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. 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.
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
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. Please contact us to request accommodation.
The Role and Our Team
The Regulation Impact Area’s work has real world impact, protecting people and places from unsafe goods, ensuring that regulation is enforced and is fit for purpose. Our work is nationally significant and high-profile, often attracting media and Parliamentary interest.
The successful candidate will work with a high level of diplomacy and be linked to a specific business area within Regulation and lead on a range of cross-Impact Area workstreams. The Business Manager is a direct support to the Deputy Director for delivery of priority projects for the Business Area, Regulation Impact Area and wider OPSS. This will include managing resources and headcount, overseeing recruitment processes, monitoring governance and assurance procedures.
This is an exciting opportunity for dynamic and motivated individuals to make positive change happen within and beyond OPSS, and who are keen to build a stimulating career in the regulatory environment. We offer a wide-ranging development package, which includes both internal and external learning and development opportunities. Our Regulation Impact Area is growing to meet the challenges of the future, and there are plenty of opportunities for people committed to their professional development.
Key Responsibilities:
* Working closely with Leadership Team in the Regulation Impact Area and directly with the Deputy Director to lead, plan and delivery priorities for the Business Area.
* Maintaining the teams' resources, including handling headcount and vacancies.
* Partnering with the Organisational Capacity team to manage recruitment activities, ensuring all induction arrangements remain fit for purpose.
* Overseeing the delivery of projects and programmes of work in a complex and emerging delivery landscape, including working with other project delivery leads in relevant teams to identify dependencies and interlinkages.
* Monitoring governance and assurance procedures.
* Respond promptly and efficiently to commissions, including short notice requests.
* Delivering at pace, prioritising multiple strands of work, and taking ownership for areas of responsibility.
* Providing support to the Regulation Impact Area, working collaboratively with other Business Managers.
* Some line management and leadership of as part of a busy, dynamic, and highly performing team.
Please note that this role is open to candidates working in either our Birmingham or Teddington office. When you are required to give a preference, Twickenham will appear rather than Teddington, so please be aware that you should choose this option if you wish to be based in Teddington.
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