Engagement & Regulatory Policy Professional in Local Authority and Safety Unit – (EPD Band 3/SEO)

Diverse Perspectives and experiences are critical to our success, and we welcome applications from all people from all backgrounds with the experience and skills needed to perform this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

HSE’s Local Authority Team (LAT) is responsible for coordinating and delivering HSE’s strategic objectives around the LA/HSE co-regulatory partnership. LAT sits within the Operational Strategy Branch (OpSt) whose role is to provide co-ordination and leadership across several key areas of occupational health and safety and to set operational policy.

This role offers an exciting opportunity for someone with a regulatory background and knowledge of local authority regulatory services to play a key role in reviewing, developing and moving forward the critical co-regulatory partnership between local authorities and HSE.

This is an opportunity for an experienced regulator, familiar with managing service delivery within the local authority environment. You will lead a varied portfolio of policy work, primarily on the co-regulatory partnership. You will need to work flexibly as part of a leadership team who continually adapt and develop regulatory standards which enable the design of interventions where HSE and LAs can have a measurable impact in reducing and preventing work related ill health.  You will also lead any response to HSE’s contribution to Retained EU Law (REUL) Act in relation to the regulations within your policy area, working at pace to respond to central government commissions and taking forward legislative reform work where necessary.

You will act as the operational lead supporting HSE and LA inspectors in complex decision making regarding application and interpretation of the Enforcing Authority Regulations. You will collaborate with the other regulators such as FSA to update and publish ‘combining inspections’ guidance, looking at ways of maximising Environmental Health Officer (EHO) impact on health and safety regulation. You will be involved in representing HSE and Local Authority and Safety Unit (LASU) interests at meetings with other regulators e.g. BEIS Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), FSA and at other relevant Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) and Local Authority meetings as appropriate.

You will play a key part in taking forward the review of the LA/HSE co-regulatory partnership, embedding links with other regulators, seeking synergies that enable best outcomes in delivering the HSE 10 year Strategy – Protecting People and Places.

At HSE, we are proud to be able to offer our people the opportunity to work in a hybrid way which combines working from home and the office. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your allocated office will be your contractual place of work. There will be a requirement to travel to the office for various activities e.g., collaborative working, supporting and training colleagues. If hybrid working is suitable for you and your role, the arrangements will be determined primarily by business need, but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. Therefore, we would encourage candidates to consider if the commute from home to the office is a feasible distance to travel before making an application. Please note that if you are successful, hybrid working will be discussed prior to taking up the post.

Part time working hours are available for this role. We can accept part time applicants who can commit to working a minimum of 30 hours (4 days) per week.

• You will need to have resilience and drive, with confident leadership and management skills to support high performing teams and to achieve impact through others. You will need the ability to work at pace in a complex, and multi-stakeholder environment, and manage reputational risks.
• You will need to be a leader in your Sector, with the ability to support priority setting and influence others inside and outside of HSE. You will need to be able plan, support and evaluate operational interventions and enforcement.
• You must be able to see the big picture and take into account the broader public, media and political interest, demonstrating wider stakeholder engagement, and keep abreast of developments in the future world of work so HSE and local authorities are prepared for new challenges.
• You will need to be articulate and credible, with the interpersonal skills to engage effectively with a range of stakeholders and influence their activities. Collaborative working is essential across all parts of HSE, local authorities and wider. You will need to have the ability to interact with senior colleagues in HSE and other organisations. You need excellent presentation skills with the ability to represent HSE and deliver to large or influential external audiences.
• You will need to be able to deal with complex written work, including the production of papers, official correspondence, internal and external guidance (including webpages) and briefings (including internal and Ministerial).
• You must be able to travel for stakeholder engagement and internal meetings. Occasional overnight stays may be necessary.

Technical requirement

• Experience of working in a regulatory environment and understanding regulatory practice.
• Experience of managing regulatory service delivery

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• Competitive rates of pay
• Access to the highly competitive Civil Service Pension Scheme to which HSE contribute 27.1%, far more than in the private sector
• Family friendly policies and working hours to help balance your home life and career
• Carer friendly policies to help create a supportive working culture
• 25 days annual holiday increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays and 1-day Civil Service privilege leave
• Parental leave benefits

This post is eligible for Excess Fares Allowance. A successful internal candidate currently based at another office may be entitled to Excess Fares Allowance in line with HSE policy http://intranet/finance/expenses/excess-fares-allowance-policy.htm

Job contact :

• Name : Paul Spurrier
• Email : paul.spurrier@hse.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : hr.resourcing-team@hse.gov.uk