HSE’s resource needs are varied and wide-ranging from administrative and corporate roles through to niche and often hard to fill specialist roles. These might be scientific or engineering roles and this variety makes our work in recruitment really unique and interesting.
Recruitment is HR’s current number one priority. We are responsible for identifying, planning and fulfilling HSE’s resource requirements to ensure that we have the right people with the right skills and at the right time. Alongside this, we are working to improve the service experience for candidates and vacancy managers, the time we take to hire new employees and to increase the diversity of our candidate pool.
Please be advised that this role is available on a part-time basis only. The successful candidate will be required to work 22.2 hours per week across 3 days. The full-time equivalent salary is £28,499 per annum, which will be pro rata to reflect the part-time hours of 22.2 hours per week.
Job overview
The government announced on 30 June 2025 that the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) is to become an Arm's Length Body (ALB) of Ministry for Housing, Communities, and Local Government (MHCLG) and will be moved out of HSE. It has been confirmed that the ALB will be a Non-crown, Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB), and as such its employees will be Public Servants, rather than Civil Servants.
All employees will have access to:
- the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
- Civil Service Jobs and the ability to apply for roles advertised Across Government
- The entitlement to compensation being calculated in line with the Civil Service Compensation Scheme.
Existing Civil Servants transferring into BSR will have their continuity of Service recognised for the purposes of sick pay and annual leave entitlement. However, if they later move to another Civil Service department, continuity of service may not automatically be recognised by the receiving department. This would be subject to that department’s own policies and arrangements.
As a Recruitment Advisor
You will play an important role to help deliver this ambition, by providing administrative support to Recruitment Managers. As well as externally advertised roles, you will help to deliver high volumes of internal vacancies (within HSE and across Government departments), ensuring consistency and compliance with legislative and Civil Service policies and procedures.
You will work closely with other Recruitment Advisor’s Advisors and support Recruitment Managers to help fulfil specific vacancies and recruitment projects.
You will:
- Manage the onboarding process for successful candidates including Senior Civil Servants.
- Progress right to work and pre-employment checks such as occupational health checks, DBS, references and security clearance whilst ensuring that onboarding is completed in a timely manner.
- Producing new starter documentation such as offers and contracts (provisional offers, conditional contracts and contract paperwork).
- Liaise with candidates and vacancy holders throughout the recruitment process to answer queries maintaining professionalism at all times acting as a positive role model displaying honesty and integrity.
- Manage and respond to queries in HR Resourcing mailbox dealing with internal and external customer queries in a timely manner.
- Complete an accurate tracking log of the candidate onboarding process ensuring that the candidate onboarding tracker is updated daily.
Person specification
Essential Skills and Criteria
You will:
- Have experience of delivering a consistently good customer service within a fast-paced environment.
- Be proactive in planning and prioritising your own workload, ensuring that administrative activity is progressed accurately and in a timely manner.
- Be adept at working effectively as part of a wider team, supporting peers and colleagues at different levels.
- Have good written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey information clearly and with keen attention to detail.
- Have the ability to build positive relationships with colleagues and customers.
- Be confident in working with MS Office skills, particularly Word and Excel.
Hybrid Working
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, you will be expected to attend the office, or other business-related site, for 60% of your working week. 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.
Travel
Please be advised that you will be required to travel to our Bootle HQ and other HSE offices on occasion for Team Meetings, Training and other work-related activities.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Managing a Quality Service
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Managing a Quality Service
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £28,499, Health and Safety Executive contributes £8,256 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
We invest in our people with:
- 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.
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience.
Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.
Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Ability and Experience.
Test Information
Please be advised that the tests are not timed.
Upon submitting your short application form, you will be invited to complete Verbal Reasoning Test and a Work Strengths Test.
Please complete the online tests as soon as possible, within 24-48 hours is recommended, to allow time to complete your full application before the closing date. If you successfully pass the tests, you will then be invited to complete the final stage of your application.
You must complete the online tests and your full application form including by Midday, 15th June 2026. If you fail to complete all of the details before the deadline, your application will be withdrawn.
Guidance for the test will be available when you are invited to take the test. The tests are administered online and accessed via the CS Jobs website.
Application Information
After successfully completing the tests, you will be invited to complete your full application form including:
- An anonymised Personal Statement of 500 words which demonstrates how you meet the Essential Skills and Criteria listed within the Person Specification section.
- A statement of up to 250 words on the Lead Behaviour 'Managing a Quality Service'.
Application Guidance
Please access the following link for guidance and further information on the Civil Service Tests, including practice tests: Civil Service online tests - GOV.UK.
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/.
Please access the following link for further information and guidance on Behaviours, roles at this level are assessed against Administrative Assistant (AA) and Administrative Officer (AO): Success Profiles: Civil Service behaviours - GOV.UK.
Sift Information
The sift will take place from week commencing 15th June 2026 where you will be assessed on your Behaviour and Personal Statement.
IMPORTANT: Please be advised that an initial sift will be conducted on the Behavioural Statement. Candidates who meet the benchmark for the Behaviour, will then be progressed to a full sift in which the Personal Statement will be scored. If you do not meet the benchmark for the Behaviour, you will not receive a score for your Personal Statement.
Interview Information
Interviews will take place from week commencing 6th July 2026 where you will be assessed on the Behaviours detailed in the job advert alongside Strength-based questions.
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.
From 23rd June 2025, if you are successful at interview, as part of your pre-employment checks, HSE’s Recruitment Team are required to check your details against the Internal Fraud Hub (IFH), using your personal details – name, NINO, and date of birth. If you are included on the database, you will be refused employment. If you believe that there has been an error in the inclusion of your data and wish to make an appeal, please contact the CO email box [email protected].
Details of the types of internal fraud/dishonesty covered by this process are defined by the Cabinet Office and can be found here Internal Fraud Register privacy notice - GOV.UK.
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.
Progression through pay ranges is subject to annual pay awards as permitted within annual Civil Service pay remit guidance and negotiations with Trade Unions.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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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/.
Attachments
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