Health, Safety and Environmental Manager in Loughborough

Overview

Job Category: Admin & Clerical

Job location: Council Offices, Southfield Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2TX, United Kingdom

Charnwood Borough Council

Hours per week: 37

Start date: Immediate start

Salary: £22.00 per hour

Job Purpose: To manage and advise on all aspects of health, safety and environmental compliance for Landlord Services housing repairs and improvements, all Landlord Service staff generally and key stakeholders. Responsible for the review, development, implementation and monitoring of the health and safety management system ensuring the health, safety and welfare of all staff in line with current health and safety and associated legislation. To monitor external housing repairs contractors and internal repairs staff to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements. To advise on all relevant health and safety requirements when tendering for and selecting housing repairs and improvement contractors. Delivery of an effective and appropriate service to all service users, fairly and without discrimination, ensuring high quality customer care. To provide expert advice to Landlord Services Managers in relation to health and safety.

Responsibilities

1. Identify all health and safety issues in relation to housing repairs and improvements, and the housing Landlord Service generally, ensuring systems of measurement and compliance are in place.
2. To develop and maintain the Landlord Services health and safety management system, including written procedures, ensuring that it is implemented consistently across the Service.
3. To monitor, evaluate and review existing, new and upcoming health and safety legislation, ensuring that Landlord Services has demonstrable, measurable systems and procedures in place to ensure legal compliance.
4. To work proactively with managers and staff to establish and maintain a programme of continuous improvement and compliance in the management of health and safety including undertaking regular site inspections and audits of both staff and contractor activities.
5. To ensure that effective risk assessment procedures are in place to identify hazards and risks, ensuring that appropriate control measures are implemented, that risk assessments are reviewed and updated annually and that checks are carried out to ensure compliance.
6. To report all accidents and incidents, conduct investigations and reviewing processes, producing regular accident reporting information in line with KPIs, identifying where a RiDDOR report is required and subsequently submitting it. Taking and recommending further follow up action where necessary.
7. To ensure systems are in place to record and report near-misses, identifying and taking follow up preventative action where necessary.
8. To liaise with Regulatory Authorities and the Council’s corporate health and safety officer on health and safety investigatory issues.
9. Produce regular performance information on compliance and health and safety, including but not limited to accidents, near misses, and risk assessment reviews.
10. To provide technical support for Landlord Services ensuring legal compliance with all relevant legislation.

Qualifications

• Minimum NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health
• NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health

Experience

• Substantial post qualification experience in a relevant area
• Post qualification experience within health and safety for housing repairs and improvements
• Previous experience of liaising with regulatory authorities such as the Health and Safety Executive
• Previous experience of measuring, evaluating risk and carrying out risk assessments
• Previous experience of carrying out health and safety audits

Skills/Knowledge

• Detailed knowledge of health and safety legislation, its application and interpretation, particularly in relation to housing repairs and improvements and in social housing.
• Ability to interpret and apply safety legislation
• Knowledge of requirements of Fire Regulatory Reform Order 2005
• IT literate, including Microsoft Office
• Effective report and letter writing skills
• Able to devise and effectively deliver interactive and informative health and safety related training
• Able to evaluate risk and identify control actions

Interpersonal Skills

• Able to work under own initiative, be proactive and make decisions with minimal supervision
• Effective presentation skills
• Effective communicator who can convey information in a concise, articulate and unambiguous way verbally, in writing and on the telephone, gaining the respect of repairs operatives and others
• Able to prioritise effectively
• Resilient, able to deal with emergency situations calmly and work effectively under pressure
• Effective negotiation skills
• Able to be sensitive to the needs and concerns of colleagues, work effectively as part of a team