Overview

Are you passionate about leading on the development and implementation of sustainability and environmental strategies?

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is seeking a Health, Safety, Sustainability and Compliance Manager to oversee our sustainability agenda and lead on the health, safety and welfare of our staff across the UK.

About the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)

We help people, businesses, and the UK economy by promoting competitive markets and tackling unfair behaviour. Our work is wide ranging, ambitious and often new and challenging.

Why join us?

You will have the opportunity to take ownership of developing strategic pathways to drive cultural change across the organisation. You will be able to build and implement a professional development strategy to upskill colleagues in sustainability practices.

What you will need

You will have experience in championing sustainability and leading on health and safety initiatives within complex environments. With strong knowledge of UK legislation, you will be able to develop sustainability strategies and deliver against Greening Government Commitments.

You will have the leadership qualities to mentor and empower colleagues, with strong communication skills to influence stakeholders to embrace sustainability and health and safety agendas.

What we can offer you

In return the CMA is a hugely diverse, rewarding and stimulating place to work – an opportunity to work for the public good and to stretch and develop yourself in doing so. We offer generous benefits, including an excellent pension scheme, at least 25 days leave (increasing to 30 over five years), and generous maternity/paternity leave provision. You can also take advantage of interest-free season ticket loans, a cycle to work scheme, our employee assistance programme and flexible working options.

Job description

Reporting into the Assistant Director of Facilities Management, you will act as the CMA’s competent person for health and safety, as defined under the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidelines and will be responsible for ensuring the organisation meets all legal obligations for the health, safety, and welfare of its staff and stakeholders.

You will also lead the organisation’s sustainability agenda, including the development and implementation of corporate environmental strategies, policies and metrics, the delivery of the Greening Government Commitments, climate-related risk assessments and all sustainability related reporting, including Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD).

You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with UK Government Functional Standards for Property (GovS 04: Property) and any other relevant Facilities Management and property related compliance for the CMA office space in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Person specification

It is essential that you can provide evidence and examples for each of the following selection criteria in your application. For tips on how to make the most your application, please have a look at our guidance document.

  • Proven experience in a similar role with overall accountability for both Health & Safety and Sustainability in a complex public sector or corporate environment. (Lead Criteria)

  • Experienced in providing Sustainability reports, in line with TCFD, to form part of an organisation’s annual report. (Lead Criteria)

  • Strong knowledge of UK H&S legislation and best practice.

  • Previous knowledge of developing and implementing sustainability strategies, policies and procedures and previous experience of delivering against Greening Government Commitments.

  • Ability to influence stakeholders and drive cultural change across an organisation.

  • Demonstrable leadership and skills including mentoring, empowerment, and the development of staff, using strong communication skills, both oral and written.

Desirable

  • Experience delivering climate risk assessments and/or other ESG reporting.

In terms of Experience, in line with the Government Property Career Framework, the role is set at Practitioner level.

In terms of Technical skills, in line with the Government Property Career Framework the role requires the following skills:

  • Property Professional Expertise with respect to Health, Safety, Compliance and Sustainability

  • Customer and Client Services

  • Sustainable Practise

Behaviours

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Seeing the Big Picture

  • Making Effective Decisions

  • Working Together

  • Communicating and Influencing

  • Changing and Improving

  • Developing Self and Others

Technical skills

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

  • NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent health and safety qualification.

  • Membership of IOSH or working towards Chartered status.

  • IEMA Certificate in Environmental Management or other Environmental / Sustainability qualification.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £59,200, Competition & Markets Authority contributes £17,150 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

You’ll also get:

  • 25 days leave (increasing to 30 days over five years), plus 8 public holidays and an additional day off for the King’s birthday. In addition, you’ll be able to access a wide range of other types of leave as and when you need it, including generous maternity, paternity, shared parental leave and adoption options, as well as paid special leave for volunteering

  • Season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, flu vaccinations and eye tests

  • Access to the Civil Service Sports & Leisure, giving discounted gym membership, high street discounts, free access to UK wide attractions and a free Tastecard

  • A range of wellbeing benefits, including an employee assistance programme, flexible working options and family friendly policies, regular networking events and professional learning opportunities at work

You can read more about our benefits in our candidate pack.

Our Values

We are Ambitious and Evidence-based, and always strive for Excellence.
We treat everyone with Respect and are Collaborative and Inclusive.

Everything we do is underpinned by the Civil Service values: Honesty, Integrity, Impartiality and Objectivity.

You can read more about life at the CMA in our candidate pack.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a CV, personal statement and an online application form. Further details about application requirements are listed on the application form.

The selection process will comprise of the sift (CV & application review) and an interview. Arrangements for the interview will be enclosed in the invitation. Interviews will be conducted either virtually (Microsoft Teams) or in-person at a CMA office.

An initial sift based on criteria 1 and 2 (Lead Criteria) may be held if a large number of applications are received. If your application progresses to a full sift, all elements of the essential criteria listed under Person Specification will then be considered.

  • Sift week commencing: 7 July 2025

  • Interview week commencing: 21 July 2025

The interview will include:

  1. A presentation/case study (details provided in advance)

  2. A 45-minute to 1-hour panel interview assessing Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills

You will also be assessed on the CMA Value of: Collaboration

Reasonable adjustments

We want to make sure no one is at a disadvantage during our recruitment process because of a disability, condition or impairment. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need during the recruitment process.

For example, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you are deaf, a Language Service Professional. You might also require additional time to complete a timed assessment or a sign language interpreter to support with the relaying of information.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

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)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact:

  • Name :Tom Skidmore
  • Email :recruitment@cma.gov.uk

Recruitment team

  • Email :recruitment@cma.gov.uk

Further information

If your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact Recruitment@cma.gov.uk in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive you can contact the Civil Service Commission http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk.

Attachments:
Role Profile – Health, Safety, Sustainability and Compliance Manager (PDF, 198kB)

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