This role sits within the HSE’s Human Resources Division (HRD) and will be part of the wider organisation development team, reporting directly into the Diversity and Inclusion Manager. You’ll be part of a small team responsible for developing and implementing initiatives to help improve the diversity of our workforce. You’ll help to build an inclusive culture where colleagues from all backgrounds feel they belong, have a voice, can be their authentic selves, can perform to their full potential, and can go as far as their talent takes them.

As the Diversity and Inclusion officer, you will research, apply and promote diversity initiatives and share best practice in relation to how we attract and onboard diverse candidates into our organisation. You will also provide expertise and insight to support continual improvements in diversifying the make-up of our organisation.

You will play a key role in collecting and analysing diversity data and using statistical information and data as a powerful lever for progress, continually evaluating where we are now and where we aspire to be.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Provide advice, guidance and support on Diversity and Inclusion matters
• Analyse data in order to inform and influence decision making e.g. routine and ad hoc requests from Cross Government bodies for D&I information
• Contribute to Freedom of Information requests and assurance exercises, as required
• Support HSE in meeting its Public Sector Equality Duty requirements e.g. annual publication of HSEs Equality Data, policy and guidance on the requirements of equality impact assessments and equality monitoring, etc
• Build and maintain positive relationships with stakeholders such as our Diversity Network Chairs and Champions, who will trust in your expertise
• Contribute to and manage D&I projects and/or programmes and process improvements
• Support the organisation to deliver HSEs strategic D&I vision and commitments through strategic relationships and networking approaches
• Work with, and positively influence, stakeholders to achieve D&I results
• Work with colleagues on relevant awareness events and activities, for example Black History Month
• Day-to-day administrative management of the D&I budget, with support budget holder, prepare and monitor diversity and inclusion data, providing reports.

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The Regulatory Training Programme (RTP) Team is responsible for the training of new recruited trainee regulatory and specialist health and safety inspectors. Working closely with the Business to support the continuous yearly cohorts through the RTP, you will play a key role in contributing to the successful delivery of the programme.

The preparation and support needed to assist the complex programme, includes assigning trainees to the relevant training pathway on HSE’s Learning Management System (LMS), scheduling the delivery timetables and trainee allocations.

As an Administrative Support Officer, you will also assist with the delivery of a programme of events to support trainees and Line manager/Assessors, such as webinars and drop in sessions across the country.

As an Administrative Support Officer, you will play an important role in helping to deliver the RTP. Your duties will include (but not be restricted to):

• Act as Cohort lead
• Providing support to the RTP office, trainees and the delivery team.
• Maintenance of Cohort trackers (MS Excel)
• Uploading course details to LMS
• Liaison with key internal and external stakeholders regarding training dates and venues
• Monitoring of the RTP email account, dealing with queries and escalating where necessary
• Assist in the planning and administrative tasks for key milestones (Legal Assessments, Assignments)
• Assigning trainees to the relevant training programme on the LMS
• Scheduling the  trainers delivery timetables and trainee allocations, ensuring changes are actioned in a timely manner
• Assisting with the delivery of RTP events (i.e. webinars, and drop in sessions) to support trainees and Line manager/Assessors.

If you would like more information on the role, please follow the link below.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is establishing the new Building Safety Regulator (BSR) with the intention of keeping high-rise buildings safe and enabling people to feel safe within their homes. Working with residents and industry to make sure everybody has a voice, BSR will oversee changes to the safety and performance of all buildings and raise industry professional standards year on year.

BSR will serve as a lasting tribute to those who have lost their lives due to poor and substandard buildings and will help ensure tragedies of such proportions as Grenfell are consigned to the past. Over the coming years, as the powers of BSR increase, we will continue to build our team.

You will have the opportunity to be involved in developing processes and approaches as the new regulator becomes operational. In addition to supporting the committee secretariat, you will be occasionally working alongside a variety of professions and supporting engagement work with influential forums both internally and externally. You will work well as part of a team, building an understanding of overall objectives and priorities to enable you to co-ordinate your work effectively with others, identifying common interests and opportunities for collaboration.

