At HSE, we are proud to be able to offer our people the opportunity to work in a hybrid way which combines working from home and the office. This is a voluntary, non contractual arrangement and your allocated office will be your contractual place of work. There will be a requirement to travel to the office for various activities e.g collaborative working, supporting and training colleagues. If hybrid working is suitable for you and your role, the arrangements will be determined primarily by business need but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. Therefore, we would encourage candidates to consider if the commute from home to the office is a feasible distance to travel before making an application. Please note that if you are successful, hybrid working will be discussed prior to taking up the post.
The work of our Visiting Officers/Regulatory Contact Officer is focused on HSE’s operational priorities. They work alone, and alongside inspectors and specialists supporting their work. They assist with inspector-led workplace inspections; investigations of work-related incidents affecting workers and the public, health and safety related enforcement activity; and campaigns and promotional activities designed to improve the management of health and safety in the workplace.
Visiting Officers are typically managed by Operational Team Leaders and work as part of a team.
Construction Division
Construction Division (CD) regulates health and safety in the building industry, construction engineering and in licensed asbestos removal work. CD’s visiting officers work in CD’s 21 construction teams across Great Britain delivering interventions in construction workplaces and with industry stakeholders, and work alongside inspectors and construction engineering specialists supporting their inspection, investigation and enforcement activities.
CD currently has a total of 1 post in London.
Field Operations Division:
Field Operations Division (FOD) regulates health & safety across a range of industries, including general manufacturing, agriculture, fairgrounds, crown, fire, police, and health services across the whole of Great Britain (this list is not exhaustive). As one national delivery division, FOD is organised into 3 teams who cover every area of GB, supported by national Specialist & Occupational Health Teams. FOD’s visiting officers work alongside all of these teams, delivering interventions in workplaces and with industry stakeholders to support investigation and enforcement activities. Visiting officers are also expected to carry out their own investigations and interventions with direction and support of their principal inspector.
Field Operations Division currently have 3 posts in London.
All roles require regular travelling and occasional stays away from home.
Responsibilities:
- Making enquiries into reported incidents to inform the operational team leader’s investigation decision
- Taking voluntary witness statements and victim personal statements to support enforcement action by inspectors and specialists
- Securing and processing evidence and contributing to its proper management
- Visiting workplaces to make judgements about matters of concern and identify where an inspector intervention may be justified, consulting with the operational team leader or an inspector as necessary
- Attending court hearings and inquests to take notes and provide feedback or to give evidence on matters relating to VO/RCO involvement in the case
- Interacting with a wide group of duty holders, employees, trade union representatives, Local Authority officers, members of the public and other interested parties including the Police and solicitors in the course of reactive support work
- Develop awareness and knowledge of HSE’s work and organisational structure
- Acquire an understanding and knowledge of relevant operational and legal procedures and to become familiar with a range of work activities, industrial processes and the associated hazards and precautions
