Health Safety and Wellbeing Business Partner (HRD Band 3 / SEO) West Midlands
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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) at HSW improvement programme, we are building a new HSW capability to help develop and deliver our health, safety and wellbeing changes.
The 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
You will work closely with the HSW team colleagues, HSW committees, HSE divisions, support functions and stakeholders to lead change and advocate health, safety and wellbeing cultural excellence in HSE.
You will use your leadership skills to:
- Influence thinking and actions on HSW culture at divisional and organisational level.
- Lead task and finish 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.
- Influence, coach and support senior leadership teams to achieve HSW cultural excellence in their area.
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.
The post can be based in any of the advertised locations, for more details about HSE locations please see here.
Person specification
- Be able to advise on key risks at divisional and organisational level and make recommendations on improvements, controls and mitigation.
- Evaluate legal compliance to advise and inform divisions and influence HSW decision making at organisational level.
- Advise on all elements of the HSW management system in general and specifically for HSE on their focal point / lead areas.
- Use considered judgement to make decisions, sometimes with incomplete information.
- Show a commitment to your own and others learning and development.
- Own elements of the HSW management system and maintain the associated policy, process and procedures.
- Lead and manage change projects to time quality and cost.
- Coach and mentor leaders, peers and colleagues.
- Provide 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.
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We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Delivering at Pace
- Communicating and Influencing
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Changing and Improving
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- Competitive rates of pay
- Access to the highly competitive Civil Service Pension Scheme to which HSE contribute 27.1%, far more than in the private sector.
- Family friendly policies and working hours to help balance your home life and career
- Carer friendly policies to help create a supportive working culture
- 25 days annual holiday increasing to 30 days after 5 years' service, plus bank holidays and 1-day Civil Service privilege leave
- Parental leave benefits
Allowances
This post is eligible for Excess Fares Allowance. A successful internal candidate currently based at another office may be entitled to Excess Fares Allowance in line with HSE policy
(http://intranet/finance/expenses/excess-fares-allowance-policy.htm)
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Application information
As part of your application, you will be invited to complete an anonymised CV that displays your career history, skills, experience and qualifications. Your CV will not be assessed and will be used for information purposes only.
You will also be asked to complete a personal statement of no more than 1250 words, which demonstrates how you meet the skills and experience required for this role as set out in the job description and person specification in the job advert.
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
A sift will take place during week commencing 13th March when you will be assessed on your personal statement.
Interview Information
Interviews will take place in person in our Bootle HQ, Redgrave Court, Merton Road, Bootle, L20 7HS during week commencing 27th March when you will be assessed on the advertised behaviours. As part of your interview, you will also be asked to complete a 5-minute presentation followed by Q & A. More information relating to the presentation will be provided to candidates who are invited to interview.
Further Information
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.
Please note that a Reserve List will be held for the period of up to 6 months.
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: [email protected]
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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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).
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