About the job

Job summary

The Civil Service embraces equality, diversity, and inclusion. At HSE, your personal qualities are as important as your professional experience. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and all walks of life. 

Our approach is to recruit “on merit on the basis of fair and open competition”, in line with the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. As such, our thorough selection process ensures that you and every other candidate receive equal and fair treatment. 

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is Britain’s national regulator for workplace health and safety. We are dedicated to protecting people and places and helping everyone lead safer and healthier lives. The benefits that our work brings to business, workers and the UK economy are clear. Improved health and safety risk management protects workers and translates into reduced sickness absence, lower healthcare and welfare costs, and better productivity. 

The Head of Performance role within Director of Regulation’s Divisional Support Unit acts as the single point of contact within Divisional Support Unit for delivery and performance reporting to 3 Operational Divisions’ Senior Leadership Teams and Director of Regulation Office. This is an influential and high profile role within HSE’s operational Divisions providing high quality workload and performance reporting to 3 operational divisions.  

Occasional travel to the Bootle Office will be required for this role.

Job description

Key Responsibilities  

• Line management of B4 Performance Manager.   
• Leading the production, analysis and narratives for a range of weekly and monthly standardised reports and operational delivery dashboards to; Divisional, Unit and Group level to support effective workload management and management of performance against a range of Key Performance Indicators across a diverse range of regulatory processes/activities.  
• Development of bespoke divisional performance reporting to enable a suite of reporting for regulatory processes supporting achievement of KPI’s to supplement and adapt reporting available on HSE corporate systems (e.g. gathering and reporting projected reporting against KPI’s) 
• Direct the provision of Divisional level management information for Divisional Senior Leadership Teams and Director of Regulation presenting trends and lead indicators for regulatory processes underpinning achievement of KPI.  
• Support Divisional Support Team Band 2 in identifying the scope and design of deep dives into regulatory processes and lead on production of comprehensive analysis and discussion at a senior level in order to identify opportunities for improvements. 
• Act as main point of contact with business intelligence community to ensure provision of corporate data meets the needs of divisional reporting across 3 operational divisions including the development and validation of bespoke data sets. 
• Provision of ad hoc reporting, designing the retrieval, validation and manipulating of data sets into clear and concise reporting and leading the analysis for senior leaders to Director level. 
• Establish regular contact within HSE performance community and other government departments as appropriate to share and gain insight into best practice for performance management and implement as appropriate best practice into all our activities.
• Responsible for the retrieval, validation and concise/accurate reporting of complex data sets to tight timescales informing responses to FOI, Data Access Requests and data and analysis for SELCOM, Ministers, COVID Inquiry and other high profile stakeholders, with provision of accurate relevant data as required and accurate interpretation/briefings. ​   
• Ensure accurate recording of reactive regulatory delivery and activities that align with operational procedural guidance and performance standards, including the identification and resolution of data quality issues which impact on achievement of KPIs for each Division.  
• Lead the design and implementation of proactive monitoring against key regulatory activities to ensure effective case management in line with HSE KPI’s and early identification of areas in need of attention.
• Ensure timely monitoring of progress of inspections against the workplan and produce and present quality and timely reports to Heads of Operations, Senior Leadership Teams and Engagement and Policy Division to monitor performance.  
• Represent Divisional Support Unit at regular delivery meetings/forums with colleagues in other HSE divisions, operations and senior leaders, on regulatory matters including achievement of inspection profiles as requested.    
• Ensure the provisions of high quality and timely information and data to ensure that operational leaders and the Head of DST have the right information to maximise delivery.   

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.

Person specification

Essential Skills and Experience

• Experience of working in a similar performance role supporting large operational divisions within a complex, public sector, or regulatory environment  
• Use of Microsoft 365 in particular Microsoft Excel, Power Apps, including Power BI. 
• Experience of developing comprehensive reporting against operational KPI’s including developing performance dashboards and development of lead indicators for regulatory processes  
• Ability to manipulate and analyse large data sets and respond with accurate information at pace to complex requests  
• Experience of data analytics to be able to interpret data requirements and present data in a clear and compelling way, using graphical representations and data visualisations and well-structured narrative reports 
• Leading complex stakeholder management activities across 3 regulatory divisions, that include the collaboration on, definition of and buy-in to the development of new reporting methodologies 
• Inspiring leader, able to work at pace and with well-developed communication, influencing and interpersonal skills, including establishing credibility with senior leaders. 
• Proven ability to create a culture of inclusion, innovation, collaboration and teamwork, holding people accountable for performance and celebrating success 

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £40,788, Health and Safety Executive contributes £11,013 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

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

Application Information.

As part of the application form you will be asked to submit a CV which will not be marked and is for reference only.  

You will be invited to complete a Statement of Suitability (no more than 750 words) that demonstrates how you meet the essential skills and experience as outlined in the person specification section. 

You will also be invited to complete 2 behaviour competencies.

Application Guidance

Please access the following link for guidance on how to apply and how to complete a personal statement https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/how-to-apply/

Sift Information

At Sift, you will be assessed on your Statement of Suitability and the two behaviours, Communicating and Influencing and Delivering at Pace.

The Sift will take place W/C 7th May 2024.

In event of a high number of applications, at sift we will assess on the lead behaviour of Communicating and Influencing.  

Interview Information

If successful at the sift stage, you will be invited to an interview where you will be asked to complete a short exercise and then asked the behaviour competencies as outlined above. More detailed information on the exercise will follow if invited to interview.

Interviews will take place week commencing 20th May 2024.

These dates are subject to change based on panel availability.

AI Tools & Platforms

During the application process candidates are allowed to utilise AI (artificial intelligence) platforms and Tools to support them in writing their Behaviours, CV’s and Personal Statements. However, all information submitted must be factually accurate. This includes presenting the ideas and experience of others, or those generated by artificial intelligence, as your own. All presented information will be assessed at the Interview Stage.

Further Information 

Please note that a Reserve List will be held for the period of up to 12 months.

Sponsorship

This role is not open to application from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and require sponsorship your application will be rejected, and any provisional offers of employment will be withdrawn.

It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure they are aware of the terms and conditions they will adopt should they be successful in their application.

For a summary of HSE terms and conditions as part of Civil Service Reform, please see the attached document.

Any move to HSE from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at here

HSE is proud to be a part of the Disability Confidence Scheme (DCS). As a Disability Confident employer, we positively welcome applications from disabled people. We are committed to making workplace adjustments to ensure anyone can participate in the recruitment and selection process.

We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for all disabled applicants who provide evidence of meeting the minimum requirements necessary for the post. If, during the application or interview process, you require any assistance due to a disability or a medical condition, please contact us at the email address below to discuss how we can support you.

If successful in securing your role, HSE can provide suitable workplace adjustments to support you throughout your career with HSE.

If you have a disability and you need an application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please contact: hr.resourcing-team@hse.gov.uk

Please note, if you are a current civil servant and you are currently undergoing any of the following formal actions your application will not be progressed any further; Formal discipline action, any formal action regarding attendance, poor performance or any restriction of duties as a result of disciplinary action.

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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

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. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.