Product Manager/Owner

HSE is maturing its approach to managing and delivering change to enable the delivery of our ambitious roadmap of transformation and we’re building a team of change, project management and delivery professionals to support this work. We are leading on a number of cross government, multi agency programmes in addition to a series of internal transformational initiatives: from establishing a new Building Safety Regulator to a post EU exit Chemicals regulation regime. We’re designing new digital services to transform the way we deliver services and regulate, enabling new operating models, and transitioning to agile methods of development and delivery.

The Team We’re Building

We’re seeking a range of project managers, change and business improvement managers, business analysts and subject matter specialists to work alongside a wider community of delivery partners and operational teams. Delivery partners range from top tier consulting houses to SMEs focused on digital innovation. You will work alongside Digital, Data and Technology professionals as well as operational and subject matter experts from HSE divisions. We’re seeking change agents who relish the opportunity to lead in a rapidly maturing environment.

This is an exciting opportunity to help us lead, drive and deliver significant changes across HSE, driven by a new strategy and a number of new and challenging transformation programmes.

Job Description

As the Product Owner you will be responsible for the quality of the products that will delivered by the HSE. You will be responsible for the overall vision and quality of the products being delivered, in conjunction with the programme director. You will identify opportunities for improving business outcomes and enhancing benefits, looking to continuously improve the quality, capability and efficiency of your products.

You will use your knowledge of user needs and business goals to frame and solve problems and set priorities for delivery teams, identify opportunities for improving business outcomes and look to continuously improve the quality, capability and efficiency of products and services.

You can develop a long-term vision and objectives. You are discerning and disciplined in focusing on what is important and most relevant. You know how to develop the capability of others.

If you would like more information on the role, please see the full job advertisement.

User Researcher

The Team We’re Building

Job Description

We are committed to the modernisation of our services, and the delivery of improved operational efficiency and effectiveness. A deep understanding of user needs is critical to designing good services. User researchers ensure project and service teams understand their users so that they can design and deliver services that meet their needs.

The purpose of this role is to design, conduct and interpret user engagement and research activities and ensure the voice of the customer is represented as services are designed and managed. You will be a key part of the digital transformation of HSE.

This is an exciting opportunity to help us lead, drive and deliver significant changes across HSE, as part of a new and challenging transformation programme.

If you would like more information on the role, please see the full job advertisement.

Senior Project Manager

We are leading on a number of cross government, multi agency programmes in addition to a series of internal transformational initiatives: from establishing a new Building Safety Regulator to a post EU exit Chemicals regulation regime. We’re designing new digital services to transform the way we deliver services and regulate, enabling new operating models, and transitioning to agile methods of development and delivery.

The team we’re building

We are seeking a range of project managers, change and business improvement managers, business analysts and subject matter specialists to work alongside a wider community of delivery partners and operational teams. Delivery partners range from top tier consulting houses to SMEs focused on digital innovation. You will work alongside Digital, Data and Technology professionals as well as operational and subject matter experts from HSE divisions. We’re seeking change agents who relish the opportunity to lead in a rapidly maturing environment.

Reporting to a Change Team Manager this is an influential position, playing a key role in the successful operation of one of the world’s leading regulators.

This is an exciting new opportunity for an exceptional candidate to drive HSE’s Transformation agenda and help shape our future. If you are looking for an opportunity to make a tangible difference that will be felt across the entire of Great Britain, please read on.

Job description

Your role as Project Manager is to lead/manage the project and the project team on a day-to-day basis.. You will be responsible for driving and overseeing the delivery of the project to ensure that the objectives are clearly defined and achieved within the agreed time, cost and quality constraints. You will have a key role in project governance and working with stakeholders, to ensure the agreed project outputs are delivered to enable benefits to be realised.

You will help us lead, drive and deliver significant change across HSE, driven by a new strategy and a number of new and challenging transformation programmes.

If you would like more information on the role, please see the full job advertisement.

