Senior Regulatory Information and Intelligence Analyst

at  Department for Business and Trade

JOB SUMMARY

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 (Previously the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy). 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, most recently with the addition of construction products regulation planned.
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.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Regulatory Information and Intelligence Team is a key support function within OPSS sitting in the Targeting Area, responsible for collecting, collating and analysing information and intelligence to produce and disseminate products which help shape and support OPSS regulatory decision-making at all levels.
We are seeking a Senior Regulatory Information and Intelligence Analyst who can add to the diversity and scope of the Unit, and help embed our reporting and intelligence capability supporting the production of intelligence products and data analysis across the team.
This is an exciting opportunity for a focused individual with established skills in intelligence, the management of information and linked reporting, or a regulatory background. The postholder will help keep consumers safe as an integral part of a team supporting OPSS’s key objective of protecting people and places from product-related harm.
As one of six senior leads within the team, you will play a central role in analysing information and intelligence received into the Unit. You will lead the production of products by developing intelligence using established analytical and intelligence techniques, data interrogation and open-source research. A crucial aspect of the role will be supporting the development of the Product Safety Database (PSD), driving forward priority developments with relevant OPSS teams.

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)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

The post holder will report to the G7 for Regulatory Information and Intelligence and will involve the line management of HEOs.

As a regulatory information and intelligence lead, you will work within the regulatory reporting sub-team to:

• Help inform, regulatory risk-based decisions ensuring accurate recording of data and production of information and intelligence reports.
• Utilise effective analysis processes for information and intelligence gathering, analysis and dissemination, within national guidelines.
• Manage the development of the Product Safety Database (PSD), building relationships to understand user needs and collaborating with OPSS teams to deliver remedial actions.
• Quality assure intelligence products and data reports produced by team members.
• Champion the use of information and intelligence across the Office helping to embed an intelligence- and risk-led culture.
• Work with colleagues across the team and in the OPSS Analysis division to ensure that the team’s analytical work is robust.
• Develop strong working relationships with the wider intelligence, data and regulatory community.
• Support the development of strategic, tactical and operational assessments to support OPSS’ corporate objectives.
• Lead the development of operational instructions to support and provide guidance to OPSS teams
• Reactively support Major Incidents across OPSS