Health and Safety Officer

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time 35 hours

Salary: £42,149 per annum to £46,410 per annum (London weighted salary) dependant on experience plus ECU £1,300

Grade: 8

Reporting Office: London, Stratford

Persona: Agile 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)

Benefits:

• Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution)
• 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays
• Westfield Health Cash Plan
• Non-contributory life assurance
• Up to 21 hours volunteering paid days
• Lifestyle benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme

Overview:

Join our Health & Safety Team at L&Q. L&Q is one of the UK’s largest housing associations and providers of social and affordable homes. We house around 250,000 people primarily across Greater London and Greater Manchester. Our purpose is simple – to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of. This is an opportunity to play a key role in protecting our people. You’ll be at the heart of driving a strong safety culture – working with operational teams to improve and embed best practice in health and safety. Every day brings the chance to make a visible difference.

As a Health and Safety Officer, you’ll provide expert support, guidance and monitoring across operational areas including Maintenance Services, Estate Services and Passive Fire teams. You’ll help ensure compliance with legislation while promoting a proactive and positive approach to safety. This role is critical in ensuring that our operational activities are carried out safely with residents and colleagues at the forefront. You’ll help strengthen our safety management framework, reduce risks, and support continuous improvement. You’ll report to the Principal Health and Safety Advisor/ Health and Safety Manager and be part of the Corporate Health and Safety team, working closely with operational teams and stakeholders across the business.

Your impact in the role:

• You’ll carry out site inspections, audits and monitoring to ensure effective health and safety arrangements.
• Investigate accidents, incidents and near misses, supporting management with serious cases.
• Provide advice and guidance on health, safety and welfare, particularly higher-risk activities such as working at height, use of power tools, exposure to COSHH.
• Develop and review key H&S documentation (risk assessments, COSHH, SOPs and method statements).
• Support delivery of training, toolbox talks and safety communications.
• Maintain accurate safety data and produce reports for senior management.
• Support compliance with CDM regulations.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and deliver H&S projects as required.
• Manage queries through the operational safety inbox.
• You’ll build strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, from Operational teams such as Repair and Maintenance to external partners/ contractors.
• Improve safety performance through proactive monitoring and reporting.
• Enhance safety-related processes, procedures, method statements, training and guidance.
• Strengthening compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements.
• Support a culture of continuous improvement in safety management.

What you’ll bring:

• NEBOSH National General Certificate or Construction Certificate (minimum) or equivalent qualification.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
• Experience supporting operational health and safety in a relevant sector – housing, repair and maintenance, construction.
• Experience in performing active and reactive safety monitoring, investigation of accidents and near misses.
• Knowledge of site inspections, writing and reviewing of risk assessments and method statements.
• Experience delivering training and toolbox talks.
• Experience developing/ supporting risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work confidently with operational teams and balance safety with delivery needs.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities.
• Knowledge of CDM 2015.

Additional Information:

ECU: This post is entitled to a monthly essential car user (ECU) allowance. For the allowance to be paid, the post holder is required to hold a full driving licence and have access to a vehicle that is insured for Business Use. ECU Allowance is paid in accordance with requirements of the relevant policy as updated from time to time.