Band 3 – Management Accountant

You will support the Head of Finance, providing expert advice on a range of budgeting and accounting issues, ensuring HSE complies with HMT’s Consolidated Budgeting guidance and Managing Public Money.

You will use sound knowledge and expertise in financial management, control and reporting to help prepare HSE’s overall budget and forecast each month.

You will play a central role assisting with detailed quarterly financial performance reviews to ensure ExCo have high quality information to base their decisions.

Key to the above is the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across HSE, ensuring information is accurate and assumptions are analysed and appropriately challenged.
You will have excellent communication, analytical and decision-making skills which will enable you to operate in a dynamic environment working to tight deadlines. You will have coaching and leadership skills with the ability to effectively manage your team.
You will be articulate with excellent influencing and interpersonal skills to enable you to work with the team and across the business to assist PFPD deliver a high-quality finance function.

If your are interested in applying for this role please use the link below.

IT Asset Analyst

We are looking for talented IT professionals.

You will be involved in the coordination, integration and continuous service improvement of how HSE manages IT assets. Whilst this post is within an IT environment, previous IT knowledge is not essential.

You will be a member of ITF’s Asset Management team and will be expected to manage the asset lifecycle from requirements definition, to procurement, operation and disposal for both hardware and software.

IT Service Operations Manager

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 of challenging and varied roles which will make a significant contribution to our business. The roles will be part of the wider Information, Technology and Facilities (ITF) division, based in Bootle, Merseyside.

The Service Operations Manager is responsible for protecting HSE live services. You will facilitate and manage the Major Incident Management discipline following a service failure, restoring live service as quickly and safely as possible with the smallest possible business impact and ensuring communications are issued as appropriate.

IT Service Asset Manager

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 of challenging and varied roles which will make a significant contribution to our business. The roles will be part of the wider Information, Technology and Facilities (ITF) division, based in Bootle, Merseyside. In normal circumstances will require some travel to other locations.

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.

Structural Integrity Inspector (ED Band 3/SEO)

The UK’s offshore industry is here for some time to come and so is the need for its regulator. This is your opportunity to be part of its future and to make a difference using your knowledge and skills whilst continuing your development within the unique variety and depth of challenge that Energy Division offers you.

The post holder will be part of a team responsible for the regulation of offshore installations and duty holders providing expertise in the field of structural integrity. This can involve inspecting the adequacy of Structural Integrity Management systems, assessing safety cases and investigating incidents.

You will also become involved in developing HSE guidance demonstrating to duty holders what regulatory compliance could look like for various complex structural topics.

Your own technical advice should provide a sound basis for employers to set and maintain their own appropriate safety standards.

Resourcing lead (Band 2/Grade 7)

HSE is the independent regulator for work-related health and safety in Great Britain. At the Health and Safety Executive, we believe everyone has the right to come home safe and well from their job.

We are looking for talented HR professionals to help us deliver our mission. You will be part of HSE’s wider resourcing team, who support resourcing across all business areas. You will work closely with HR Business Partners and lead a team of resourcing professionals to deliver our recruitment requirements.

You will utilise and develop your HR skills in making a difference to GB Health and Safety.

Why is this role so important to HSE?

Whilst you will be a rounded HR professional you will have a good working knowledge and experience of effective resourcing solutions.

Your aim will be to ensure that all resourcing activities further HSE’s ambition to become a more diverse and inclusive employer, whilst ensuring compliance with employment law, HSE’s policies and the Civil Service Recruitment Principles.

If you are interested in applying for this role, please use the link below.

HR Business Partner (Band 2/Grade 7)

At the Health and Safety Executive, we believe everyone has the right to come home safe and well from their job. That’s why our mission is to prevent work related death, injury and ill health.

This year the government set out plans for bringing about the biggest change in building safety for a generation. The HSE is at the centre of the plans, after it was announced in January that we would be establishing in shadow form a new Building Safety Regulator (BSR).

