Digital Operations Manager

As Digital Operations Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing digital service operations, both in Change and in Support, to ensure performance and utilisation of digital resources are analysed and optimised to ensure delivery of excellent service levels.

You will be responsible for developing performance data and management information reports that will assist line managers in effectively managing and assuring activities within the team, ensuring compliance with people processes. Including the analysis, implementation, and maintenance of workforce management processes, as well as planning and reporting, along with administrative support to ensure resource utilisation, performance and workforce optimisation.

Your primary focus will be to collaborate, engage, and, when necessary, challenge the capacity, capability, utilization, workload, and performance metrics of digital resources alongside peer functional leaders in the Digital Delivery and HSE Operational teams. Ensuring people are allocated to maximise efficiency, staff are supported in their day to day operational activity and, performance is constantly monitored and reviewed to facilitate adjustments for optimization.

Senior Enforcement Lawyer

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is recruiting for a Senior Enforcement Lawyers.

The role of Senior Enforcement Lawyer is a key one which will contribute directly to public confidence, both in HSE and wider justice system. The team covers a wide range of interesting and challenging work, including advising on policy, public law, statutory interpretation, drafting and engagement with other Government Departments, stakeholders and regulators.

As Great Britain’s Health and Safety regulator, our enforcement powers are key not only to enforcing compliance with the wider H & S regime but also to backing up our wider messages and ensuring that those responsible for causing death and serious injury are appropriately punished.

You will be either a qualified Barrister or Solicitor with significant post-qualification experience of advising on complex criminal investigations and prosecuting, experience of line management and leadership, and ideally, practical experience of assisting in the management of organisational change.

Hazardous Material Scientist – Batteries and Explosives

We have an exciting opportunity for a Hazardous Material Scientist to join our growing team. This vacancy is for a scientist to join our Hazardous Materials Team in the Major Hazards Group, specifically to work in the areas of battery and explosives safety and testing. This is an excellent opportunity to use your skills to contribute to innovative work to support HSE incident investigations, and valuable HSE and industry research projects to directly improve the lives of people in their workplaces.

Independent Members for the Scientific Advisory Committee on Genetic Modification (SACGM)

Recruitment of up to 12 Independent Members for the Scientific Advisory Committee on Genetic Modification

Duration: 3-year appointment

Remuneration: This is not a paid post. Members are entitled to allowances for subsistence and travel whilst on SACGM business, at rates set centrally.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is looking for experienced scientists in genetic modification activities to become members of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Genetic Modification (SACGM). SACGM has been operating since 2004 and it provides technical and scientific advice to the Competent Authorities (HSE, Defra and the devolved governments Wales and Scotland) responsible for contained use activities with genetically modified organisms. Its remit covers all aspects of the human and environmental risks of the contained use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

In particular the Committee has the following specific roles:

to advise on the technical aspects of policy development in this field
to provide detailed advice on risk assessments for contained use activities involving GMOs
to develop and update guidance on all aspects of contained use of GMOs including the Compendium of Guidance

Appointments to SACGM will normally be for three years and may be extended.

Applicants should be leading academics, professionals, or researchers in an area of expertise aligned to genetic modification activities of microorganisms or organisms. We are looking for applications from candidates from various industry and work environments such as academic, industrial, clinical, government or other sectors.

We would welcome applications from the following areas of expertise which are likely to be relevant to the SACGM are listed below. However, it may be that additional areas of genetic modification expertise may be relevant to the committee and we welcome candidates to bring additional areas of expertise to our attention. We also recognise that some areas of expertise may be overlapping with other areas.

Molecular bacteriology
Molecular virology
Molecular immunologist
Molecular parasitologist
Molecular mycologist
Vector biology
Synthetic biology
Engineering biology
Gene therapy
Gene editing
Plant molecular biology
Modification and handling of highly pathogenic micro-organisms
Modification and handling of micro-organisms for industrial applications

It is anticipated that this role requires on average 4 days participation from committee members per year. Each member will be expected to attend two or three meetings every year which are predominantly held online. Face to face meetings may be organized as the need arises. Some members may also be asked to participate in a sub group or working group on a particular topic such as guidance review if required.

How to apply

Read the SACGM-Independent-Member-Applicant-Pack for details about the role, the application criteria and the forms you need to complete.

You can also apply for this vacancy via the NewScientist and Jobs.ac.uk.

Deadline for applications: midnight, 3 October 2025.

All appointments are subject to security clearance.

Interviews will take place online via Microsoft Teams in mid-November 2025.

If you have any questions about the role or the application process, email SACGM@hse.gov.uk.

