Engineering Materials Scientist – 2 Year Fixed Term Appointment

We are looking for a scientist to join our Engineering Materials Team in the Major Hazards Group. This is an excellent opportunity to use your skills to contribute to valuable HSE and industry research projects to directly improve the lives of people in their workplaces and be part of a team developing a new technology area for our organisation.

You will be part of a team of specialists and will also collaborate with technical experts across many other disciplines.

This exciting opportunity will be based in the Science Division of the HSE at our research laboratory and unique outdoor testing facilities, in Buxton, Derbyshire.

Hazardous Materials Scientist

HSE’s Science Division is a world leading provider of health and safety solutions to industry and government. The scope of our work requires a diversity of talented individuals.

We are looking for a scientist to join our Hazardous Materials Team in the Major Hazards Group, specifically to work in the area of explosives testing.

This is an excellent opportunity to use your skills to contribute to innovative work to support HSE incident investigations, and valuable HSE and industry research projects to directly improve the lives of people in their workplaces.

You will be part of a team of specialists and will also collaborate with technical experts across many other disciplines.

Financial Management Accountant

Are you a qualified/near qualified Management Accountant looking to take the next steps to progress your finance career? If so, then this role could be for you.

This varied role will provide you with the opportunity to develop across many of the finance career pathways of the Government Finance Function. You will work within HSE’s Planning, Finance and Procurement Division (PFPD) as part of the Central Finance team supporting HSE’s budgeting and workforce planning processes, leading on Annual and Monthly Management Account and providing financial reporting to HSE’s Board, Executive Committee (ExCo) and DWP.

We’ve played a key role in the Government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic and we’re currently supporting work to establish the Building Safety Regulator and ensuring the UK is prepared to exit the EU.

If you want to contribute and support this vital work, this business-critical role provides a fantastic opportunity.

Economic Analyst (CRD Band 3/SEO)

The post is for an Economic Analyst primarily to support the work of CRD. Your primary task will be to undertake and assess socioeconomic impact assessments on proposals related to the regulation of chemicals. The scale and scope of questions that the economic analyst may have to deal with will vary, but will primarily be related to the costs and benefits of chemicals regulation and the technical and economic feasibility of alternatives and substitution of chemicals of concern. You would support the Head of Socioeconomic Analysis in their work for CRD.

Using tools such as cost-benefit analysis, impact assessment and options appraisal, the economic analyst will play a crucial role in the regulation of chemicals. The analyst is expected to be at the forefront of assessing the impact of proposals to manage the risks of chemicals.

This post provides excellent opportunities for an economic analyst who is willing to take on a high degree of responsibility with exposure to stakeholders and senior government officials.

if you are interested in this position please apply via the link below.

Project Manager – Fixed Term Appointment

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to join our Project Manager Group. The team is largely focused on delivering Health and Safety Science based projects to customer requirements, time and cost.

You will be the Project manager on a portfolio of science based health and safety related projects. The projects will be a mix of both HSE (internal) and Commercial projects, of low to medium complexity.

You can expect to contribute to a diverse range of projects, and be involved in both commercial and HSE work. You will be part of a team of PM specialists and will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.

Learning and Development Deputy Manager (CRD Band 4/ HEO)

The Divisional Development Team, provides a focal point and drive to fulfil these requirements. The functions of the team include oversight of all divisional development groups (DEG, B3 network, L&D); co-ordination and delivery of training requests as fits business need; consultation with our HRBP to collaborate with HRD on development opportunities; co-ordination, management and evaluation of the design and delivery of training for new starters; facilitation of training for existing staff; and support of the review and delivery of the through grading process for Band 5 scientists within our division.

The impact is extensive and affects every single member of staff in CRD to ensure the division is capable of delivering its responsibilities. In achieving this, the post holders will assist the SLT in deciding on the training needs for the whole division, team leaders in prioritising training, line managers supporting their staff in a focused manner and provide a more personalised approach to colleagues development.

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

Band 4/HEO Resourcing manager, Building Safety Regulator

As the resourcing manager, you will play an important part in supporting the creation of the new Building Safety Regulator (BSR) and the resourcing work streams. This is a complex project, resourcing a regulator of several hundred people and is without precedent in HSE in both scale and ambition. The range and variety of roles to be filled is complex and will require innovative and flexible resourcing solutions. This is a unique opportunity for experienced resourcing and recruitment managers to make a significant and far reaching impact.

You will be project managing resource delivery of several vacancies from a range of areas through our suppliers, providing advice and support to managers and ensuring we meet the timescales in the overall BSR delivery plan.

There are two posts available for this role 1 x permanent and 1 x fixed term post untill March 2022, if you are interested in this position please apply via the link below.

Programme Management Office Manager (PMO)

To ensure HSE can continue to meet current and future challenges, there will be greater investment in implementing news ways of working and implementing digital technologies. We are therefore reinforcing in-house capability to give us the skills and experience we need to take HSE forward.

HSE has opted to move to a single merged PMO (Programme Management Office) for delivering business improvement, digital and IT change, with a view to expanding its scope and coverage, eventually becoming a corporate P3MO (Portfolio, Programme and Project Management Office) for cross cutting and/or significant programmes.

You will play a significant role in supporting the Head of the PMO in implementing a corporate PMO model, whilst supporting the business grow its programme and project management maturity.

Resourcing Lead (BSR/Band 3)

As the resourcing lead over the new Building Safety Programme, you will play a significant part in ensuring the creation of the new Building Safety Regulator (BSR). The new regulator will be responsible for implementing and enforcing a more stringent regulatory regime for high-rise buildings, as well as providing wider and stronger oversight of safety and performance across all buildings and increasing the competence of those working on building safety. An experienced recruitment and selection manager, you will take a lead role leading the resourcing work stream for the setup of the shadow regulator, and subsequently the resourcing of the Building Safety regulator. The range and variety of roles to be filled creates a complexity which is novel for HSE and which will require innovative and flexible solutions using different resourcing options. The timeframe for delivering the regulator is challenging and requires you to be responsive to the emerging demands of the programme, but the impact of your achievement is far reaching.

It’s essential that you have a good working knowledge and experience of effective sourcing and talent attraction strategies and a sound understanding of resourcing processes to work in this role.

Marketing and Events Assistant

As Marketing Assistant in the Marketing Team you will be key to the delivery of the Marketing objectives within the Commercial Group and support the delivery of the Commercial revenue target. You will support the Marketing Managers and the Head of Marketing to plan and deliver impactful campaigns both internationally and across the UK. We are a friendly team and will provide support and mentoring. This is a great opportunity to work closely with experts and develop.

You will be focussed on delivering successful marketing campaigns and supporting the administration and delivery of conferences and events hosted by HSE and HSE’s attendance at external events.

Events are key to communicating safety messaging and raising awareness of offers to key audience groups. Events also give us the opportunity to engage with users of our guidance and gain feedback so that we can continuously evolve and improve. Each year HSE is proud to exhibit at major industry conferences, shows and broadcasts as well as host popular and informative seminars and events on topics of specific scientific interest.