Lessons from the Grenfell Tower tragedy and Dame Judith Hackitt’s review of building regulations and fire safety identified a lack of skills, knowledge and experience across industry and that this is contributing to poor safety and standards in buildings.
The Building Safety Act 2022 (the Act) established the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) in England with a responsibility to facilitate improvement in the competence of industry and building inspectors.
To do this, the Act enabled the BSR to establish an Industry Competence Committee with a number of functions including monitoring industry competence, advising the BSR and industry, helping industry to improve competence, and producing guidance to the public about assessing the competence of people in the built environment industry.
The BSR is now looking for a chair and members with the proven leadership to join this important committee to tackle the deficiencies in industry competence.
The ICC will consist of a high-level steering group, underpinned by separate technical working groups, focussing on specific areas of work.
Initially we’re looking for people to be part of the high-level steering group. The technical working groups will be set up at a later date.
This is a very exciting opportunity for those with relevant experience to have a significant and long-lasting impact on the standards of competence across the built environment.
The committee is looking for a Chair and members from across the spectrum of industry. Including:
We are also particularly keen to bring in members with experience leading and implementing competence regimes outside the built environment in industries such as:
The committee would also really welcome members from diverse backgrounds and will look to promote equal opportunities through its membership wherever possible.
Experience of leading the development and implementation one of more of the following:
As part of the appointment process we will group applicants based on the sector they work in and look to appoint a committee which draws its membership from a wide range of industry.
An overview of how the ICC will function is available to read. As ICC is a new committee, its remit and performance will be reviewed over time to ensure it meets the BSR's requirements.
As well as recruiting ICC members we will also be recruiting a Chair. Chair applicants will need to indicate in their application that they wish to apply for this position. Chair applicants will be expected to demonstrate a higher skill level for the first two-person requirements outlined in the members requirement section. Applicants who are unsuccessful in their application for Chair will also be considered as applicants to be an ICC member.
Participation is non-salaried. Reasonable travel expenses necessarily incurred in undertaking the role will be reimbursed in accordance with HSE’s travel policy.
To tell us you’re interested in joining the Industry Competence Committee, you need to apply by Friday 28th April 2023.
You will be required to:
To have the best chance of success, please specifically tailor your CV, covering letter and statement of suitability to the evidential and personal requirements set out above.
Selection can only use the evidence provided in your documents and will not be able to infer skills or experience that is not specifically highlighted through your submission. For the statement of suitability candidates will be expected to give examples that demonstrate how they their work means they meet the person requirements and not just list what they have done.
The details of anyone who demonstrates the required skills, knowledge and experience, but does not obtain a place on the steering group, will be kept (for 12 months from the application deadline) and may be invited to attend one of the ICC technical working groups.
Please highlight in your submission if you do NOT wish your details to be kept for this purpose.
As part of your application, we also ask you to declare any conflicts of interest you may have. This may be financial or other personal interest that may, or may be perceived to, influence your performance on the ICC.
We also ask you to provide a brief statement (no more than 200 words) on how you intend to manage these conflicts of interest if appointed to the steering group.
Applications should be submitted to buildingsafety@hse.gov.uk no later than 11:55 pm on Friday 28th April 2023.
If you are unable to apply email, you can submit your application to:
BSR Industry Competence Committee
Redgrave Court
Merton Road
Bootle
L20 7HS
Applications by post must be received by Friday 28th April 2023. Any applications that arrive after this date will not be accepted.
Our privacy statement is available on the HSE website.
A sift to consider who meets the criteria for the roles will take place in the w/c 15th May 2023. We will inform you of the outcome as soon as we can after this date.
An initial sift will be conducted on the basis of the lead statement, with those meeting the requirements proceeding onto the full sift. Candidates passing the full sift will then be required to undertake an interview to assess in more depth their suitability against the criteria that we are looking for. For these candidates, further information will be provided in advance of the interviews taking place.
Interviews will take place remotely via MS Teams. Interviews for the position of Chair will take place in the w/c 5th June 2023 Interviews for committee members are expected to take place during w/c 12th June 2023 and last approximately 45 minutes. These dates may be subject to change dependent on numbers of applications received and panel availability.
The first meeting of the committee is planned for the 13th September and will be held in-person at HSE Canary Wharf Offices in London.
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