About the job

Job summary

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.

At the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) we want to create the conditions for all colleagues to be healthy, safe and well at work. To ensure we can achieve this aim we have launched an improvement programme to strengthen how we lead Health Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) through our people then underpin with effective systems.

As part of our Achieving Cultural Excellence (ACE) improvement programme, we require a HSW capability to help develop and deliver our health, safety and wellbeing changes across Divisions within HSE.

Embedding the outcomes of our ACE programme is a priority for HSE and one that presents exciting and challenging opportunities for colleagues who wish to be part of a HSW change programme that will endure and make a real difference to transforming our health and safety management systems and leadership culture for HSW.

Job description

As an HSW Business Partner (HSWBP) you will have responsibility for supporting and influencing HSE divisions in building an excellent health, safety and wellbeing culture. This is a key role working alongside senior leaders, HSW team colleagues, HR Business Partners, HSW committees, HSE divisions, support functions and stakeholders and you will be required to utilise your influencing skills and provide constructive challenge to build strong and trusted relationships with the Directors and senior teams who lead the HSE Division(s) you will support. You will need to use your expertise to gain credibility from day one to enable Divisions to plan, prioritise and progress HSW which are aligned to HSE’s recently published 10-year strategy ‘Protecting People and Places 2022-2032’ and to advocate health, safety and wellbeing cultural excellence in HSE.

You will use your leadership skills to:

• Influence, coach and support senior leadership teams to achieve HSW cultural excellence in their area.
• Influence thinking and actions on HSW culture at divisional and organisational level.
• Lead groups to identify and implement improvements to HSW policy and procedures and culture.
• Represent the HSW team and HSE at internal and external meetings and events.
• Build and maintain effective HSW support networks.

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.

This role will involve occasional travel to other HSE sites for team meetings and may involve some over night stays. 

Person specification

As part of your role you will have a proven track record of:

• Advising on key risks at divisional and organisational level and make recommendations on improvements, controls and mitigation.
• Evaluating legal compliance to advise and inform divisions and influence HSW decision making at organisational level.
• Advising on all elements of the HSW management system in general. And specifically for HSE on their focal point / lead areas is desirable but not essential. 
• Using considered judgement to make decisions, sometimes with incomplete information.
• The ability to analyse data to identify trends and risks and make recommendations for improvement, mitigation or control.
• Showing a commitment to your own and others learning and development.
• Owning elements of a HSW management system and maintaining the associated policy, process and procedures.
• Leading and managing change projects to time quality and cost.
• Coaching and mentoring leaders, peers and colleagues.
• Providing a channel for two-way communication between divisions and the corporate centre on all HSW matters including the delivery of HSW presentations, updates and management information reporting.

 

As part of your role you will have experience of:

 

• Building and sustaining effective working relationships to enable organisational change and improvement.
• Communicating and influencing at senior level and / or with stakeholders.
• Delivering projects and discrete pieces of work at pace and with competing priorities.
• Ability to see the bigger picture in relation to transformation and change.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £40,788, Health and Safety Executive contributes £11,012 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 your application, you will be invited to complete a CV which demonstrates how you meet the criteria listed in the person specification. You will also be asked to submit a 250 word statement as evidence towards the behaviour Communicating and Influencing. 

Application Guidance

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

Sift information

At Sift you will be assessed on your CV and behaviour. The Sift will take place from the 22nd February 2024.

Interview Information

At interview, you will be assessed against the behaviours detailed within the job advert. Interviews will take place date/week commencing 18th March 2024. 

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

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.

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.