Senior Regulatory Chemist (CRD)

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.

Job description

You will be part of a team that is delivering HSE’s objectives. The UK having left the EU offers an exciting opportunity to develop and shape our regulatory schemes for the future.

With a world-class reputation for safeguarding the health and safety of people at work, HSE is adapting and evolving to meet the new challenges ahead.

To help us meet these challenges, we require ambitious Senior Regulatory Chemists to join us.

In this role you will focus on the evaluation of data on the physical and chemical properties, the analytical methods and consumer risk assessment of active substances and products. The evaluations will include residues data for both pesticides and biocide active substances, methods of analysis, plant and animal metabolism data and residues in food and feed to carry out consumer dietary exposure assessments and set MRLs (Maximum Residue Levels).

You will help manage the work within the team including new requirements gained as a result of leaving the EU. Specific to the MRL role another key aspect will be to contribute to the establishment of an MRL review programme for Great Britain to ensure that all MRLs are supported by appropriate data and are safe for UK consumers.

As a senior regulatory chemist, you will 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.

Person specification

Experience of assessing occurrence/ residues data in food or feed and undertaking consumer dietary risk assessments of chemicals or other contaminants.
Experience of the evaluation of physical and chemical properties and analytical methods relating to active substances and products.
Knowledge and experience of chemicals, biocides or pesticides legislation
Technical credibility and experience of performing representational roles at national and international meetings
Experience of leading or mentoring staff, developing yourself and others, and delivering to time, cost and quality criteria
Initiative and decisiveness, supporting your ability to make effective decisions, while being open to challenge and involving others
Comprehensive analytical skills with the ability to explain complex technical information in a clear, concise and timely way
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, enabling you to collaborate effectively and engagingly with other
Experience in building and maintaining strong, positive working relationships both internally and externally
Outstanding organisational skills in managing a varied workload to demanding deadlines

Senior Project Manager

Do you have significant experience in one of the following areas?

Construction Project Management
Project Management of complex projects with design, build, manufacture and testing elements

Are you looking for a new challenge in Project Management, whilst working in a more inclusive, family friendly environment with no weekend or night shifts?

If so, this is an fantastic opportunity to deliver projects that make a real difference projecting people across Great Britain’s workplaces

Job description

Based at HSE’s Science Division in the Derbyshire Peak District, you will be Senior Project Manager on a portfolio of complex/high-risk science and engineering based health and safety related projects. The projects, for commercial clients and other government departments, will include elements of design, build, manufacture, and testing, generally using waterfall methodology.

Your key responsibilities will include:

Responsible for all aspects of project management throughout the project life-cycle
Ensuring through customer engagement that the projects plan accurately defines the projects aims, objectives and overall scope of work.
Motivate and lead the delivery team to identify requirements, plan the work, and manage delivery to quality, time and cost.
Proactive cost and schedule management
Understand the needs of a diverse range of stakeholders and ensure effective communications throughout the project life cycle.
Ensure effective project risk management is in place to ensure effective delivery and protect the business against financial risk
Ensure high quality project information/metrics are in place to meet business needs.
Lead post project reviews and ensure outputs are shared with stakeholders.

This role is based at HSE, Science Division’s Buxton Facility in Buxton, and it is expected that the successful applicant will be on site at Buxton 2-3 days a week.

At HSE, we are proud to be able to offer our people the opportunity to work in a hybrid way which combines working from home and the office. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your allocated office will be your contractual place of work. There will be a requirement to travel to the office for various activities e.g., collaborative working, supporting and training colleagues. If hybrid working is suitable for you and your role, the arrangements will be determined primarily by business need, but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. Therefore, we would encourage candidates to consider if the commute from home to the office is a feasible distance to travel before making an application. Please note that if you are successful, hybrid working will be discussed prior to taking up the post.

Part time working hours are available for this role. We can accept part time applicants who can commit to working a minimum of 30hrs Per week.

Person specification

About You

You will bring experience of managing and delivering high risk complex projects at pace and have an in depth understanding of planning, risk management and project management tools and techniques, including cost/budget/schedule management.

You will have great stakeholder management and interpersonal skills, be articulate, credible, able to build and influence collaborative relations at all levels. You are a team player who naturally brings people together to achieve the desired outcomes and you strive to balance the needs of all. You demonstrate a high degree of personal resilience, with the ability to excel under ambiguous and ever-changing situations.

If you are looking for a role within large, complex and high-profile projects and programmes, then we look forward to receiving your application!

Essential criteria

Have significant experience of project management at a senior level, demonstrating strong knowledge and application, with a proven track record of successful project delivery.
Have strong communicating and influencing skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring on-time and on-budget completion.
Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with project stakeholders, including clients, contractors, and team members.
Experience in risk management, including identifying and mitigating potential risks throughout the project lifecycle.
Strong financial management skills, including budgeting and cost estimation.
Experience in project scheduling, resource allocation, with excellent negotiation skills.

If you would like to discuss the role further with the vacancy holder please contact John Gummer – john.gummer@hse.gov.uk

Qualifications

Nationally recognised Project Management qualifications or relevant experience

Chemistry Team Leader

With a world-class reputation for safeguarding the health and safety of people at work, HSE is adapting and evolving to meet the new challenges ahead. The UK having left the EU offers an exciting opportunity to develop and shape our chemicals regulatory schemes for the future.

To help us meet these challenges, we require a scientific team leader to lead our Chemistry team.

Job description

To lead a Scientific team, securing external input where required, to meet Chemicals Regulation Divisions regulatory and scientific commitments relating to the evaluation of the chemistry (physical and chemical properties and analytical methods) of substances used in pesticides and biocides.

There will be the expectation that the post holder will also personally contribute to evaluation work, including undertaking quality assurance for chemistry evaluations. The post holder will also be expected to participate in national and international meetings, conferences, and events. At the national level there will be liaison with industry stakeholders and with colleagues from within CRD and other government departments.

The post will require regular travel between the two offices in Bootle and York and there may be some international travel.

This is a Scientific Team Leader role, available with the option for flexible working arrangements.

HSE has adopted hybrid working which allows us all to work both in the office and at home and we will provide you with the necessary equipment to support you when working from home. However, please note that this post is an office-based role; it is not a remote location-based or home worker post. As such, the successful candidate will need to be in a position to attend their local office from the appointment date onwards. The majority of the staff in the team are based in Bootle and York, and, if this is not the local office, regular travel to the Bootle or York office will be required as well as occasional travel (with overnight stays) to elsewhere in the UK and internationally. The successful candidate will also be expected to undertake some office-based face-to-face training upon joining HSE.

Please note: part-time working is available for this role, however the minimum amount of hours we could accommodate is 30 hours per week across 4 days.

Person specification

The successful candidate will have:

Extensive post-graduate (or equivalent) experience working in a regulatory or other setting, performing evaluations on the chemistry or residues/consumer risk aspects of substances, demonstrating both your scientific skills and your ability to apply them.
Knowledge and experience of chemicals legislation and experience of working in a regulatory environment
Significant experience of leading teams, supporting wellbeing, recognising achievement and managing performance.
Strong organisational and planning skills, taking responsibility for planning, allocating resource, monitoring and delivering team outcomes to time and to required standards
The ability to work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, maintaining positive working relationships with stakeholders
Initiative and be decisive, making sound decisions based on evidence
Strong communication skills with the ability to negotiate and influence
A commitment to a continuous learning culture, for themselves and their team

Responsibilities

In your role you will be responsible for the following areas:

