Health and Safety Assessor - Leicestershire

Are you looking to use your Health & Safety and Safeguarding expertise to make a real impact on the lives of young people in both education and the workplace? LEBC is seeking a Health & Safety Assessor to join our team. In this role, you will visit businesses across Leicester and Leicestershire to carry out Health, Safety, and Welfare assessments before young people begin their Work Experience placements. You will need to be based locally and have a full driving licence with access to your own vehicle.

Main Purpose of the Job

You will visit companies to carry out health, safety and welfare suitability checks prior to students taking part in work experience and other educational activities. Visits will be to a wide variety of business types with potentially a wide variety of risks to be assessed: low; medium; high.

We are looking for someone capable of building good relationships with key stakeholders. The assessor will also be responsible for agreeing job role descriptors with employers and for identifying other services which LEBC can offer to them, e.g. support the recruitment of Apprentices, and other opportunities for employers to engage with young people in schools and colleges.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• To contact employers who have already agreed to be a placement host, to arrange a visit to assess the risks and controls in place to ensure the safety of students prior to them undertaking a work experience placement or other educational activity.
• To advise employers on the guidance provided for them concerning health and safety, child protection and data protection.
• To agree with employers the types of placement opportunities or activities and learning outcomes which they can offer to students to ensure students have a meaningful and safe experience, and assess the risks and controls in place.
• To look for opportunities to build the number of work placements which an employer can offer.
• To create and maintain successful professional relationships with employers with the purpose of growing the number of work placement and Apprenticeship opportunities available.
• To offer other services to employers which LEBC could provide; explaining our services enabling each employer to get involved in activities to support their corporate social responsibility or staff development; offering a training service to employers concerning basic health and safety awareness.
• To complete the online pro forma which records the role descriptor and risks and controls in place to a high level of accuracy and detail.
• To meet employer visit targets, which will be agreed with the senior assessor.
• To encourage employers to complete evaluation forms, so that we receive feedback on our service.
• To be actively involved in team meetings and to contribute ideas and suggestions for improvements and new developments.

The post holder will be home based but should be willing to travel extensively to schools and other sites across Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. On occasion there may be a requirement to attend meetings and training further afield in the East Midlands. Expenses will be paid in accordance with LEBC guidelines. The nature of the work may occasionally involve the postholder carrying duties outside of normal working hours. Overtime working is paid as time off in lieu. The postholder may be required to attend, from time to time, training courses, conferences, seminars or other meetings as required by his/her own training needs and the needs of the company.

LEBC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and an Enhanced DBS will be required for this role.

LEBC Values

• Adding value for all
• Respect and value
• Continual Innovation
• Evidence based practice
• Doing business efficiently - Continuing to innovate
• Responding to challenge and supporting each other
• Nurturing talent and recognising achievement
• Changing to grow
• Listening to our customers
• Taking pride in what we do

Benefits

• Salary £27,000 to £29,500 per annum, based on qualifications and experience and pro rata to working hours.
• Full time 37.5 hours a week. Mon to Fri. between 8:30am and 5pm. Requests for Term Time only and Part Time considered.
• Time off in Lieu flexible working system
• Work from Home (with daily travel to local companies)
• Company Pension Scheme 10% contribution
• 25 days Holiday plus 8 bank public holidays

How to Apply

Please apply with an up-to-date CV and covering letter using the link provided.