Regulatory Compliance Officer
Edinburgh or Glasgow
About Us
The Health and Safety Executive is Britain's national regulator for workplace health and safety. We're dedicated to protecting people and places, ensuring everyone can lead safer and healthier lives at work.
We are now seeking a Regulatory Compliance Officer to join our team in Scotland on a full-time, permanent basis.
The Benefits
- Salary of £28,730 - £31,758 per annum
- Access to the highly competitive Civil Service Pension Scheme to which HSE contribute 28.97% far more than in the private sector
- 25 days' annual holiday increasing to 30 days after 5 years' service, plus bank holidays and 1-day Civil Service privilege leave
- Family friendly policies and working hours to help balance your home life and career
- Carer friendly policies to help create a supportive working culture
- Parental leave benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
This is a brilliant opportunity for a high-calibre, NEBOSH certified individual to join our vital organisation.
You'll have the chance to play a crucial role in ensuring workplace safety for countless individuals by influencing health and safety attitudes and behaviours, protecting people and enhancing their overall safety.
What's more, with extensive training and development opportunities, family-friendly policies and a supportive work culture, we'll make sure you can thrive personally and professionally!
So, if you're ready to embark on a rewarding and impactful career, we want to hear from you!
The Role
As a Regulatory Compliance Officer, you will support a variety of investigations aimed at reducing major hazard events and increasing workplace safety.
Specifically, you will be involved in inspector-led workplace inspections, investigations of work-related incidents affecting workers and the public, health and safety related enforcement activity. You will also play a key role in activities designed to improve the management of workplace health and safety.
Working alone and alongside inspectors and specialists, you will gather intelligence about workplaces and make enquiries into reported incidents or concerns in order to help inform regulatory decisions.
Additionally, you will:
- Take voluntary witness statements
- Secure and process evidence and contribute to its proper management
- Visit workplaces to provide advice and identify matters of concern
- Attend court hearings to take notes and provide feedback or to give evidence
About You
To be considered as a Regulatory Compliance Officer, you will need:
- The ability to review and capture pieces of information and identify significant findings
- Sound analytical skills
- A NEBOSH certificate or equivalent qualification or be willing to obtain this
- An English Language GCSE or a Scottish National 5 certificate (or equivalent) at grade C/grade 4 or above
- A full, valid driving licence
Please note, this role will involve regular travel and occasional stays away from home.
The closing date for this role is 12th July 2024.
Other organisations may call this role Health and Safety Compliance Officer, Workplace Compliance Officer, Workplace Inspector, H&S Inspector, Occupational Health Compliance Officer, Risk Management Officer, or Compliance Support Officer.
Webrecruit and Health and Safety Executive are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
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