Change and Business Improvement Manager

The Team We’re Building

Job description

Reporting to the Change Team Manager Head of Change and Business Improvement, this is an influential position, playing a key role in the successful operation of one of the world’s leading regulators.

Overall Purpose

As the Change and Business Improvement Manager you will play an important role in defining, building and implementing our ambitious roadmap of digital and business transformation, focusing on operational and regulatory effectiveness and efficiency whilst improving the user experience.

You will be responsible, at a project/programme level, for articulating business requirements and priorities for transformation, assessing business readiness, designing new operating models, driving business adoption and providing specialist change management support to HSE’s operations.

You will help us lead, drive and deliver significant change across HSE, driven by a new strategy and a number of new and challenging transformation programmes.

If you would like more information on the role, please see the full job advertisement.

Apprenticeships

The following blog has been written by Hayley O’Reilly-Murray, our Head of Learning and Development.

As we near the end of National Apprenticeship Week, I’d like to take the opportunity to congratulate all colleagues who’ve completed an apprenticeship programme this year. We are proud of everything you’ve achieved – and we hope you are too!

I know from personal experience how hard it can be to study and work at the same time. It involves juggling priorities at work and at home, and takes dedication and commitment. I’ve witnessed that this is something we have in abundance across our apprenticeship and trainee communities, and elsewhere, here at HSE.

I also know that studying can at times feel like an uphill struggle, but ultimately the rewards for our personal development both professionally and personally can be life significant.

Therefore, this message of celebration extends to all the line managers, mentors, learning providers, and colleagues across many teams who have a direct impact on the experience of our apprentices.

With this in mind, I was humbled to read messages from colleagues about their experiences that I’m sure they won’t mind me sharing:

Since joining FOD as an apprentice in February 2021, I’ve been highly impressed by the level of support I received during my remote onboarding process due to the COVID 19 pandemic. My Line manager, fellow team members, higher management and colleagues from other teams and divisions, made sure I settled in great. I’ve enjoyed studying towards my Level 3 NVQ in Business Administration, provided by Knowledgepool, and it has been a great opportunity to increase my skills and understanding of the sector.

This is my first experience of working in the Civil Service, and from day one I’ve been inspired by the dedication and professionalism from all HSE colleagues from wide and varied roles, who collectively contribute to amazing work. Thank you.

Luke Towner, FOD apprentice

One of the big benefits of the programme is that it’s been centrally-funded training on skills which are at the heart of my team. Previously, we’ve had to construct our own training programme and invest time in designing and delivering this. However, the apprenticeship scheme has done all of this for us. It’s meant my apprentice has had a sustained programme of learning, with external tutors and moderation, ensuring their skills were developed against national accredited standards.

Their day-to-day project management work has re-enforced and complemented this learning. The one-day-per-week release for the apprenticeship work has been manageable for all involved and given my apprentice the space to concentrate on their development.

Finally, I‘m pleased to say my apprentice will soon complete this qualification and will have the confidence to apply what has been learned through this scheme in the rest of their HSE career.

Dave Smith, ITF, line manager to internal colleague on Level 4 Project Management

I welcomed three new apprentices in 2021, who have all been talented, eager individuals and have therefore become integral parts of the team. Their commitment to the job has been inspiring and given our team a real boost.

Summer Foster, FOD, line manager to three Level 3 Business Administration Apprentices

Apprenticeship programmes are available on a variety of levels and offer progression options for colleagues in all different parts of our organisation. To find out more about apprenticeships in general, visit the Apprenticeships website.

We wish all colleagues undertaking an apprenticeship the best of luck in their journey ahead and look forward to more opportunities and seeing what can be achieved in 2022!

