Health and Safety Assurance Officer

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Health & Safety – for us it’s more than a box ticking exercise. It’s part of our People Strategy and integral in safeguarding our position as a safe and compliant, sector leading employer and provider of services. We’re inviting health & safety professionals who share this belief to apply for our Health & Safety Advisor role and further their career within an organisation that invests in talent. 

Working closely with our Group Health & Safety Assurance Manager, you’ll play a key role in the hands-on implementation of our H&S Strategy; ensuring our compliance with all relevant health & safety legislation, guidance and best practice. With responsibilities including undertaking audits and inspections in a variety of housing areas, preparing and delivering toolbox talks, producing H&S performance data and analysis and assisting in/leading on the investigation of accidents this is a great opportunity to practically apply your H&S knowledge and develop your experience.

Our ideal candidate? Although we value previous experience, more important to us is a demonstrable energy and drive to proactively nurture a positive health and safety culture within our organisation - underpinned by sound technical knowledge of H&S legislation and best practice, audit and inspection processes and reporting requirements, as well as H&S management systems and investigation techniques. We would particularly value experience within a building maintenance and repair business, with experience of working closely with frontline maintenance operatives to provide safety solutions which support delivery of a peripatetic repairs and maintenance workforce. Our ideal candidate will therefore hold a NEBOSH Certificate or Diploma or relevant safety management and/or relevant degree, or be nearing completion of a recognised H&S qualification.

Importantly, we’re seeking an individual with the excellent communication skills and commercial awareness required to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to coach and enable colleagues and partners to meet their health and safety responsibilities.

Who are Midland Heart? We’re a large and ambitious housing organisation providing more people an affordable place to call home. We welcome people from every walk of life, at every stage of their career. We expect a lot from our people but in return you can be assured of a great place to work, where you will be well rewarded and where great people are able to succeed. Whether you want to build your career with us, or use your experience to move on, we’re here to develop your potential.

Interested? Click on "Candidate Information" below for a full Role Profile. Applying is easy - simply register on our candidate portal and upload a CV alongside a Covering Letter, which clearly describes why you are interested in the role and how you’ve previously demonstrated the above criteria.

Applications close at midnight on Sunday 25th April 2021.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Please feel free to contact us if you would like to discuss any adjustments you might need in order to be successful in this role.