To jointly lead a large team of scientists undertaking desk-based assessments of chemistry and chemical residues data.
Specifically, lead all aspects of the team’s technical expertise in chemistry and their input to science-based regulatory assessments and evaluation, the implementation of new scientific methods and emerging areas.
Lead and manage the team, inspiring people and developing their capabilities as well as driving a culture of teamwork, high performance and continuous improvement. Including direct line management for up to 8 x Band 3 (SEO) Scientists.
Work closely with CRD’s other Science Team Leaders, to ensure that business planning, task allocation and resource deployment is cohesive.
Set the culture of the team, for example by maintaining a can-do attitude and healthy and productive working relationships with others within CRD and beyond.
Identify, through liaison with others, the work demands of the team; plan and organise the distribution of the work to secure its delivery.
Maintain oversight of the team’s work, monitor team’s performance and output using the appropriate tools, setting clear expectations for quality and timeliness and ensuring that these are adhered to by the team.
Secure regulatory assurance for the work of the team, including effective internal peer review and liaison with other government departments, so that science-based assessments and decisions are robust and accurate.

Qualifications

Minimum of a 2:2 degree or equivalent in an appropriate scientific subject or relevant/equivalent regulatory experience

Construction Engineering Specialist

Within our Construction Division (CD) we are looking to recruit three Construction Engineering Specialists.

Our Civil and Structural Engineers help to ensure employers across Great Britain in a range of essential industries work safely. In this role, you can utilise your technical knowledge and practical experience to influence not only individual employers but whole industry sectors.

A career with HSE gives you a rare opportunity to visit and interact with different and diverse employers and work activities, one day you could be inspecting at a large construction project and the next investigating an incident at a small extension.

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.

For more information on the role and responsibilities, please follow the link below.

Project Management Technical Team Lead

The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) Projects, Performance and Compliance Group provide project management support to ensure effective planning and delivery of all project-based work within Science Division. This includes approximately £14m of externally funded work, internal research projects and all incident investigation projects supported by HSE’s Science Division.

As a project management technical lead within the group’s project management function, you will need a background in project management at a senior level, and operational management.

The group comprises of approximately 30 colleagues. As one of three team leads within the group you will report to the Group Lead. Your role is to provide technical leadership and line management of a team of project managers to ensure quality of outputs, and capability to meet business need. You will manage operational demands to ensure we have the capacity to meet work demands.

Part time working hours are available for this role. We can accept part time applicants who can commit to working a minimum of 30 hours per week.

Please note this post is open on attachment as a level move for 18 months only.

Job description
You will have overall management responsibility for one team, comprising approximately 12 Project Managers. The role will mainly consist of professional project management development, working closely with other team leads within the group, provide direct line management, and management of the day to day operations of the team.

You will have responsibility for overseeing the technical quality of project management delivered by your team, attendance, performance and development, and well-being of the team. You will need to engage with key stakeholders across the business to ensure that all projects are properly resourced and appropriately scheduled.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for:

Technical leadership – Project Management

Provide technical support and guidance to ensure project management of the team’s projects are effective and managed appropriately.
Provide quality assurance on the project management aspects of all projects.
Provide critical oversight of SD high risk projects throughout the project life cycle.
Professional development of Science Division’s project managers
Planning individual development goals, mapping these against the future capability plan and embedding them into staff performance agreements.
co-ordinating relevant continuous professional development sessions and learning and development plans, to ensure are meeting the required project management functional standards.
Line Management

Line Management of staff. Setting clear work objectives and assessing performance against these, seeking feedback from others as needed.
Management of the team, including holding regular team meetings, cascading organisational aims and objectives to staff and feeding back team level input. Being a focal point for staff concerns and issues and ensuring that the teams are meeting all the relevant performance objectives.
Resource Management

Allocation of work, managing the work demands as circumstances change ensuring individuals are provided with the right mix of work to provide interesting, challenging work and ‘on the job’ development and experience dependent on business need.
This role is based at HSE, Science Division’s Buxton Facility in Buxton, and it is expected that the successful applicant will be on site at Buxton 2-3 days a week.

Part time working hours are available for this role. We can accept part time applicants who can commit to working a minimum of 30hrs Per week.

