Concerns Handling Officer

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 225685**Salary**:

- £26,372 - £29,749**Grade**:

- Executive Officer- Band 5**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HSE - Operational Services Division (OPS)**Type of role**:

- Contact Centre**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of posts**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Bootle, LiverpoolAbout the job

**Summary**:
**Job description**:

- The CAT is a front-facing, high volume, fast-paced, operational, front-line team. In 2021/22 the team received 52k new workplace health and safety concerns (report a health and safety problem), and Advice Requests. In our efforts to continuously improve, we seek to adopt the digital approach as opportunities arise.
- We are looking for motivated and dedicated customer focused people to join the team to play an important role in ensuring that HSE provides a professional response to Health and Safety Concerns, and Advice requests, within strict deadlines.
- Working in CAT, your role will be to assess health and safety risk, contact businesses and customers, to ensure cases are resolved in line with expectations.
- You will be responsible for processing your assigned work, and making an assessment on the most appropriate method of follow-up. You will work collaboratively with internal and external customers to obtain accurate and relevant information. You will ensure that responses are professional, accurate and timely.
- HSE is actively looking to recruit as diverse a workforce as is possible to represent the customer base that we serve.
- Thing you will need to Know
- You will be required to attend HSE Bootle office a minimum of 2 days per week, during training more office attendance will be needed, as per HSE’s Hybrid Working Policy.**Responsibilities**:

- You will work with the Concerns and Advice Team who handle technical aspects of Concerns and Advice requests received in HSE, your role will be to:
- Make decisions on whether the matter falls within HSE’s enforcement remit.
- Risk assess matters within HSE enforcement to establish which cases require following up and whether this can be handled administratively by CAT or needs referring to HSE Inspectors;
- Clearly set out, explain and justify your decisions.
- Effectively engage and communicate with internal and external customers to achieve efficient, effective and proportionate resolutions;
- Contribute effectively to the successful delivery of our team and organisational objectives;
- Provide Technical Support for other Operational front-line work including Advice requests;
Work with others in CAT to create a culture of collaborative working and continuous improvement;- Keep accurate records, and update HSE’s case management systems.

**Person Specification**

We are looking for motivated and talented individuals with the commitment to learn about new areas of work and responsibility, and to build on their skills and knowledge in workplace health and safety management; as well as experience of working in a customer focused environment.
- You should have:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to convey information in clear and concise way.
- Proficient IT skills to allow for accurate and timely recording of information.
- Ability to log and record information appropriately in the correct systems.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Analytical skills to digest and interprets information from a range of sources.
- Experience of working in a front-line delivery role.
- Ability to use your own initiative, intuition, and communication skills.
- Ability to seek out new and improved ways of working, make suggestions to colleagues and managers and always strive

to do deliver to high standards.**To be considered for the post**:
You should have a NEBOSH Certificate (National Examination Board Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health) or be willing to obtain this qualification within a reasonable length of time which we consider to be within the first 12 months of service.
- The NEBOSH course is run through Civil Service Learning as an intensive two-week course, further appropriate study time will be allowed during work hours.
- Failure to achieve the NEBOSH qualification within the required timescale and with a maximum two attempts, will mean your contract is terminated.**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Making Effective Decisions
- Delivering at Pace
- Communicating and Influencing
- Developing Self and Others
- Making Effective Decisions
- Delivering at Pace

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role.
- An environment with flexible working options.
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.

**We invest in our people with;**
- Competitive rates of pay.
- Access to the highly competitive Civil Service Pension Scheme to which HSE contribute 27