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.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is the occupational health and safety regulator for Great Britain. Across the last 45 years, HSE has gained a formidable reputation internationally and domestically as a leader in the field of regulation, championing intelligence and evidence-led regulation that is proportionate and risk-based.

To help us achieve this we employ the largest number of health and safety experts in the country, including frontline inspectors, specialists, policy delivery teams, economists, lawyers and support workers, all working together to help protect people.

This is an exciting time to be joining the Product Safety and Market Surveillance Unit in Engagement and Policy Division. We are HSE’s strategic point of contact for technical policy and operational support on the safe design, manufacture, supply and use of workplace machinery and equipment. We also encompass a team engaged in frontline regulation and investigation of product safety issues and we are continuing to develop our intelligence capability to underpin market surveillance activities.

You will undertake a range of work to support the operational policy, intelligence gathering and administrative support to ensure the effective regulation of workplace product safety.

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 per week

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.

Job description

We are looking for someone with a good understanding and experience of managing databases, spreadsheets and case management systems and a thorough knowledge of the Product Safety regulatory framework.

You will be part of a team that works together to provide support for a number of workstreams within the Product Safety and Market Surveillance Unit including triage of concerns and queries from a number of sources, development of internal procedures, continued growth for intelligence capabilities to underpin future interventions and cross-government working.

This post offers significant development, providing insight to and experience of business assurance, intelligence management, Health and Safety policy and Product Safety operational policy development, working collaboratively with a range of internal and external partners.

HSE is committed to providing a supportive and inclusive working environment and we particularly welcome BAME/disabled/LGBT+ applicants, as they are currently underrepresented within HSE.

Responsibilities

You will manage and support workstreams that improve intelligence and delivery through:

• Maintenance of internal databases and records on HSE systems including COIN and CM9
• Access, input and maintenance of entries to the OPSS product safety database
• Providing analysis and presenting data to support operational work planning and execution.
• Assessment of reports regarding non-conforming products to ensure sufficient information has been received
• Triaging, recording and allocation of queries, concerns, requests for support/input across the Unit’s main workstreams
• Supporting market surveillance projects within HSE and with other Government Departments, regulators and Market Surveillance Authorities (MSAs)
• Supporting the development and implementation of guidance to underpin an effective MSA function in HSE for workplace goods and products.
• Contributing to data quality checks and periodic audits

 

Additionally this post will be responsible for

• Maintenance of processes and procedures to ensure continued operational systems efficiency
• Developing guidance to support unit functions
• Producing management reports from various information sources and databases
• Preparing and delivering business assurance exercises to strengthen operational effectiveness and demonstrate delivery of PS functions to agreed corporate standards and consistent performance.

Person specification

Essential criteria: 

You must be able to demonstrate the following: 

• A good understanding of data base management with the ability to use an Excel and spreadsheets effectively.
• A good understanding of Case management systems. 
• A good understanding of MS Office. 
• A thorough knowledge of the Product Safety Framework. 

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £27,316, Health and Safety Executive contributes £7,375 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

Please complete your CV detailing your employment history, skills and experience.

At the application stage you will complete your CV and complete a Personal Statement of not more than 500 words, demonstrating how you fulfil the criteria for this role as stated in the essential criteria above.

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 CV and your Personal Statement

The Sift will take place from the 2nd of January 2024.

Interview information 

At interview, you will be assessed against the behaviours and your job-related experience as detailed within the job advert.

Interviews will take place w/c 22nd of January 2024.

Interviews will be held remotely via MS Teams. 

Please note the sift and interview dates could be subject to change due to panel availability. 

Further information

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. Determine your eligibility at here.

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

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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. 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.