Person specification
Essential criteria

Have significant experience of project management at a senior level, demonstrating strong knowledge and application.
Operational experience, in a complex and demanding project environment including building a performance culture for staff.
Have strong communicating and influencing skills enabling you to bring out the best performance from individuals and a team.
Be able to work collaboratively with others and encourage and support good collaboration and team working within your team and between team members and other HSE colleagues.
Qualifications
Nationally recognised Project Management qualifications or relevant experience

Senior DevOps Engineer

About ITF

Keeping people safe and healthy matters and that’s what we do at the Health and Safety Executive. Every day, everyone on the team contributes to protecting lives and we apply our expertise to help influence change in mindsets about health and safety throughout industry. We undertake world-class science to build our knowledge about safe working practices, and then apply that understanding to the workplace, guiding every part of the economy to function safely. And when accidents happen, we investigate and hold those at fault to account whilst ensuring that lessons are learnt across industries. We are a modern, independent, data driven Regulator and we are proud to have made Great Britain one of the safest places to work in the world.

Our people are our most valuable assets, and their knowledge and experience are how we keep others safe. It is the responsibility of Facilities Management to look after everyone in the organisation and we support over 3000 colleagues working in a hybrid style at home and in 26 locations across Great Britain. Our services keep inspectors and support colleagues functioning effectively and efficiently, so that they can in turn deploy to industrial sites nationwide, from oil platforms in the North Sea to our deepest mines and quarries.

We strive to constantly improve the technologies and services supporting the organisation. We are a learning team, and everyone is encouraged to undertake training, development and courses that will keep them and the team current and excited by new opportunities. The team works well because everyone’s contributions and ideas are listened to and valued, and we can only grow and improve, if there is an enthusiasm to explore our disciplines and try new ways of working.

About Development Operations (DevOps) Engineering Team

HSE’s Development Operations (DevOps) Engineering teams, comprising both internal and outsourced capabilities, delivers support to major digital and technology services change programmes transforming HSE, and implement continuous improvement (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) for services once live. The team will design, establish and operate the processes, architectures, and services that will deliver all of HSE digital and technology services. The team will ensure that new cloud-based technologies are secure by design and remain secure during operations, protecting HSE’s data and users from cyber-attack and unauthorised loss.

Job description
You will deliver the DevOps Engineering support to major digital and technology services change programmes transforming HSE, and implement continuous improvement (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) for services once live.

You will design, establish and operate the processes, architectures, and services that will deliver all of HSE digital and technology services. Ensure that new cloud-based technologies are secure by design and remain secure during operations, protecting HSE’s data and users from cyber-attack and unauthorised loss. These services will be developed in Microsoft Azure. The role will require the development of the capability of junior cloud engineers in terms of instruction and mentoring.

This 2 year Fixed Term Appointment has the possibility of becoming a permanent post, subject to programmes funding.

Key Responsibilities

As a Senior DevOps Engineer you will help to develop the capability of HSEs newly formed multi-skilled DevOps Engineering team to manage the technologies of a cloud-based IT estate.
You will act as a DevOps leader, with line management and development responsibilities of developing DevOps engineers.
You will help establish and then operate DevOps processes, establishing a regime and culture of continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD).
You will work closely with the development and test communities as we strive to automate our processes and implement new tooling.
You will support the design, implementation and management of solutions that are highly available, resilient, scalable and maintainable within our cloud environment.
You will deliver the DevOps Engineering support to major digital and technology services change programmes transforming HSE. Planning the DevOps Engineer team’s work, including engineers from an outsourced partner, to ensure the effective delivery and operation of cloud-based infrastructure.
If you are successful, you will need to travel to other offices as project work requires and also occasionally to Redgrave Court, Bootle for workshops and Team meetings.