The Radiation Consents Manager role is based in Field Operations Division, which is the largest operational division within HSE. You will join a small Radiation Operational Support team working in the larger operational support community.

The Consents Manager role is to contribute to the delivery of HSE’s strategy and FOD’s plan of work by playing a key role in the development, testing and implementation of a new process for radiation registrations and consent requests. The consents manager will work alongside in-house IT to develop an existing database which will be utilised by duty holders, operational support teams and regulatory colleagues. They will develop new procedures and analysis tools alongside the SAM and SRO for the project enabling a smooth transition into the process. They work together with operational support, visiting staff and regulatory colleagues to help ensure consistency of process and delivery. They provide provision of management information and undertake data quality assurance.

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.

Due to the project being developed within Bootle, you will be required to work within this office primarily, there may be occasions where you need to travel to other offices and potential for overnight stays.

If this position is of interest to you and you would like further information please click the link below for the full job description and link to apply.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to provide maternity leave cover as a Training Administrator in our Customer Solutions Group. You will be based in HSE’s Science and Research Centre in Buxton, Derbyshire – a world leading provider of health and safety solutions to industry and government.

Person specification

With a world-class reputation for safeguarding the health and safety of people at work, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is adapting and evolving to meet the new challenges ahead. At the Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD) we work with one goal in mind – to protect human health and the environment from the effects of potentially harmful substances.

The Pesticide’s Operational Support Team works closely with coordination, policy and scientific teams to process  pesticide applications in line with the relevant legislation. The GB/NI only regime requires the management of information required to specifically support either GB only or NI only applications.  Particular emphasis is on the handling and understanding of divergence in applications and authorisation processes including record keeping of divergence.

Responsibilities

• Be a key lead on operational delivery of the pesticides authorisation process, with particular expertise on GB and NI divergence.
• Coordinating decision making with colleagues and implementing actions on authorisations or processes.
• Effectively plan delivery to meet wider objectives, balancing resources with business needs.
• Represent CRD at meetings (both internal and external) around the divergence between GB and NI, to ensure the GB/NI regime works legally and operationally in support of all of our stakeholders.
• Act as the link between CRD and the EU Commission / Member States for information flow to enable Northern Ireland to fulfil statutory duties.
• Ensure that all delivery of the authorisation process for pesticides is completed within internal and regulatory deadlines, and reflects any differences between GB and NI.
• Manage a team of Band 5s and Band 6s to deliver a wide range of tasks in support of the pesticides process. Set clear objectives, priorities, standards and expectations, and coach, support and develop the team to ensure they have the right skills and training to deliver what is required and develop in their roles.
• Engage, collaborate, and motivate the team with ongoing transformation work concerning systems used to process applications and authorisation documentation.
• Be an active member of the team leadership group.
• Contribute to the work of CRD’s Applicants Enquiry Helpdesk by managing and answering enquiries from a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Contribute to the answering of requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

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We contribute to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) strategy – Protecting people and places. Our contribution is to protect people at work and or who are impacted by a work-activity by ensuring risks are properly managed.

The team is a front-facing, high volume, fast-paced, operational, front-line team. In 2021/22 the team received 52k new workplace health and safety concerns (report a health and safety problem), and advice requests.  In our efforts to continuously improve, we seek to adopt the digital approach as opportunities arise.

We are looking for motivated and dedicated customer focused people to join the team to play an important role in ensuring that HSE provides a professional response to Health and Safety Concerns, and Advice requests, within strict deadlines.  You will be working on behalf of Customer Services, as a call handler. Your main responsibility is to answer calls in a professional manner; direct customers to HSE online forms or complete online forms on behalf of customers, redirect customers if it is not a matter for HSE to deal with and point customers to relevant health and safety information.