Research Engagement Manager
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. 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.
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.
The Role and Our Team
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team working to ensure the OPSS Strategic Research Programme delivers for OPSS and continues to support policy development, product safety regulation delivery, and enforcement. The role will be pivotal to communicating OPSS research and ensure it can inform His Majesty's Government’s policy development and operational work.
The role will require regular communication with internal colleagues throughout government and with external stakeholders (such as academics) to build awareness and buy-in of OPSS’s Strategic Research Programme.
You will also help to build and maintain a network of relevant stakeholders, joining them up at the right times and levels to bring about impactful engagement. This will include liaising with internal and external stakeholders to help us better understand how to boost the impact of OPSS research
Key Responsibilities- Ensure effective dissemination and communication of research findings to policymakers, enforcement officers, and relevant forums, positioning OPSS as a trusted and credible product regulator.
- Build and maintain strong relationship with partners.
- Cultivate strategic relationships with DBT teams, other Government Departments and Agencies, research institutes, and academic partners. Maximising collaboration opportunities, especially in areas of shared research needs, ensuring value for money.
- Promote the value of the OPSS Strategic Research Programme to internal and external partners.
- Manage the delivery of strategic projects, drawing upon your project management and organisational skills.