Vacancies

We are recruiting for Regulatory Managers within the Regulatory Impact Area at OPSS. The Regulation Impact Area’s work has real world impact, protecting people and places from product related harm.

We enforce a range of product-related regulations, deliver evidence-based solutions, and issue advice to businesses to support them to meet their legal obligations. We enforce and deliver regulation with proportionality, through enforcement, engagement, and collaboration across-Government and with local, national, and international regulators. We are a collaborative regulator, sharing our expertise and knowledge to lead and influence on both the domestic and global stage.

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.

The Regulation Impact Area encompasses the following creative and impactful teams:

Construction Products – This team works with industry and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to help the UK build better, safer buildings, ensuring that construction products meet their performance requirements and are safe.  Where construction products do not meet these requirements, we take the necessary enforcement action.

Business Accountability – This team leads on engagement with business communities to ensure that OPSS understands a wide range of views and actively involves business in OPSS programmes. The teams also work across Government departments to allow for proactive discussions with a wide range of partners and stakeholders. Additionally, as part of OPSS’ accountability work, this team is also responsible for our independent external reviewer function, where work is undertaken to process any complaints and appeals that OPSS may receive.

Regulatory Collaboration – We make the operational connections and work collaboratively with other UK national regulators that share common delivery features be it product, business, legislation or delivery partner. Internationally, we are always listening and learning from peer regulators around the world to develop our own delivery, sharing data, operational plans, procedures and best practice.

Operational Regulation – We provide high quality advice and briefing to DBT and MHCLG Ministers on all OPSS regulatory functions. We provide policy and strategic input into live regulatory issues and incidents and lead on media and press office relations.

Products and Sectors Regulation – This team enforces a range of safety, security, environmental, accuracy and energy efficiency regulations across a wide variety of product types.  Our work spans most industry sectors, supporting Government priorities, by working closely with and on behalf of other Departments to deliver shared outcomes. This includes supporting growth, through providing a robust and fair regulatory environment in which businesses have confidence to invest and grow, whilst continually ensuring that consumers, places, and the environment are protected from product related harm. Our work also includes regulating products in new and emerging sectors, supporting business growth through innovation.

Online and Supply Chain Enforcement – The Online and Supply Chain Enforcement team works to ensure that consumers across the UK can feel as confident shopping online as they do on the UK’s High Streets; we are committed to preventing unsafe and non-compliant products entering the UK supply chain. This team delivers an innovative programme of enforcement activity, finding the right intervention points to stop bad actors within the supply chain, including at ports and fulfilment centers. The work is intelligence-led and includes proactively monitoring online marketplaces and other platforms who make products available to UK consumers. A range of enforcement activities are undertaken, including withdrawing and recalling products from sale and taking proportionate action, including prosecution.

Candidates in the Regulation Impact Area will be assigned to work areas based on a combination of indicated preference, existing skills and experience, and business need.  We will endeavour to place you where you can grow and thrive.

We are recruiting for Enforcement Officers within the Regulatory Impact Area at OPSS. The Regulation Impact Area’s work has real world impact, protecting people and places from product related harm.

We enforce a range of product-related regulations, deliver evidence-based solutions, and support business to meet their legal obligations. We enforce and deliver regulation with proportionality, through enforcement, engagement, and collaboration across-Government, and with local, national, and international regulators. We are a collaborative regulator, sharing our expertise and knowledge to lead and influence on both the domestic and global stage.

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, who are adaptable and flexible in their outlook, and can embrace the opportunities presented by an evolving team.

The Regulation Impact Area encompasses the following creative and impactful teams:

Construction Products – This team works with industry and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to help the UK build better, safer buildings, ensuring that construction products meet their performance requirements and are safe.  Where construction products do not meet these requirements, we take the necessary enforcement action.

Products and Sectors Regulation – This team enforces a range of safety, security, environmental, accuracy and energy efficiency regulations across a wide variety of product types.  Our work spans most industry sectors, supporting Government priorities, by working closely with and on behalf of other Departments to deliver shared outcomes. This includes supporting growth, through providing a robust and fair regulatory environment in which businesses have confidence to invest and grow, whilst continually ensuring that consumers, places, and the environment are protected from product related harm. Our work also includes regulating products in new and emerging sectors, supporting business growth through innovation.

Online and Supply Chain Enforcement – The Online and Supply Chain Enforcement team works to ensure that consumers across the UK can feel as confident shopping online as they do on the UK’s High Streets; we are committed to preventing unsafe and non-compliant products entering the UK supply chain. This team delivers an innovative programme of enforcement activity, finding the right intervention points to stop bad actors within the supply chain, including at ports and fulfilment centers. The work is intelligence-led and includes proactively monitoring online marketplaces and other platforms who make products available to UK consumers. A range of enforcement activities are undertaken, including withdrawing and recalling products from sale and taking proportionate action, including prosecution.

Candidates in the Regulation Impact Area will be assigned to work areas based on a combination of indicated preference, existing skills and experience, and business need.  We will endeavour to place you where you can grow and thrive.