Health and Safety Officer

Salary: £40,076.40 per annum

Hours: 35 hours per week

Location: The Garth / Hybrid

Status: Permanent

About the role

Are you looking to develop your career in health and safety while making a real difference to people's lives? We are looking for a Health and Safety Officer to support the delivery of health and safety across JRHT and help ensure our colleagues, residents and contractors can work and live safely. This is a varied and rewarding role that combines practical health and safety activities with opportunities to influence positive change across the organisation. Working as part of our Health and Safety team, you will support the delivery of inspections, audits, risk assessments, investigations and training, helping to ensure we meet our legal responsibilities and continue to build a positive safety culture. You will work closely with managers and colleagues across JRHT, providing advice, guidance and support on a wide range of health and safety matters. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys building relationships, solving problems and developing their professional knowledge within a supportive and collaborative environment.

About you

As our Health and Safety Officer, you will be enthusiastic about health and safety and committed to helping create safe working and living environments. You will be organised, proactive and able to manage a varied workload, while maintaining a strong attention to detail. You will be confident communicating with a wide range of people, able to provide clear advice and guidance, and comfortable working both independently and as part of a team. A positive and collaborative approach will be important, as you'll be working with colleagues across different services to support safe and effective ways of working. Ideally, you will have experience working within social housing, local government, care services or another regulated environment. You will hold an IOSH qualification as a minimum and be keen to continue developing your professional knowledge and experience within the health and safety profession. Most importantly, you will be passionate about supporting colleagues, improving standards and helping to create a culture where health and safety is understood, valued and embedded in everything we do. If you are looking for an opportunity to develop your career, broaden your experience and contribute to making JRHT a safer place for everyone, we'd love to hear from you.

Our core priority

JRHT strives to be a housing association that is sustainable and engaging, providing high quality and continuously improving services and decent affordable homes in well managed communities prioritising those in greatest need.

How to apply

To apply, please complete the online application.

Closing date for applications

Midnight on 7th August 2026.

We are a values driven organisation and our values drive our behaviours. We’re at our best when we’re continually building on trust, showing we care and making a difference – and we hope others will do the same. We are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming workplace, where all colleagues can be themselves.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

At JRF/JRHT we believe in giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or social economic background. We positively encourage applications from people with experience of living in poverty. As part of our commitment to equity and specifically anti‑racism, we operate an anonymised recruitment process so that bias is eliminated from the shortlisting process. We are a Disability Confident Employer. This means that we are committed to the recruitment, progression and retention of disabled individuals. We shall also offer interviews to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the job. If you have a disability, please tell us if you would like to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme.