Senior Regulatory Scientist (Chemistry) – REACH Delivery Team (CRD Band 3/SEO)

Bedford, Bootle, Bristol, Edinburgh, York

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.

This is an exciting time to join Chemical Regulations Division (CRD) with opportunities to develop and shape our regulatory schemes for the future. Our primary role is to deliver regulatory schemes intended to protect the health of people and the environment, balancing the economic and social benefits that chemicals offer to society and helping to ensure the safe and sustainable use of chemicals. We also have a role through guidance, partnership working and leadership to raise awareness and promote behaviour change to help improve the control of hazardous substances in the workplace.

We employ around 400 scientific, policy and support staff in various locations, including York, Bootle, Bristol, Bedford and Edinburgh. HSE has now adopted hybrid working which will allow us all to work both in the office and at home and we will provide you with the necessary equipment to support you when working from home. However, please note that these posts are office based roles and they are not a remote location based or home worker post; as such, successful candidates will need to be in a position to attend the office from appointment date onwards and will be required to attend the office regularly and potentially at short notice. Successful candidates will also be expected to undertake some face to face training upon joining HSE and this will be office based.

We are looking for:

• An understanding of the relevant regulations, especially UK REACH
• Ability to assess chemical identity from spectral and analytical data
• Analytical skills with the ability to write/present effective technical information in a clear, concise and timely way.
• Initiative and decisiveness, supporting your ability to make effective decisions, while being open to challenge and involving others.
• Ability to manage and develop a small team of regulatory scientists including motivating staff, identifying training needs and taking a leading role in building capability.
• Experience of delivering output to time, cost and quality criteria.
• Outstanding organisational skills in managing a varied workload to demanding deadlines.
• Experience in building and maintaining strong, positive working relationships both internally and externally to our organisation.

 

Please note this is not an exhaustive list and there may be other tasks/responsibilities that will be required as part of these roles.

Responsibilities

• To understand and apply the relevant regulations and guidance.
• To analyse spectral, analytical and other data relating to the identity of chemical substances being registered under UK REACH.
• To co-ordinate a team of chemists responsible for managing the REACH registration and associated processes, including provision of specialist support to those involved in developing the Comply with UK REACH IT system.
• To communicate clearly technical information both verbally and in writing, presenting clear summaries, conclusions and decisions.
• To possess good organisational skills in managing a varied workload to demanding deadlines.
• To show initiative and decisiveness, in making effective decisions, while being open to challenge and involving others.
• To build and maintain strong, positive working relationships both within HSE and externally to our organisation.
• To contribute to internal peer review and quality assurance processes

A degree, minimum 2:2 or a level 7/8 qualification (e.g. – postgraduate degree, postgraduate certificate) in chemistry, materials science or a comparable, relevant physico-chemical subject.

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

• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together

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

• Experience of leading on relevant technical issues, including mentoring and supporting colleagues, and sustaining team technical capability where appropriate;
• Experience in a regulatory or scientific area relevant to the senior regulatory scientist role and knowledge and experience of the assessment of the chemical information for general chemicals and/or plant protection products or, biocides

We invest in our people with;
• Competitive rates of pay
• Access to the highly competitive Civil Service Pension Scheme to which HSE contribute around 27.1%, far more than in the private sector
• Family friendly policies and working hours to help balance your home life and career
• 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: Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay

Allowances
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

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Job contact :

• Name : Gary Dougherty
• Email : gary.dougherty@hse.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : HR.Resourcing-Team@hse.gov.uk