visits, including overnight stays.

The responsibilities of your role will include, but will not be limited to:

Delivering research and scientific support for HSE and other stakeholders in the field of noise and vibration exposure to humans.
Working collaboratively with colleagues, scientific peers, regulatory and policy colleagues at all levels across HSE.
Apply your expertise in other technical areas within the context of health risk management e.g. aerosols, ventilation, RPE as required.
Travel for site visits and meetings as required, as well as taking the opportunity for attendance at conferences both within and occasionally outside the UK.
Keeping up to date with developments in the scientific community.

Lead Scientist – Noise / Vibration (Band 3/SEO)

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Physicist, Acoustician or allied scientific discipline with experience and understanding of human exposure to noise / vibration in the workplace or in the wider environment to join the Exposure Assessment and Control (EAC) Team at the Health & Safety Executive (HSE).

Exposure Assessment and Control is part of HSE Science Divisions’ Health Group whose purpose is to prevent worker ill health caused by exposure to chemical, physical and biological hazards.

In this role you will develop and manage the portfolio of research and scientific support in noise and vibration that underpins HSE’s guidance and regulatory approach.

The position will be based at our Science & Research Centre in Buxton, Derbyshire. The Centre is an internationally renowned scientific facility for health and safety, employing scientific, medical and technical specialists in a purpose-built laboratory at our 550-acre site.

The responsibilities of your role will include but will not be limited to:

Develop and lead the delivery of a portfolio of work for HSE and other stakeholders on noise and vibration exposure and control in humans within the wider context of workplace health risk management. This will include working with colleagues/end users from original idea stage through to project approval and final delivery of outputs.
Lead and develop the technical capacity and professional standing of the science of noise and vibration exposure and control and keep up to date with developments in the worldwide community. Also, to identify suitable continuous professional development (CPD) and training opportunities.
Technically lead projects as appropriate including identifying skills and resource required from other colleagues and working with them and project managers to direct and suitably deploy resource.
Work with and encourage team colleagues to conduct innovative research and development that is aligned to SD’s business and science strategies.
Present findings of research to HSE, industry stakeholders and scientific peers in the UK and internationally.
Travel for site visits and meetings as required, as well as taking the opportunity for attendance at conferences both within and occasionally outside the UK.
Apply your expertise in other technical areas within the context of health risk management e.g. aerosols, ventilation, RPE if required.

Pesticides Operational Support Team Leader

Within our Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD) we have an opportunity for a Band 5 team leader in our Pesticides Operational Support Team (POST), who will principally work with colleagues in POST and also support specialists and leaders in HSE concerning Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs). This is an exciting opportunity that requires working alongside a number of stakeholders including those working in Chemistry specialisms, Stakeholder Engagement, as well as DEFRA and relevant competent authorities.

Responsibilities include:

Maintaining the MRL tracker document and keeping it up to date.
Producing and reviewing publications such as e-bulletins and ensuring ready for HSE Communications Team.
Co-ordinating the inputs from the various teams involved, including the Pesticides Delivery Team and the MRL scientific team.
Managing and developing a B6 to ensure effective and efficient delivery of the MRL support function.
Providing information and data to the EU on behalf of NI.
Inputting to the GB MRL statutory register and ensuring the quality of the data.

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Senior Regulatory Chemist

This is an exciting time to join Chemical Regulations Division (CRD) with opportunities to develop and shape our regulatory schemes for the future. Our primary role is to deliver regulatory schemes intended to protect the health of people and the environment, balancing the economic and social benefits that chemicals offer to society and helping to ensure the safe and sustainable use of chemicals. We also have a role through guidance, partnership working and leadership to raise awareness and promote behaviour change to help improve the control of hazardous substances in the workplace.

In this role you will focus on the evaluation of data on the physical and chemical properties, the analytical methods and residues of pesticides and biocides active substances and products. This will include the assessment of data in order to carry out consumer dietary exposure assessments and set MRLs (Maximum Residue Levels).

As a Senior Regulatory Chemist, you will manage, mentor and support members of the team, provide peer review of work, lead on specific technical aspects, and provide advice to specialist and policy colleagues and wider stakeholders. There will also be opportunities for you to lead for HSE on national and global activities, to ensure we keep pace with new and emerging issues.

You will also have opportunities to provide training at external commercial events organised by CRD.