Policy Advisor

6 months ago

West Midlands, United Kingdom Health and Safety Executive Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 323629**Salary**:

- £32,802 - £36,625- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer- Band 4**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HSE - Engagement & Policy Division (EPD) - Product Safety and Market Surveillance Unit**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support
- Policy**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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- East Midlands (England), East of England, North East England, North West England, Scotland, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the HumberAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is the independent regulator for work-related health and safety. Our purpose is to prevent workplace death, injury or ill health and protect the environment. Engagement and Policy Division (EPD) is at the heart of how HSE reduces risk and protects people and places - it leads on HSE’s communications, business insight interventions and helps shape our policy.

We are recruiting for a Policy Advisor within the Product Safety and Market Surveillance Unit (PSMSU), which is part of Operational Strategy Branch within EPD. PSMSU is responsible not only for frontline interventions to regulate and enforce the product safety requirements for workplace machinery, equipment and goods, PSMSU is also responsible for leading policy across 12 Health and Safety at Work Regulations.

This post is key to developing and delivering policy relevant to health and safety at work and in line with strategic priorities, including Personal Protective Equipment, Work at Height, Control of Noise, Provision and Use of Work Equipment, Pressure Systems Safety, Control of Vibration, Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment, Signs and Signals, Compressed Air, and Health and Safety Leasing Arrangements. You will also be involved in the development and implementation of DBT-led policy on the product safety framework (currently under review) to enable effective frontline regulatory interventions by PSMSU frontline team. Your work will involve a range of policy activities including stakeholder engagement, working collaboratively with colleagues across regulatory, other policy and science disciplines, technical specialists and communications. You will be expected to quickly develop policy expertise and start delivering at pace.

**Job description**:

- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to develop evidence-based policy proposals
- Lead the delivery of workstreams you are responsible for to agreed objectives and timescales
- Draft responses to official correspondence and contributions to MPs letters, ministerial submissions, briefings and parliamentary questions.
- Develop collaborative relationships with stakeholders in other government departments and industry to deliver policy priorities
- Work flexibly to support colleagues in other policy teams when the need arises

**This post can be based from any of our UK-based offices (excluding London). While we can offer hybrid working, please ensure you are within reasonable commuting distance of a HSE office. **Click this link** for more information on our office locations.**

**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.**

**Person specification**:
The work to be delivered in this post requires a flexible approach and people who are ready to take on new challenges and areas of work when needed, taking advantage of opportunities for improvement.

**You will have;**
- The ability to work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, quickly developing and maintaining positive working relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders.
- Good organisational and planning skills, taking responsibility for delivering outcomes on time to the required standard.
- Sound analytical skills to identify underlying issues.
- The ability to balance competing priorities and contribute to policy development at pace.
- The ability to effectively write and present complex information in a clear and concise way for nontechnical audiences.
- An appreciation for the market surveillance regulation framework.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Making Effective Decisions

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £32,802, Health and Safety Executive contributes £8,857 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.**We invest in our people with;**
- Learning and development tailored to your role.
- An environment with flexible working options.
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