You are required to work a 37 hour week based on an 5 day working week and 7.4 hours day. The working week is between 07:00and 19:00 Monday to Saturday. As far as possible your Line Manager will agree your working pattern(s) with you including any Saturday working. However, there will be times when you are required to work additional hours and/or a late shift or at a weekend to accommodate operational needs or unplanned events. Where it is necessary for operational reasons to vary your ‘normal’ working pattern(s) you will be notified by your manager in advance.

Required to be on an on-call rota.

Part time working hours are available for this role. We can accept part time applicants who can commit to working a minimum of 30 hours per week

Person specification
Essential:

In depth knowledge and experience of implementing and administering cloud based solutions on platforms such as Microsoft Azure, utilising IaaS or PaaS based services.

Experience of building and optimising deployment pipelines and deployment strategies on popular CI/CD tools.

Experience with setting up monitoring and alerting of live services.

Experience using scripting languages or a high level programming language (e.g. C#, .Net)

Strong communication skills; with the ability to convey complex technical concepts clearly and concisely.

Experience of managing the technologies of a cloud-based IT estate

Desirable:

Experience of infrastructure as code and configuration of code with one or more cloud-providers

Experience of version control systems

Experience of configuration management tools (e.g. Ansible and Terraform)

Broad knowledge of a range of cloud-based IT security technology solutions

Good understanding and working experience in Agile way of working (DevOps based mode

Experience of Containerisation with tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.

Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Changing and Improving
Managing a Quality Service
Delivering at Pace

Administrative Officer

The main function of the Administrative Officer role is to support the work of HSE Inspectors in frontline operational delivery. In Field Operations Division (FOD) our purpose is to prevent work-related death, injury and ill-health. We apply a range of regulatory tools to improve health and safety, bringing together different interventions to achieve that impact. We influence and engage stakeholders, create knowledge and awareness of health and safety risks, and encourage behavioural change through assessments and direct interventions including inspections and investigations.

In this role you will contribute to the important work HSE does. You will work closely with your colleagues to deliver the key responsibilities of the post. You will be flexible and able to respond to changing work priorities at pace, which will allow you to develop your skills and knowledge. In all that you do you will be proactive, innovative and focused on delivering HSE’s business, as well as able to plan and prioritise your work. You will be required to provide support on both a local and national basis according to business need.

As part of this role, you will need to:

Develop awareness and knowledge of HSE’s work and organisational structure.
Acquire an understanding and knowledge of relevant operational and business support procedures and functions.
Work closely with Team Leaders and colleagues to deliver the key responsibilities of the post, in a flexible and responsive manner, and according to agreed timescales.
Keep abreast of changes to procedure and personal role, in line with business priorities and personal development needs, responding positively and flexibly to change.
Deliver high level professional customer service at all times.

Part time working hours are available for this role. We can accept part time applicants who can commit to working a minimum of 22.2hrs per week

Person specification

Develop awareness and knowledge of HSE’s work and organisational structure
Acquire an understanding and knowledge of relevant operational and business support procedures and functions and how your role contributes to the overall success of the HSE.
Work closely with Team Leaders and colleagues to deliver the key responsibilities of the post in a flexible and responsive manner, to the highest of standards
Respond positively to changes of priority as work business need dictates
Proactively engage with personal learning and development

Responsibilities:

Provide a quality professional service for HSE, answering calls, emails and other queries in a timely, professional manner, ensuring exceptional customer service at all times.
Provide professional administrative services, ensuring all tasks are completed on time, and in accordance with SLA’s and are to the required standard.
Input and process data on computer systems, ensuring accuracy and attention to detail at all times, drawing conclusions from this data to make sound decisions.
Contribute to the delivery of team projects, working effectively as a team member, with others.
Communicate effectively and professionally with customers and external stakeholders.
You will be proficient in the use of all Microsoft Office Packages including MS Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
The ability to report and analyse data in Excel would be beneficial

This is not an exhaustive list, and you may be asked to undertake tasks outside of those listed above, commensurate to the job role/grade.

Communications Officer External Affairs

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and highly motivated external affairs specialist who is enthusiastic about communications to make a positive impact in citizens lives.

