Health & Safety and Housing Lead (Northern Ireland)

Salary: £35,000 Contract Type: Permanent Hours: 40hrs Job Reference Number: NI-H&SHL-121224 Job Location: N. Ireland Job Area: Northern Ireland Closing Date: 08th January 2025 About This Role Autism Initiatives Northern Ireland are seeking to recruit a Health & Safety and Housing Lead to be responsible for the effective and efficient management of all Health of Safety in Northern Ireland. To ensure that the services and staff in Northern Ireland are supported to deliver an effective, efficient and safe service through the coordination and management of Autism Initiatives property and facilities. Contract: Permanent. Hours: Full time. Salary: £35,000 (based on 40 hours per week) You will be an engaging leader, demonstrating our commitment to developing our positive and trusting relationships with stakeholders such as landlords, regulatory bodies and contractors, maintaining our high standards of health and safety practice. To be successful in this role, you will have a minimum of two years relevant experience in a similar role. You will have demonstrable experience of engaging with teams, providing professional advice and guidance relating to investigations, accident and incident reporting. You will hold a minimum of NEBOSH (General Certificate) and must be able to use relevant IT to analyse and interpret data. This role will include travelling to services in Northern Ireland This is a fast paced role, providing an exciting opportunity to join a friendly, dedicated and responsive team. As an employee of Autism Initiatives, the post holder will also be expected to: Contribute to the maintenance of a safe and healthy working environment. Successfully complete induction training and probationary targets. Contribute to the protection of individuals from abuse (sexual, emotional, physical, and financial). Positively promote professional and communicative relationships within the organisation, with colleagues, with other professionals and agencies, with families and the wider community. Positively promote the organisation, its services and the needs of people with autism in general. Fully participate in systems which ensure full attention to confidentiality, equal opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice. Seek to maintain and develop their own understanding of autism, its implications and appropriate interventions. Seek to develop own skills and undertake training as required by post. Promote professional standards of service delivery in accordance with policies and procedures. Ensure that all administrative functions appropriate to the post are carried out in accordance with stated policy and procedure and that appropriate records are maintained. Work with and contribute to the appropriate support of volunteers. Mentoring, guidance and support other staff with similar responsibilities. You will enjoy an enhanced range of benefits designed to reward the outstanding support that staff provide. Some of these benefits start immediately, whilst others are awarded at later dates in recognition of loyalty, dedication and long service. Competitive salary. Employer pension scheme. Enhanced company sick pay. Enhanced maternity pay. Access NI paid. NISCC fee paid after two years service. Generous paid annual leave. Incremental increases to annual leave. Paid bank and public holidays. Birthday leave. Option to buy and sell annual leave. Long service awards. Monthly staff cash prize draw. Blue light discount card. Employee Refer a Friend initiative. Free Autism specific training. Comprehensive induction training. On the job learning. Buddy/mentor for new staff. Funded QCF development opportunities. Continuous learning & development opportunities. Line management support structure. Regular 121 meetings. Annual Performance review. Culture of recognition. 24/7 employee assistance programme (confidential counselling helpline) available from day one of employment. Offering free support from experts on a wide range of subjects from childcare and probate, to managing money and work life balance. Medicash health scheme, subject to eligibility. Menopause support line as part of Medicash scheme. Career break policy. Cycle to work scheme. Compassionate & Bereavement leave. Essential criteria: NEBOSH (general certificate) or similar qualification. Knowledge of health and safety standards and risk management. Provision of H&S advice to Managers, and accident/incident reporting/investigating. To carry out specialised risk assessments such as Display Screen Equipment and assisting with COSHH assessments. Gathering, analysing and reporting on key H&S data/statistics Working knowledge of property/facilities management. Conducting property visits, including pre & post repair inspections. Confidence to liaise with a range of personnel internally and externally. Organisational skills. Clear and concise communication skills, both oral and written, including proficiency in producing reports. Working effectively under pressure, planning, prioritising and meeting sometimes conflicting deadlines. Working both individually and as part of a team. Confidence to use own initiative to prioritise workload where necessary. Problem solving and thinking creatively. Proficient with Microsoft packages (Outlook, Word & Excel). Driving licence with access to own transport. How to apply? If you think you have what we are looking for and are interested in joining our team in Belfast we’d be delighted to hear from you. Please complete an online application form. Visit our or email recruitment@ai- If you require any support with the application process, or you wish to request an application form be sent to you, please contact our friendly HR team on who will be happy to help you. Interview date: Tuesday 21st January 2025 via Microsoft Teams. Autism Initiatives are an Equal Opportunities employer. We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in employment and service delivery. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified applicants, however, we particularity welcome male applicants and also those from a Protestant community background as these cohorts are currently under-represented. Registered Charity No: XR72211, NIC 104641 Benefits of working with us In addition to excellent rates of pay, a contributory pension and generous holiday entitlements, you will enjoy an enhanced range of benefits designed to reward the outstanding support that staff provide. Some of these benefits start immediately, whilst others are awarded at later dates in recognition of loyalty, dedication and long service. Full details of all staff benefits are available on our intranet once you start working with us as benefits may vary from role to role, but here’s a brief run-down of a few of them: Monthly staff cash prize draw Your birthday off work every year Medicash health scheme, providing cash towards medical costs, gym discounts and more Employee Assistance Programme – free support from experts on a wide range of subjects from childcare and probate, to managing money and work life balance. Additional paid holidays after 2 years’ service Extra paid holidays in milestone service years Refer a friend scheme with cash rewards for helping us to find more great team members Cycle to Work scheme To be considered for this role you will be redirected to and must complete the application process on our careers page. To start the process click the Continue to Application or Login/Register to apply button below.