Senior Information Disclosure Assurance Officer

We are looking for a motivated, dedicated and experienced information disclosure specialist to join the team. You will play an important role in ensuring that HSE provides professional and legally compliant responses to any requests for information, ensuring that any appeals are managed in accordance with the law.

As a Senior Disclosure Assurance Officer, you are a specialist in HSE’s information disclosure service.  You are responsible for managing the quality and performance of the service and ensuring that HSE’s information disclosure community have the skills and knowledge to follow the procedures accurately and consistently.

As a subject matter expert, you will advise colleagues and manage information disclosure appeals and internal reviews.  You will foster a culture of continuous improvement, collating feedback on improvement opportunities and co-ordinating with team leaders and managers to develop the service so that it is effective and efficient and complies with all information disclosure legislation.

Application Support Engineer

We are undergoing a major IT transformation programme, which includes a major investment in technology. This means HSE employees can do more to support HSE’s mission, therefore we are building a team of outstanding people who will ensure these new and improved technology services are available and optimised.

We are looking for talented IT professionals, you will utilise and develop your IT skills in making a difference to GB Health and Safety. We currently have a number challenging and varied roles which will make a significant contribution to our business. The roles will be part of the wider ITF division, based in Bootle (Merseyside) or York.

You will join the existing IT Information Systems Team as an Application Support Engineer, working in a team responsible for both supporting applications and working with our supplier in delivering application maintenance & support services to best practice principles. You will also contribute to continually improving the service. This position provides an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic role at the core of HSE’s Information Systems Processes.

Fire Statement Assessor (Band4/HEO)

We are looking for a Fire Statement Assessor to join our growing team.

As a member of the Fire Safety Planning Application team, you will play a key part in supporting the delivery of the Statutory Consultee role. This role will involve the assessment of fire statements produced by fire engineers working for developers on matters related to Land Use Planning and the production of a substantive response taking advice from other technical experts or local Fire and Rescue Services as appropriate.

This role will involve the assessment of fire statements produced by fire engineers working for developers on matters related to Land Use Planning and the production of a substantive response taking advice from other technical experts or local Fire and Rescue Services as appropriate.

This role requires a Level 4 diploma in Fire Safety or above.

For further information on applying for this role, please see the full job advertisement.

Assurance Practitioner

We are looking for Assurance Practitioners to join our growing team.

This is a rare chance to help shape 2nd line assurance provision in a growing, national organisation. The assurance practitioner roles are new and critical ones within HSE and provide an exciting opportunity for ambitious assurance practitioners who want to be at the heart of developing and delivering a high quality, responsive and efficient assurance function, supporting our Accounting Officer, Directors’, Board and Committees.

As part of a professional team, you will deliver efficient, consistent and effective delivery of 2nd line assurance reviews which drive improvement at all levels across HSE.

You will be a key source of advice to Divisional Directors, Senior Leadership Teams and colleagues in matters relating to internal control and compliance. As HSE enters a significant period of change (including the creation of the Building Safety Regulator) you will utilise your specialist assurance and audit expertise to advise on “what good controls looks like” and help HSE build the appropriate control framework within our new processes.

Building Safety Regulator – Operational Policy Lead for Gateways and Building Control (Band2/Grade7)

We currently have an exciting and challenging role in one of our priority areas: the Building Safety Regulator.

Working to the Grade 6 Head of Operational Policy, but often working as part of project teams drawn from across the Building Safety Programme and wider HSE, you will deliver workstreams to develop, test in ‘shadow form’ and the establish the governance and operational delivery arrangements for the Building Safety Regulator and the new building safety regulatory regime to be ready for ‘day 1’ of the new system.

This will concentrate on scoping, developing and implementing the regime of “Gateways” envisioned by the Building Safety Bill. You will discover the best current practice, lead the development of a new operational approach that delivers the policy intent of the new legislation and drive the implementation of this new approach. This will include developing procedures, and regulatory training programmes, and informing the transition of the enabling and secondary legislation through Parliament. You will also lead and support engagement with key stakeholders.

For further information on applying for this role, please see the full advertisement.

Information Management Practitioner (ITF Band 5/EO)

An exciting opportunity is available for 1 Band 5 (EO) Information Management Practitioner to join the team on level-move or promotion. Although, the posts could be undertaken from various HSE office locations, regular travel to Bootle (and other locations) will be required. As you will be working as part of a Bootle based team where you will need to develop knowledge and information management skills and experience, it should be assumed that the successful candidates will be required in Bootle, on average, 3-4 days every week. You should be willing to travel to various locations including other HSE offices, HSE’s Science Laboratory in Buxton and various stakeholder locations.

As part of the Information Management Team, the post holders will provide day-to-day support to HSE on all aspects of information management, promoting best practice and delivering a number of specialist services and making the best use of new technologies and responding to the changing needs of the organisation.

Experience of knowledge and information management is not essential as training and development will be provided.

For further information on applying for this role, please see the full advertisement.

Building Safety Regulator (BSR) Enforcement Lawyer

As the designated BSR enforcement lawyer, you will be part of a team which deals with the most serious and high-profile criminal prosecutions brought by HSE and advises on a wide range of both operational and policy issues.

Your role will be to provide legal advice on the development of enforcement policy and sanctions for the BSR and in due course the implementation of these including appeals against enforcement decisions, prosecutions and delivering training.

Full training for this new role will be provided and ongoing support to develop your career as a regulatory lawyer with HSE.

You must be a qualified solicitor, barrister or a Fellow of CILEx and hold a ‘general qualification’ within the meaning of s.71 (3) (c) Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.

If you feel this role is for you please see the full advert for further details.

Operational Team Leader Product Safety and Market Surveillance Team

We are seeking a Principal Inspector with significant product safety experience to lead and manage this frontline function or an experienced senior level Team leader/Policy Professional with significant experience in the application of product safety regulatory sanctions.

Because of the hybrid nature of the unit, you will work closely with other functions in the unit including intelligence, operational policy, strategic development and governance. Members of the frontline function will also participate in these workstreams.

This role offers many opportunities to develop a range of skills and you will be contributing to the growth and development of the new unit, actively driving and participating in continuous improvement in the team, Product Safety Market Surveillance Unit and HSE’s role in these areas.

2 X Posts – Band 2 Change & Business Improvement Manager Performance & Capability post and Band 2 PMO Manager Resource & Capability post (OSD Band 2/Grade 7)

To ensure HSE can continue to meet current and future challenges and to ensure HSE can deliver its large and complex change HSE is reinforcing it’s change capability to support the delivery of key programmes and projects.

Both the Resource, Performance and Capability roles will play a defining role in developing the organisation’s capability to deliver business transformation.

Specifically, these roles will be responsible for managing developing and driving capability and performance across our change delivery function to enable the consistent successful delivery of large-scale change projects and programmes.

These are exciting opportunities to help us lead, drive and deliver significant change across HSE, driven by a new strategy and a number of major transformation Programmes.

For further information if you wish to apply for this role(s) please follow the link below.

Chemicals Secretariat Manager – Band 4/HSO

At CRD, we work with one goal in mind – to protect human health and the environment from the effects of potentially harmful substances.

To help us meet these challenges we are looking for a Band 4 Higher Executive Officer to join us, to lead a small team responsible for the coordination of critical transparency processes, which will enable HSE to deliver its statutory functions as an independent global regulator of chemicals.

The post-holder will be located within a large, busy support team supporting the functioning of HSE’s Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD) in a number of critical areas.

This is a challenging and pivotal role, leading a small team which will act as the secretariat for the delivery of a range of transparency functions, which underpin a number of HSE’s chemicals regimes, now that the UK has left the EU.