Hayley O’Reilly-Murray
Head of Learning & Development

HM Principal Specialist Inspector – Portfolio Holder

Our Human Factors Specialists ensure employers across Great Britain work safely – touching on a whole range of essential industries with thousands of workers. In this role, you can utilise your considerable technical knowledge and practical experience to influence not only individual employers but whole industry sectors. We work closely with the Environment Agencies in England, Scotland, and Wales as part of the joint COMAH Competent Authority

As the Human Factors Portfolio Holder, you will be based in Chemicals, Explosives and Microbiological Hazards Division (CEMHD). You will be responsible for holding the Human Factors portfolio for onshore high hazard premises and installations, together with prioritising and managing key operational policy workstreams from other parts of HSE including Field Operations Division (FOD), Construction Division (CD) and Gas & Pipelines (ED).

Fire Safety Information Assessor

Help to improve fire safety in high rise buildings.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a new team who are focused on making sure that fire safety issues relevant to land use planning are considered by applicants and decision makers. As a Fire Safety Information Assessor, you will draw on your specialist knowledge and experience of fire safety design standards to help improve fire safety in high-rise residential developments. You will enjoy the opportunity to work flexibly from home between 7am-7pm, with occasional travel to the office. We can provide good IT equipment and office furniture for your home set-up.

With a varied caseload ranging from 7 story blocks of flats to towering skyscrapers in mixed use developments, you will work on some of the most high-profile developments in England. We will look to you to review fire safety information in planning applications in order to recognize and assess fire safety risks. You will produce consultation responses to planning authorities to an agreed deadline and also provide pre-application advice to applicants and local authorities. Crucially, you will enjoy opportunities to help us shape and improve this service. As we work to create a new Building Safety Regulator, you will be integral to our success.

If you would like more information on the requirements or selection process, please see the full job advertisement.

Mechanical Engineering Specialist Inspector

HSE’s Field Operations Division (FOD) regulates conventional industry, meaning that the range of industry sectors, equipment and processes we come into contact with is huge, from fairground rides to lifting operations, manufacturing to product safety. HSE’s mechanical engineering specialists help essential industries work safely. In this role, you will have wide ranging influence, from small individual employers to whole industry sectors.

We are looking for high calibre mechanical engineers who can, in pressurising situations, think strategically, identify underlying issues, and engage effectively at different levels: with colleagues, site technical staff and at the most senior levels within an organisation. You will be able to influence organisations to bring about improvements and be decisive and clear about what is needed. In many cases you will ultimately need to publicly explain and defend challenges to your findings and opinions in court or at Coroner’s Inquest.

Noise and Vibration Specialist Inspector

Our team of noise and vibration specialists work in a wide range of industries with thousands of workers. This role provides a unique opportunity to apply your technical knowledge and practical experience, influencing whole industry sectors as well as helping individual employers understand the right controls to have in place. Contributing to the policy development and industry guidelines will broaden your knowledge and your professional credibility like no other role can. You will see a clear line of sight between your input and reducing ill-health in the workplace.

Noise and vibration specialist inspectors are involved in front line regulatory work and developing technical policy. You will work as a member of a specialist regulatory team, led by a Principal Specialist Inspector, regulating workplaces to ensure that workplace health risks have been identified, evaluated and eliminated or adequately controlled. Field Operations Division is the largest operational inspectorate in HSE, covering many employment sectors including agriculture, general manufacturing, engineering, waste and recycling, education, health services, utilities and transport, government departments and domestic gas safety.

Occupational Hygiene Specialist Inspector

Our team of occupational hygiene specialists work in a wide range of industries with thousands of workers. This role provides a unique opportunity to apply your technical knowledge and practical experience, influencing whole industry sectors as well as helping individual employers understand the right controls to have in place. Contributing to the policy development and industry guidelines will broaden your knowledge and your professional credibility like no other role can. You will see a clear line of sight between your input and reducing ill-health in the workplace.

A career with HSE gives you a rare opportunity to visit and interact with many different and diverse employers and work activities.

This is a hugely varied and rewarding role. Whilst there are technical challenges to overcome, you will be working with many different people at every level and every part of your work will be geared to achieving one goal: protecting people’s health and safety at work.