Job description
We are looking for an ambitious Communications Officer specialising in external affairs to join our award-winning communications team, with a strong focus on innovation and making a difference in people’s lives. We are looking for someone who can combine being an all-rounder and use a variety of different communication skills, with a level of specialist knowledge in External Affairs as we operate a flexible team structure.

You will need to be comfortable working as part of a team and independently, selecting the most effective methods and channels for communication based on stakeholder needs. You will need strong influencing skills and the ability to cut through a variety of competing priorities. You will be experienced in building good working relationships in pressured environments and be an enthusiastic team-player with a proactive and collaborative attitude. You will have an enthusiasm to get on the front foot, proactively communicating and shaping the narrative, aligned with a clear understanding of how to work with and influence stakeholders. Your role in the team will be responsible for helping set and drive delivery of HSE’s communication strategy.

As part of the Civil Service, you’ll be expected to demonstrate leadership qualities, be inspiring about our work and confident in your engagement. You’ll encourage mutual respect, value diversity and our different skills, experience and specialism.

We operate a flexible working model across communications and all posts require a core set of skills, in addition to specialist knowledge in external affairs. You will also be required to cover press out of hours duties on a rota basis with full training given. You will report into a Senior Communications Manager in External Affairs.

This post will be based at the candidate’s nearest HSE office (excluding London) but will require regular travel up to our HQ in Bootle (approximately twice per month and dependent on business need) therefore we would encourage candidates to consider if the commute from home to Bootle is a feasible distance to travel. For further information about HSE please go to: http://www.hse.gov.uk

Part time working hours are available for this role. We can accept part time applicants who can commit to working a minimum of 30hrs per week.

Person specification
We are looking for enthusiastic, innovative and proactive professionals who are motivated to deliver in a fast paced and collaborative environment. For all roles, your core responsibilities will include:

Deliver HSE external affairs communication plans to enable and drive the branch’s priorities and demonstrate measurable communication outcomes
Build relationships across HSE, other government departments, agencies and stakeholders
Support the team in monitoring performance and evaluating communication activity to demonstrate the impact of communications
Be able to research, horizon scan and write reports and briefings based on intelligence to advise managers on external affairs
Have an understanding of GDPR and experience of maintaining and updating stakeholder lists
Assist in researching and creating presentations to support senior leaders at speaking events
Essential skills and criteria

Be comfortable working across a range of communications disciplines, demonstrating the ability to select the most effective methods and channels for communicating with our stakeholders
Have experience of delivering external affairs strategies that deliver team priorities, be able to implement plans and, collect and interpret data to evaluate activity
Be able to communicate and influence with confidence whilst working under pressure on multiple projects and can deal with competing and changing priorities
Be able to build good working relationships and be an enthusiastic team-player with a proactive and collaborative attitude
Be able to demonstrable leadership qualities, being inspiring about our work, confident in your engagement and, encourage mutual respect, value diversity and different skills, experience, and specialisms
Have a high level of political awareness
Have excellent writing, presentation, and interpersonal skills including written and verbal briefing skills.

Cloud Infrastructure and Environments Manager

Core to all HSE’s work is the data, information and knowledge that we have gathered and developed, and which is used to support our field force of inspectors, scientists and policy makers. Information Technology plays a vital role in assuring that HSE staff have the right information, in the right place and at the right time.

HSE is now developing on a roadmap to replace its core business systems. Major digital services programmes are underway, operating with the guidance of the Government Digital Service’s service manual and TCOP, to redesign how HSE delivers its work and how new technologies can improve operational processes. Collaboration and IoT are integral to HSE’s future, supporting remote inspections and compliance monitoring.

Job description
As Cloud Infrastructure and Environments Manager you will provide the leadership and management around the demand and controls of HSE’s Microsoft Azure and Dynamics 365 production and non-production IT environments.

