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 �
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 �
We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible and recognise how important inclusivity is to achieve the best outcomes. We hope to attract applications from all underrepresented groups. �
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation if required to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.�
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. �
This is an exciting opportunity for a flexible and results-oriented individual with the energy to make positive change happen within the construction product industry. In this purposeful, and multi-faceted role you will play a part in building our reputation as an exemplar regulator. Candidates will need to be flexible in approach and prepared to lead on a range of tasks. You will hold specific responsibilities for planning and developing our regulatory capacity and delivery. The role will suit people who are confident, analytical, decisive and can develop relationships and networks quickly, with experience of operating within a regulatory compliance environment: for example, ensuring goods, services or systems meet regulatory standards.�
The successful candidate will undertake both proactive and reactive enforcement work to ensure construction products placed on the UK market are compliant, by:�
1. Contributing to the detail of how projects are researched, created, initiated, monitored and reported on.�
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Providing guidance and support to businesses and business sectors to enable greater compliance within the industry.
5. Developing and building relationships with the construction product industry including relevant professional and trade bodies.�
6. 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:�
7. Experience of operating within a regulatory compliance environment.�
8. Strategic problem-solving and analytical skills.�
9. Ability to research, understand, assess and apply technical information.�
10. Ability to scope, plan, and guide the delivery of results-oriented, multifaceted work plans.�
11. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.�
We will be hosting a Virtual Open Evening you will be able to hear from various people within the team and department. This will take place on the afternoon of Tuesday 23rd April. Please register your interest for the Open Evening by emailing
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
12. Leadership
13. Seeing the Big Picture
14. Communicating and Influencing
15. Making Effective Decisions
Benefits
Alongside your salary of �39,384, Department for Business and Trade contributes �10,633 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
16. Learning and development tailored to your role
17. An environment with flexible working options
18. A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
19. A with an average employer contribution of 27%
We recognise the challenges that people with (multiple) protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities
Please refer to the attached candidate pack for further information on our benefits.