Bootle, Carlisle, Crewe, Leeds, Sheffield, Wrexham, York
Job Summary
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is the independent regulator for work-related health and safety. Our purpose is to protect people and the environment – we save lives.
HSE is highly regarded both nationally and internationally. The benefits that our work brings to business, workers and the UK economy are clear. Improved health and safety risk management protects workers and translates into reduced sickness absence, lower healthcare and welfare costs, and better productivity.
Our collective goal is to help make Great Britain one of the best, safest and healthiest places to live and work in, through influencing health and safety attitudes and behaviours, which helps to reduce death, injury and ill health.
We are currently recruiting for a Consultation UX/Interaction Designer within HSE’s Digital Web and Design Unit to work on our Consultation Hub. In working across the organisation to build consultations, we want people who are passionate about users, happy to work in an agile way and have the skills to enable them to work well with our different groups of stakeholders.
This role is open to part time working - Candidates will be required to work a minimum of 30 hours per week.
Travel
Please note you will be required to travel to our Bootle HQ office atleast once a week.
Job Description
This is a high profile position in the team with responsibility for helping set and driving delivery and performance of our consultation hub, working alongside content designers, graphic designers, performance analysts and others.
You will be managing and building online consultations using our Consultation Hub. Responsibilities will involve:
- Designing consultation pages, working with question sets, configuring response options, ensuring accessibility and analysing feedback.
- You will need to collaborate with internal teams to gather input, manage timelines, and ensure the consultation meets regulatory standards.
- Monitoring responses and generating reports for stakeholders would be required once the consultation is closed. Once trained for the consultation role there will be an opportunity to support the intranet and website team with publishing tasks and maintenance of these platforms.
- You will need to be comfortable working independently on a range of communication technologies. You will need good influencing skills and the ability to cut through a variety of competing priorities.
This is a high profile position in the team with responsibility for helping set and driving delivery and performance of our consultation hub, working alongside content designers, graphic designers, performance analysts and others.
You will be managing and building online consultations using our Consultation Hub. Responsibilities will involve:
- Designing consultation pages, working with question sets, configuring response options, ensuring accessibility and analysing feedback.
- You will need to collaborate with internal teams to gather input, manage timelines, and ensure the consultation meets regulatory standards.
- Monitoring responses and generating reports for stakeholders would be required once the consultation is closed. Once trained for the consultation role there will be an opportunity to support the intranet and website team with publishing tasks and maintenance of these platforms.
- You will need to be comfortable working independently on a range of communication technologies. You will need good influencing skills and the ability to cut through a variety of competing priorities.
Person specification
Essential Skills And Criteria
- Understanding of consultations or questionnaires, including how they are developed, configured and deployed
- Awareness of HTML/CSS and how they apply to maintaining or supporting web content
- Experience of working on projects with tight deadlines and contributing to front-end design
- Understanding of how to deliver designs that offer a consistent user experience
- Awareness of user research and usability testing principles
- Experience working collaboratively in an agile environment. You will be experienced in building good working relationships in pressured environments and be an enthusiastic team-player with a proactive and collaborative attitude
- Ability to communicate technical standards clearly to senior colleagues without a technical background
- Basic understanding of accessibility standards like WCAG 2.2
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
Alongside your salary of £36,235, Health and Safety Executive contributes £10,497 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- 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 28.97%, 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
- As a member of HSE you will gain access to a wide range of fantastic benefits that you can take advantage of such as the Cycle to Work Scheme, E-Gift Cards and Vouchers via our partner EdenRed.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
Application information
As part of your application, you will be invited to complete an anonymised CV which should include your career history, experience, and qualifications
You will also be asked to complete an anonymised Personal Statement, of no more than 750 words which demonstrates how you meet the essential skills and criteria of 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
The sift will take place
7th May 2025. You will be assessed on your CV and Personal Statement.
Interview Information
Interviews will take place date/week commencing
19th May 2025. You will be assessed against the behaviours detailed within the job advert.
AI Tools & Platforms
During the application process candidates are allowed to utilise AI (artificial intelligence) platforms and Tools to support them in writing their Behaviours, CVs and Personal Statements. However, all information submitted must be factually accurate. This includes presenting the ideas and experience of others, or those generated by artificial intelligence, as your own. All presented information will be assessed at the Interview Stage.
Sponsorship
This role is not open to application from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and require sponsorship your application will be rejected, and any provisional offers of employment will be withdrawn.
Further Information
Please note that a Reserve List will be held for the period of up to 12 months. There is no guarantee you will be offered a role from our reserve lists, so if you see a vacancy on Civil Service Jobs that you are interested in, we recommend you apply.
HSE reserve the right to conduct additional checks, including Google and social media checks, when recruiting candidates into a role within HSE. These checks will be carried out in line with the Civil Service Commission Principles and, if used all candidates will be subject to these additional checks.
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. For a summary of HSE terms and conditions as part of Civil Service Reform, please see the attached HSE Terms and Conditions document.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.
HSE is proud to be a part of the Disability Confidence Scheme (DCS). As a Disability Confident employer, we positively welcome applications from disabled people. We are committed to making workplace adjustments to ensure anyone can participate in the recruitment and selection process.
We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for all disabled applicants who provide evidence of meeting the minimum requirements necessary for the post.
If, during the application or interview process, you require any assistance due to a disability or a medical condition, please contact us at the email address below to discuss how we can support you. For example, 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]If successful in securing your role, HSE can provide suitable workplace adjustments to support you throughout your career with HSE.
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 here
Please note, if you are a current civil servant and you are currently undergoing any of the following formal actions your application will not be progressed any further; Formal discipline action, any formal action regarding attendance, poor performance or any restriction of duties as a result of disciplinary action.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
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).
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.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
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).
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.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
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Contact point for applicants
Job Contact
Recruitment team
Further information
If you believe that Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition have not been met, you can raise a complaint by emailing:
[email protected] or by writing to HSE at the following address: HR Resourcing Team, 2.3 Redgrave Court, Merton Road, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 7HS. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact Civil Service commissioners: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/code/civilservicecodecomplaints/