In supporting both change and service delivery, you will develop and implement governance, processes, and tools to improve the quality of the environments management service to support HSE’s digital programmes and projects.

This is a 2 year Fixed Term Appointment with the possibility of becoming permanent subject to programme funding.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and implement appropriate governance for environment management for Azure and Dynamics 365
Work with digital programme teams to understand their requirements for environments (including all Azure and Dynamics pre-production and production environments)
Maintain an accurate centralised schedule of the status of all environments
Ensure that environment build processes, including architecture designs and security requirements, are understood, documented and implemented
Plan, develop and co-ordinate releases to the various environments, ensuring that risk is kept to a minimum
Drive reusability, scalability, and maintainability into the Environments management framework
Create and maintain schedules for availability of various environment to optimise cost and utilisation
Review the programme plans to ensure the IT Environments can meet demand and highlight any risks to relevant stakeholders if necessary
You are required to work a 37 hours based on an 5 day working week of 7.4 hours day. The working week is between 07:00and 19:00 Monday to Saturday. As far as possible your Line Manager will agree your working pattern(s) with you including any Saturday working however, there will be times when you are required to work additional hours and/or a late shift or at a weekend to accommodate operational needs or unplanned events. Where it is necessary for operational reasons to vary from your ‘normal’ working pattern(s) you will be notified by your manager in advance.

Required to be on an on-call rota.

REACH Independent Scientific Expert Pool (RISEP)

Experts in chemical risk assessment and socioeconomic analysis are invited to join our new

REACH Independent Scientific Expert Pool (RISEP).

The work of the RISEP experts that advise the Agency will help to ensure that its advice to the UK Government and Devolved Administrations is always based on the best and most recent scientific evidence. RISEP is being established as a multidisciplinary pool of individual experts in chemical risk assessment and socioeconomic analysis to support the UK Agency in developing its scientific opinions by providing independent challenge, as well as supplementary experience, knowledge and skills. This is an exciting opportunity to be actively involved in the provision of scientific advice and expertise in the regulation and management of chemicals under the new UK regime – UK REACH.

About the role

We are seeking highly capable and motivated scientific and technical experts to provide independent advice, challenge and peer review in the formation of opinions by the UK Agency.

You will provide independent expert advice and scrutiny related to the hazards and risks of substances to human health and the environment, as well as the socioeconomic impact of possible regulatory action on chemicals. Your work will contribute directly to ensuring a high level of protection of human health and the environment, through effective, evidence-based regulation of chemicals.

Together with scientific experts from the Health and Safety Executive and other government agencies, experts from RISEP will help to prepare and review the scientific opinions of the UK Agency on Applications for Authorisation, as well as proposals for Restriction of substances.

We are seeking a number of experts to join our new REACH Independent Scientific Expert Pool.

Experts are required from the following scientific fields:

Environmental risk assessment;
Human health toxicology;
Human health exposure and control;
Chemistry/regulatory science;
Economics/impact assessment.

Appointments to RISEP are made strictly on merit by a fair and open process, taking account of equality and diversity.

Experts from RISEP are entitled to claim daily fees (£400 per day) for the time they spend on RISEP business. This covers any work undertaken, including preparation and attendance at meetings. All fees paid are taxable. Reasonable travel and subsistence costs are separately reimbursed on presentation of receipts, in accordance with HSE’s normal rules, up to a specified limit.

Candidates will be required to declare any interests that may be relevant to the work of RISEP, as well as political activities. Interests of appointed experts, along with their names will be published.

How to apply

If you are interested in being considered for appointment to RISEP, download the information pack which contains further information on the role, selection criteria and how to apply, at the following link: RISEP Information pack

The deadline for receipt of completed applications is midnight 21st June 2023.

Please return your CV, supporting letter and any forms requested in the application pack to RISEP@hse.gov.uk

Interviews for shortlisted applicants will take place in July2023 via videoconference. Candidates will be asked to elaborate on the qualities and experience specified in their application that demonstrate their suitability for appointment to the pool.