Vacancies
We’re undergoing an exciting period of change and growth at OPSS, and there’s never been a better time to join us. Below you can find our current vacancies, which are updated regularly.
Vacancy Reference: 409019
Our Team:
We are a multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers delivering testing capability across the broad portfolio of OPSS regulatory requirements. The team works across our testing laboratories which include metrology, mechanical, electrical, chemical and flammability facilities. We seek to implement fit for purpose practices and procedures to deliver robust, scientific outputs. In collaboration with other internal stakeholders including those in science, engineering, enforcement and risk, our outputs inform incident investigation, the delivery and enforcement of product regulations as well as policy development.
The Role:
We require a Laboratory Manager to lead a team of technical experts and help shape the function and vision for our testing facilities. You will apply your strong expertise to manage the delivery of relevant work programmes, acting as lead reviewer to ensure laboratory policies and outputs provide effective outcomes and impact for the organisation. Your contribution will be critical in ensuring that our staff can work in the most functional and safe laboratory environment, enabling them to deliver a high-quality and efficient service. This is a key post at our newly refurbished Teddington site, requiring close collaboration with other evidence and operational teams to ensure the effective, efficient and safe operation of our laboratories. It is crucial you can communicate clearly to colleagues at all levels and can translate technical findings so they can be readily understood by non-technical audiences.
Vacancy Reference: 411476
The growth in e-commerce models has brought significant challenges to the product safety legal framework, which was not designed with increasingly complex, online and globalised supply chains in mind. Government has introduced the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill, which will enable the Government to introduce clear obligations for e-commerce models, whilst promoting consumer safety and ensuring fair market competition.
This role will involve high pace work aiding the delivery of the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill through parliament, including developing briefings and Q+A packs. Alongside this, the role will include policy development of future legislative options and new requirements for online supply chain actors.
The postholder will become part of an inclusive and friendly team.
Person specification
The below is a list of characteristics which may be helpful in this role. These will not be assessed throughout the recruitment process, but are laid out to help candidates understand more about the role.
The successful candidate will take on a range of proactive and reactive responsibilities. These include:
- Developing question and answers for different audiences
- Developing and contributing to briefings
- Respond to correspondence
- Developing policy options for requirements on online marketplaces
- Work across policy teams to gather evidence and to inform policy options
Skills & Experience
The below criteria are essential and will be assessed at application stage.
Candidates are required to provide evidence of a proven track record of:
- An ability to work at pace and adapt quickly to new requests, changes in policy or new deadlines
- Policy coordination – you are able to lead the delivery of a piece of work by collaborating across teams or with multiple people to coordinate input to meet a deadline
- Policy development – you have experience developing policy options using a range of information sources and communicating these to seniors
- You are self-motivated and take the initiative to make progress on your work
- You are able to anticipate upcoming challenges or opportunities, including by considering external factors that may impact the delivery and development of your or your team’s work
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Experience working on delivering legislative or policy change
