About the job

Job summary

The Building regulations team is responsible for the drafting and updating of national Building regulations requirements. The post holder will be a key member of the Building regulations team and will develop expertise across a range of policy topics. They will have responsibility for specific topics within the management and development of technical aspects of Building Regulations and related construction legislation and administrative aspects of Building Control policy. The post holder will also project manage a number of work-streams within this area.

What the organisation will expect:

• You will be responsible for managing defined areas of work using your specialist knowledge or experience to exercise sound judgement when interpreting complex or conflicting information weighing up all evidence to produce innovative solutions to problems. 
• You will be adaptable, flexible, open to, and accepting of change affecting you and your area of work and deal with that change efficiently and professionally.
• You will show political awareness and an understanding of the political landscape when considering the impact of your decision and work on the wider business area and when formulating proposals for Senior Managers and Ministers.

What your team will expect:

• You may be required to manage a team setting clear direction on achieving their objectives. You will support team members in their work such as complex areas of work; work allocation and prioritisation; performance management; training and development; mentoring and coaching.
• You will value diversity and inclusion, creating an environment where individuals feel safe to challenge, share ideas and express concerns adopting an inclusive leadership style.
• You will be responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining systems or processes ensuring excellence or value for money.

What key stakeholders will expect:

• You will take the lead in creating, building and maintaining constructive relationships at all levels.
• You will be able to tailor and adapt your communication style (written and oral) to advise, guide, influence and persuade internal and external stakeholders as appropriate.

Job description

The Building regulations team is responsible for the drafting and updating of national Building regulations requirements. The post holder will be a key member of the Building regulations team and will develop expertise across a range of policy topics. They will have responsibility for specific topics within the management and development of technical aspects of Building Regulations and related construction legislation and administrative aspects of Building Control policy. The post holder will also project manage a number of work-streams within this area.

What the organisation will expect:

• You will be responsible for managing defined areas of work using your specialist knowledge or experience to exercise sound judgement when interpreting complex or conflicting information weighing up all evidence to produce innovative solutions to problems. 
• You will be adaptable, flexible, open to, and accepting of change affecting you and your area of work and deal with that change efficiently and professionally.
• You will show political awareness and an understanding of the political landscape when considering the impact of your decision and work on the wider business area and when formulating proposals for Senior Managers and Ministers.

What your team will expect:

• You may be required to manage a team setting clear direction on achieving their objectives. You will support team members in their work such as complex areas of work; work allocation and prioritisation; performance management; training and development; mentoring and coaching.
• You will value diversity and inclusion, creating an environment where individuals feel safe to challenge, share ideas and express concerns adopting an inclusive leadership style.
• You will be responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining systems or processes ensuring excellence or value for money.

What key stakeholders will expect:

• You will take the lead in creating, building and maintaining constructive relationships at all levels.
• You will be able to tailor and adapt your communication style (written and oral) to advise, guide, influence and persuade internal and external stakeholders as appropriate.

Person specification

• In conjunction with a  Technical officer and a Building Regulations Technical Manager to have policy responsibility for technical aspects of construction legislation (UK and WG). Liaison and briefing of legal advisors and other departments, development and management of specific legislation programmes in conjunction with Senedd and Welsh Government lawyers.
• Lead policy responsibility for the management and development of specific technical areas of the building regulations together with related advice and support to the Building Regulations Advisory Committee for Wales and liaison with other administrations over common areas of interest.
• To support the Building Regulations Legislation and Policy Manager to maintain and develop technical and operational aspects of the Building Control system dealing with approval/inspection, third party certification regimes and enforcement.
• Responsibility for content of technical guidance and technical aspects of the WG website (Building Regulations and related sustainability aspects).
• Responsibility for liaison with standards authorities (BSI/BSR/HSE) over specified topics. Representation of WG within standards review/development groups and activities.
• Lead responsibility for technical content of policy reviews, assistance in drafting specialist tender documentation, tender analysis and appointments. Technical oversight of working groups, consultation process through to management of changes to secondary legislation.
• To provide policy advice, briefing and speeches for senior officials and Ministers as appropriate. Supporting Ministers at external events.

Benefits

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

Applicants will require Full membership of a relevant construction professional institution (e.g. RIBA/ARB, RICS (Building Control), CABE, CIOB). As part of the interview process candidates will be required to give a 5 minute presentation to assess the ‘seeing the big picture’ behaviour. Full details will be provided with invitation to interview.

'Pan Wales’ means that the location in which the vacancy can be based is flexible across Wales, subject to the needs of the business. A list of the Welsh Government's offices can be found on our website (www.gov.wales). If you are an eligible candidate living in the UK but outside of Wales, we would encourage you to contact us to discuss the longer term business needs to attend the office and the flexibility of where the “place of work” will be for this role.

This advertisement confirms the overall criteria being assessed throughout this recruitment exercise. For further details on the criteria and evidence required at the application stage, you will need to press apply and review the application form.

When presenting your evidence, you may find it useful to consider the expectations of the grade as set out in the Grade Description as well as the main responsibilities that are essential for the role. 

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). 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.