Regulatory Science Team Leader – Ecotoxicology

Working as a team leader, you will be responsible for leading and managing a team of scientists and responsible for technical input to regulatory programmes 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.

The Ecotoxicology Team is involved in the evaluation of data on the toxicity of pesticides, biocides or other chemicals to a wide range of non-target organisms such as birds, mammals, aquatic organisms, bees, non-target arthropods, earthworms and soil macro and micro-organisms as well as non-target terrestrial plants. In addition, data on exposure are also evaluated and these data, along with the toxicity data are used in carrying out the associated regulatory risk assessment.

You will lead a team of Regulatory Ecotoxicologists for technical input to data evaluation and associated risk assessments 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.

You will be one of a number of team leaders responsible for delivering team business plans.

You will be responsible for providing guidance and delivering training to internal and external stakeholders on all aspects of risk assessment.

You will also be expected to represent the Ecotoxicology Team at national and international meetings.

Occupational Health Inspector

Our occupational health specialists work as Regulators across Great Britain in a whole range of essential industries with thousands of workers, to ensure that work is managed safely. In this role, you can utilise your considerable professional knowledge to influence not only individual employers but whole industry sectors.

This role will broaden your knowledge and your professional credibility like no other role can and you will be fully supported by your colleagues including the widest range of health and safety experts in Britain.

To apply for this role you will need to be a Registered specialist community public health nurse (occupational health) (SCPHN – part 3 of the NMC Register)s

Radiation Specialist Inspector

The Radiation Specialists in HSE’s Field Operations Division (FOD) support key frontline work in all sectors which use ionising and non-ionising radiation including manufacturing, engineering, medical and dental, veterinary, education and local authorities with the exception of nuclear licensed sites.

We are looking for high calibre specialists who can, under challenge, think strategically, identify underlying core issues, and engage at different levels both with colleagues, site technical staff and at the most senior levels within an organisation. You will be decisive and able to influence those organisations to bring about improvements.

Application Maintenance & Support Manager

You will join the existing IT Information Systems Team as Application Maintenance & Support Manager, responsible for a team of Support Analysts. You will establish and embed Application Maintenance & Support best practice principles and help to continually improve the service. This position provides an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic role at the core of HSE’s Information Systems Processes.

You will be involved in the development of our Application Maintenance & Support function to ensure it is business driven, customer focused and value for money. This position provides an opportunity to develop a mix of strategic, leadership and technical skills. Application Maintenance & Support is predominantly managed by a third party supplier, but we will be developing our own capabilities and look to take on increasing responsibilities for these functions.

You will work for the Head of Information Systems Asset Management and will hold a key position in developing these Application Maintenance & Support capabilities within the ITF division.

Senior Application Maintenance & Support Analyst

You will join the existing IT Information Systems Team as Senior Application Maintenance & Support Analyst, responsible for a team of Support Analysts. You will establish and embed Application Maintenance & Support best practice principles and help to continually improve the service. This position provides an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic role at the core of HSE’s Information Systems Processes.

You will be involved in operating the tools and environments for system maintenance, ensuring our Information Systems function is business driven, customer focused and value for money. This position provides an opportunity to develop a mix of strategic, leadership and project skills.

You will work for the Application Maintenance & Support Manager and will hold a key position in driving forward Application Maintenance and Support.
You will have direct line management responsibility for 4 Application Maintenance & Support Analysts.

Learning and Development Specialist – Fixed Term Appointment for 9 months

Our Human Resources Division plays a key role for the whole of HSE. As an L&D specialist within HR, you will play a key part in contributing to the design and development of the core learning to support the Chemical Regulators (CR) training programme, partnering with CHEMICAL REGULATOR DIVISION (CRD) in the L&D requirement in support of HSE’s EU Exit Programme for Chemicals, delivered via the EU Exit (Chemicals) Transition Programme.

You will also be part of a small but dedicated central L&D delivery team, who support HSE’s commitment to raising capability through a blended learning approach to ensure, that everyone in HSE has access to the relevant learning and development opportunities to enable them to undertake and deliver their roles effectively and feel engaged with our business

Contracts Manager

We are looking for a Contracts Manager to join our team of Commercial Specialists in the Commercial Capability Group. You will be based in HSE’s Science Division in Buxton, Derbyshire – a world leading provider of health and safety solutions to industry and government.

Our works spans across a wide and varied range of sectors including fire, explosion, process safety and engineering; occupational and environmental health; risk assessment; work environment; and specialist photographic and analytical services.

This is an excellent opportunity to work collaboratively across HSE with both internal and external stakeholders (both government and industry) and to provide essential contractual advice to support HSE’s essential commercial activities.

Line Manager in Human Factors Team – FTA for 12 months

We are looking for an experienced line manager to provide maternity cover for a highly skilled team of scientists and technical specialists in the field of Health and Safety related Human Factors.

You will focus on providing pastoral line management support for approximately 10 team members, working in collaboration with and supported by an established line management team already in place within the team.

The team you would manage includes psychologists, and human factors specialists from a variety of technical disciplines who investigate workplace incidents, provide scientific support to HSE inspectors directly or through research, and provide consultancy support and training to UK industry. The team has established technical managers (experts in the scientific fields), and in this line management role you will not be expected to manage technical aspect of the work. For this reason technical knowledge of occupational psychology or human factors is not required.

Change and Business Improvement Manager

The Change and Business Improvement Manager plays a key 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. The Change and Business Improvement Manager is 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.

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

Change & Business Improvement Analyst

The Change & Business Improvement Analyst plays a key role in designing, building and implementing new operating models and digital services in line with HSE’s strategic priorities, focusing on efficiency, effectiveness, regulatory outcomes, and improving the user experience. They are responsible, at a project level, for baselining current activities, articulating business and user requirements, designing and implementing new ways of working and providing continuous improvement support to HSE’s operations. This role will have a specific focus on leading the development of financial cost/benefit models and business cases to underpin our transformation activity.

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