Health and Safety Manager in East London

Introduction

Gateway Housing has been supporting communities to thrive since 1926. We are an ambitious London based housing association with over 3,000 homes in the heart of London\’s East End. We provide social rented homes, shared ownership, and sheltered housing. We develop new homes too and are part way through an exciting programme to deliver another 250 homes by 2025. We also run our own in-house maintenance service, Gateway Homeworks. Our vision is that people will want to live in a Gateway home and people will want to work at Gateway.

You will be joining the organisation at an exciting time and be a key member of a dynamic team that wants to deliver great landlord services and strengthen our links to the local community.

Our values

Our values add up to P.A.C.E. Passionate, Accountable, Connected, Excellence. As a community housing association based in the East End for nearly 100 years, we\’re proud of the work we do to address the housing crisis through building and managing great homes.

The role

We are looking for an Health & Safety Manager to lead and be responsible for all strategic guidance to the business on all Health, Safety and Environmental matters and be accountable for all measurement, management and implementation of Gateway Health, Safety and Environmental Policies. The post holder will ensure effective management and compliance systems to meet Legislation and Best Practice across all areas of the business.

Accountabilities

Your accountabilities will include but not limited to:

• Lead on a business wide health, safety, and wellbeing review, including a comprehensive desktop and face to face exercise and develop an improvement plan with clear objectives
• Develop and lead the annual corporate Health, Wellbeing and Safety Policy and Statement review and Health Wellbeing & Safety business plan, ensuring colleagues understand their duties in relation to the Policy

• Develop and review Corporate risk assessments and safety systems within the workplace, supporting managers to prepare risk assessments and safety systems to ensure safe and compliance is maintained

• Ensure knowledge and learning is kept up to date identifying and responding to changes in Legislation and Best Practice, updating business Policy and procedures as required

• Determine and deliver Health and Safety training requirements and develop the training needs assessment to ensure compliance with Legislation, Statutory requirements, and Best Practice, liaise with course suppliers on content relevant to the requirements

Please refer to the attached job profile for more details.

Key Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

• Ability to demonstrate a comprehensive working understanding of Health &Safety, its practical enforcement and wide expertise across all aspects of Health and Safety
• Excellent written communication skills and verbal skills, with experience engaging with customers, colleagues, external stakeholders and enforcing bodies
• Extensive knowledge of risk assessment and Health & Safety management
• Educated to degree / diploma level or suitable alternative professional qualification or commensurate experience
• Understanding of Health, Safety, Environmental, employee safeguarding, mental health and wellbeing matters and relevant practitioner experience
• NEBOSH Diploma in Health and Safety
• IOSH Membership
• Experience of maintaining effective Health and Safety Management Systems
• Senior management experience with extensive knowledge of Health and Safety expertise

Salary and benefits

Our benefits package includes:

• Annual Leave: starting at 28 days, plus Bank Holidays
• Subsidised Health and Wellbeing Membership
• Simply Health – help towards the costs of dentist, optician, and private medical appointments.
• Employee Assistance Programme – including free legal, financial and counselling advice
• Pension – up to 10% employer contribution

If you have the confidence and enthusiasm to work in a challenging but supportive working environment, we would like to hear from you.

Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

CLOSING DATE: Friday 11 April 2025

INTERVIEWS: TBC

Please note that on some occasions where we have received sufficient applications, we will close the vacancy earlier than the closing date advertised.

GATEWAY is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community