We are looking for talented HR professions, you will utilise and develop your HR skills in making a difference to GB Health and Safety.

As an HR Business Partner, you will be the face of HR for the business. This is a key role working alongside senior leaders in which you will be required to utilise your influencing skills and provide constructive challenge to plan, prioritise and progress HR and Workforce strategies which are aligned to the organisations strategic plan.

Although the post can be based in any one of our offices in England, Scotland and Wales, regular travel to HSE’s headquarters where the wider HR division is based in Bootle is expected. In normal circumstances will require some travel to other locations. During the Covid restrictions we are currently working from home.

If you are interested in applying for this role, please use the link below.

Senior Regulatory Scientist – Occupational Hygiene, Grade: Band 3/SSO

You will be part of a team that is delivering HSE objectives in support of the UK’s transition from the EU. 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. At CRD, we work with one goal in mind – to protect human health and the environment from the effects of potentially harmful substances.

You will provide expert knowledge and experience of chemicals exposure assessment and appropriate control approaches to support the development of regulatory positions on chemicals and decision making in our national regulatory schemes, especially REACH. This may include consumer exposure, although the main aspect for this post will relate to occupational exposure assessment. You will take account of exposure data and apply appropriate exposure modelling tools, as appropriate.

Head of Reward, HR Policy and Employee Relations (HRD Band 2 Grade 6)

HSE is the independent regulator for work-related health and safety in Great Britain. At the Health and Safety Executive, we believe everyone has the right to come home safe and well from their job.

We are looking for an experienced HR professional to join our HR Division as the lead on Reward, HR policy and employee relations.
You will utilise and develop your HR skills in making a difference to GB Health and Safety.

Why is this role so important to HSE?

You will be responsible for influencing, shaping and developing HR policy solutions, including pay and reward, in line with Civil Service Employee Policy (CSEP) and Civil Service HR (CSHR), to meet business need.

You will play a key role in building strong employee relations through working constructively and positively with our recognised trade unions. You will also be excellent at building and enhancing relationships with stakeholders across the business and trade unions, as well as working closely with colleagues across HR.

If you are interested in applying for this role, please use the link below.

Independent Members of the Health and Safety Executive’s Science, Engineering and Evidence Assurance Committee

4-year appointment starting in April 2021

Location: England, Wales, Scotland
Remuneration: £4,000 (honorarium payment) plus reimbursement of reasonable travel expenses.

There is an opportunity for experienced scientists or engineers to provide assurance to the HSE Board about HSE’s science strategy and the scientific work that it does, as members of a Science, Engineering and Evidence Assurance Committee (SEEAC).

HSE is looking for applications from people who have substantial experience of leading and managing research programmes and who have wide experience of working across the scientific community in a leadership role. All members should have a high level of expertise and be recognised as leaders in their fields. It is anticipated that this role would involve a maximum of 10 days per year.

Members are normally required to prepare for and attend up to four Committee Sessions each year (at which deep dives are conducted) and to attend occasional ad hoc short meetings. However, at present meetings are held on-line, are shorter and more frequent, and SEEAC will adjust its modus operandi to reflect advice on management of the COVID-19 pandemic, returning to face-to-face meetings as and when appropriate.

For full information on this opportunity please refer to the Information Pack.

To Apply

Please email your CV, supporting letter and completed monitoring form to linda.heritage@hse.gov.uk quoting SEEAC APPLICATION in the subject field. Attach your supporting letter, CV and monitoring form as separate documents to your email.

Applications must be received by midnight 06/12/2020. Receipt of applications will be acknowledged by email.

Interviews will be conducted with shortlisted candidates 14/01/2021 or 19/01/2021 or 21/01/2021.

If you have any questions about this opportunity and would like to discuss either the role or the application process, please contact john.mcdermid@york.ac.uk (Chair of SEEAC) or HSE’s Chief Scientific Adviser Andrew.Curran@hse.gov.uk