This is an exciting time to be joining the new Product Safety and Market Surveillance Team in Safety Unit and offers many opportunities to develop a range of skills. Safety Unit is HSE’s strategic point of contact for technical policy and operational support on the safe design, manufacture, supply and use of workplace machinery and equipment. Safety Unit leads on implementation of product legislation on the supply of machinery, electrical equipment, gas appliances, pressure equipment, cableways, lifts, PPE, ATEX equipment and for HSWA Section 6 for work products not otherwise covered. The future international aspect of our work will continue to support collaboration with international regulators to ensure an effective approach to market surveillance and support trade negotiations.

We are looking for people who have experience of product safety and market surveillance, to work as part of a busy operations team.

In this role you will directly influence duty holders, work with HSE Inspectors, other Market Surveillance Authorities and stakeholders. There is a need to possess or rapidly acquire an understanding and knowledge of relevant operational procedures. This post offers significant development, providing insight to, and experience of operational interventions and policy, and in working collaboratively with a range of internal and external partners and stakeholders.

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As a Business Support Team Leader, you will manage a team of office-based support staff who provide business support to frontline inspectors and specialists. As a line manager you will need to lead and develop your team to be confident in dealing with a range of tasks associated with delivering HSE’s business related to workplace inspection, incident investigation and enforcement action.

We are looking for someone with strong verbal communication and listening skills and people with understanding and compassion. In return we will offer flexible working patterns, full training and a professional working environment.

As a Business Support Team Leader, you will be responsible for monitoring staff performance regularly, challenging poor performance/behaviours and ensuring the training and development needs of their staff are fully met.

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We currently have a range of interesting opportunities in our three priority policy areas, Building Safety Regulator (BSR), Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD) and Engagement and Policy Division (EPD).

You will manage a number of areas of work and will need to work flexibly and dynamically, often at pace, in line with the demands of the policy areas you are responsible for to ensure that HSE interests and priorities are met. You will have the opportunity to develop policy and processes in emerging areas of work. You will also review and, if necessary, amend existing practices and processes to ensure they best support HSEs and Government’s wider objectives.

To succeed you will need to quickly establish credibility with both HSE colleagues and a range of external stakeholders by developing a thorough understanding of the underpinning policy, regulatory frameworks, technical and legislative issues and by proactively building and maintaining collaborative networks. The high-profile nature of HSE’s policy work and the rapid pace of activity coupled with working with uncertainty is particularly challenging. This will require you to be politically astute, tenacious, creative and able to act decisively to keep projects moving forward.

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We currently have a range of interesting opportunities in our three priority policy areas, Building Safety Regulator (BSR), Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD) and Engagement and Policy Division (EPD)

You will lead a varied portfolio of work and will need to work flexibly and dynamically, often at pace, in line with the demands of the policy areas you are responsible for to ensure that HSE interests and priorities are met. You will be part of the leadership team with responsibility to define the policy and design the delivery processes in emerging areas of work. You will also be expected to review and identify opportunities to improve existing practices and approaches to ensure they best support HSE’s and Government’s wider objectives.

To succeed you will need to quickly establish credibility with both HSE colleagues and a diverse range of external stakeholders by developing a thorough understanding of the underpinning policy, regulatory frameworks and technical and legislative issues and proactively build and maintain collaborative networks

If you are interested in this role or wish to learn more about the divisions this position is available in, please use the link below.

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.

To help us meet these challenges, we require a number of ambitious Band 3 Senior Scientific Officers to join us.

You will lead a team of Regulatory Occupational & Non-Dietary Exposure Scientists for technical input to regulatory programs on chemicals, biocides and pesticides to support regulatory decisions in the UK.

You will be expected to explain your decisions internally and externally, to Expert Committees, other government departments and relevant stakeholders.

If you are interested in this role please apply via the link below.

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.

To help us meet these challenges, we require a number of Band 3 Senior Regulatory Toxicologists to join us.

The Toxicology Team is mainly responsible for the assessment of the human health hazards and risks of a range of chemicals, including general chemicals, pesticides and biocides and their formulations. These are performed to ensure these chemicals are regulated in line with legislative requirements and safety standards.
Our Senior Regulatory Toxicologists have considerable knowledge of the regulation of chemicals and extensive experience of regulatory science, including scientific writing, regulatory decision making, working with national and international legislation, communicating with stakeholders and representational roles in different fora.

If you are interested in this role please apply via the link below.