Executive Assistant to the Director of Transformation and Operational Services

Our thriving Operational Services Division is looking to welcome an Executive Assistant to their dynamic team.

As an Executive Assistant, you will act as the main point of contact for the Director of Transformation and Operational Services, overseeing booking travel and accommodation and providing a quality administrative support to the Senior Leadership Team.

Interested? For more information, follow the link below and find out how you can start your HSE journey.

General Support Technician

We are looking for a General Support Technician with experience operating plant machinery to join the Technical Support Team.

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 is an excellent opportunity to use your skills to contribute to innovative work to support HSE incident investigations, and research and testing projects to directly improve the lives of people in their workplace.

The Technical Support Team is part of the Major Hazards Capability Group (MHCG) in the Science Division of HSE. The MHCG has several teams of scientists and engineers in areas including fire and explosions, hazardous materials, mechanical engineering, and materials science. These teams work on research relating to the safety of new technologies such as green energy and batteries, as well as investigating incidents. The team supports the MHCG and the wider HSE in a range of ways including building test equipment for research projects and incident investigations, and collecting and managing evidence from incident sites making this role varied and interesting.

This role will involve driving cars/vans to locations across Great Britain to collect and/or deliver evidence that may be used as part of a criminal investigation. This will require travel and overnight stays approximately 2-3 times per month.

General Support Technician with Joinery Skills

We are looking for a General Support Technician with Joinery Skills to join our Technical Support Team who are part of the Major Hazards Capability Group (MHCG) in the Science Division.

This exciting opportunity will be based at the HSE Science and Research Centre, our research laboratory and unique outdoor testing facilities, in Buxton, Derbyshire.

The MHCG has teams of scientists and engineers in areas including fire and explosions, hazardous materials, mechanical engineering, and materials science. These teams work on research relating to the safety of new technologies such as green energy and batteries, as well as investigating incidents.

The team supports the group and the wider HSE in a range of ways including building test equipment for research projects and incident investigations, and collecting and managing evidence from incident sites enabling them to deliver their research and incident investigations making this role varied and interesting.

Dynamics Functional Consultant

We have an exciting opportunity for a Dynamics Functional Consultant to join our growing team. You will be supporting existing systems, designing, and delivering new features as we develop our service, adhering to standards and using Agile principles ensuring timely production of goals and approvals through constructive collaboration with all relevant parties contributing to innovation of all products.

Principal Mechanical Engineer

HSE’s Science Division is a world leading provider of health and safety solutions to industry and government. The scope of our work requires a diversity of talented individuals.

Our capabilities encompass a wide range of topics including: fire, explosion, process safety and engineering; occupational and environmental health; risk assessment; work environment; and specialist technical imaging, visual presentation and analysis services.

We are looking for a Principal Mechanical Engineer to join our Engineering team in the Major Hazards Capability Group. This is an excellent opportunity to use your skills to contribute to innovative work to support HSE incident investigations, and research and testing projects to directly improve the lives of people in their workplaces.

You can expect to lead and contribute to a diverse range of projects within the health and safety sector, especially HSE incident investigation, support and research, and also be involved in work for other government departments and industrial clients.

You will be part of a team of mechanical, electrical, and gas engineers delivering experimental testing in relation to incident investigations and safety-related research but you will also collaborate with technical experts across many other disciplines.

Software Developer Apprenticeship

We have an opportunity for 2 Software Developers to join our Technology Division where you will undergo a Software Developer Level 4 Apprenticeship.

You will be supported from day one for your learning and development into this role, ensuring you are supported every step of the way in completing your apprenticeship and getting the experience you need to excel in your new role. Over time, you will grow into your skillset and role and be able to take ownership and responsibility for certain business processes in-line with your development.

Eligibility

This is a development role so to be eligible to apply, the training and development you receive must provide you with significant new skills and learning. This is an essential requirement for apprenticeship funding and means you must not already hold a similar or higher qualification, be working towards a similar or higher qualification, or be significantly experienced in the Software Development modules.

Entry level qualification requirements:

To be eligible to apply for this role you must have completed a Level 3 Software Development Apprenticeship with QA or hold an equivalent qualification with another training provider. If you do not hold this qualification, you must hold one of the following:

An A-level in Technology or Mathematics.
A BTEC Diploma in IT.
2 years’ experience in a relevant role:
- IT Support role e.g. Help Desk, First line
- Software testing or any work that utilises basic coding
- Any other technical job that uses IT equipment or software
- Any data analytics or reporting related role.

If you hold any of the above (excluding the Level 3 Software Development Apprenticeship), please note that any candidate must complete and pass our Learning Providers aptitude test.