Business Compliance Senior Safety Officer

6 months ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Department for Business and Trade Full time

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

- 343602**Salary**:

- £39,384 - £46,715- National: £39,384 - £43,169 London: £43,007 - £46,715- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DBT - DG CMRR - Office for Product Safety & Standards**Type of role**:

- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Birmingham and Teddington - OPSS LocationsAbout the job

**Job summary**:
**About OPSS**

Do you care about the safety of products and want to protect people and places? Can we use your skills, knowledge, and experience to enable UK business to thrive? If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you

We are the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), part of the Department for Business & Trade (Previously the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy). We are here for the purpose of making regulation work to deliver real world impact. Regulation is a powerful Government tool to address market failures, influence behaviour and promote positive action. Crafted and delivered well, regulation can be an enabler of growth, innovation and efficiency.

Since early 2018 we have been building a positive and creative team that enjoys a position of influence and respect within an organisation that continues to grow, recently with the addition of construction products regulation.

Our primary purpose is to protect people and places from product-related harm, ensuring consumers and businesses can buy and sell products with confidence.

Further information can be found on our website here

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles. We embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. There is a guaranteed interview scheme (DCS) for people with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

**We are Inclusive**

The post is based in Birmingham or Teddington. Now the team is partially operational some travel - possibly to any UK location - is likely to be required.

**Job description**:
**The Role and Our Team**
- _The Government has announced that the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) will host the new national regulator for construction products, driving the improvement of safety and performance standards and ensuring compliance with construction product regulations. OPSS has begun operating under existing regulations and is currently transitioning to become fully operational under new legislation. The Business Compliance Team is the team responsible for setting and establishing OPSS’ approach to drive business compliance with the construction product industry. We lead on the delivery of high-quality regulation of construction products placed on the UK market.
- Contributing to the detail of how projects are researched, created, initiated, monitored and reported on.
- Contributing to the development of our Testing Programmes, supporting with the identification and selection of purchasing products. Undertaking regulatory activities in accordance with the Regulators’ Code and OPSS’ Enforcement Policy.
- Leading investigations into suspected non-compliance and supporting complex investigations, including contributing to managing evidence, case conferencing, maintaining digital case records, building a coherent case structure, and providing support to lead investigators.
- Providing guidance and support to businesses and business sectors to enable greater compliance within the industry.
- Developing and building relationships with the construction product industry including relevant professional and trade bodies.
- Developing your own understanding and knowledge of the construction product industry and building safety landscape.

**Person specification**:
**Essential criteria**

***This is a great opportunity for an individual with the energy to act as a visible, trusted, and professional ambassador for the team. We are keen to hear from people with varying backgrounds, who can demonstrate:

- Experience of operating within a regulatory compliance environment.
- Strategic problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Ability to scope, plan, and guide the delivery of results-oriented, multifaceted work plans.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

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

- Leadership
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £39,384, Department for Business and Trade contributes £10,633 towards you being a member of th

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