HSE Advisor - Property Services in Basingstoke

We have an opportunity for a HSE Advisor to join our team covering Basingstoke and surrounding areas. This role has some travel required across our operating area both in your local region and occasionally further afield in our geography for team meetings. You should have a full driving licence with access to your own vehicle and be happy to travel.

About Sovereign Network Group (SNG)

SNG provides over 85,000 homes and invests in communities across London and the South of England – our purpose, to provide quality affordable homes and places that people love for generations.

The Role:

The role will inspire and influence SNG leaders and colleagues towards SNG’s vision of Everyone, Safe and Well (ES&W) and supporting strategy. Generate, promote and help embed a strong safety culture, providing professional, unbiased practical, accurate and clear advice to the business. The role will guide and support stakeholders in interpreting and applying relevant HSE regulatory and organisational standards as required.

Key responsibilities include:

• Build strong professional working relationships with key stakeholders across Property Services, delivering subject matter expertise on HSE.
• Provide competent expert coaching, advice, and guidance, working in collaboration to drive continuous improvement.
• Coach and promote visible safety leadership, harnessing the core and latest concepts in safety management & safety science; lead and implement initiatives to establish a strong safety mindset.
• Conduct safety visits in the field including offices, residential properties and development sites, providing guidance to front line colleagues and Managers, leading by example and recommending good practice and areas for improvement.
• Provide support and expert advice to internal stakeholders across a variety of occupational health hazards and conduct in field monitoring within localities region.
• Promote good environmental operational awareness and working practices within the organisation.
• Engage with stakeholders to explain applicable policies, procedures, and other HSE documents to key stakeholders, ensuring thorough understanding and clarity of application.
• Lead, support, and guide the incident management process, providing technical expertise in reporting and root cause analysis, identifying systemic learnings, and preventative measures for continuous improvements.
• Deliver HSE induction training to engage new colleagues in SNG’s ESaW vision.

What we need from you:

You should have demonstrable experience as a health and safety advisor, with a relevant qualification such as the NEBOSH General Certificate. Any experience or qualifications in housing or construction, such as NEBOSH Construction would be beneficial but not essential.

You’ll also have:

• Significant experience providing expert occupational health and safety advice within the property or construction industry.
• A track record in reviewing and developing health and safety policies, procedures and recommending best practices.
• Confidence in classifying incidents and leading incident investigations.
• Creative thinking to develop engaging safety training and workshops.
• Ability to engage with multiple stakeholders, building positive and trusted relationships.
• Comfortable prioritising workloads and working with accuracy and attention to detail.

Job Description

We have some great benefits at SNG, including:

• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days).
• Chance to buy or sell holiday as part of our flexible benefits package.
• 3 additional wellbeing days and 2 paid volunteering days.
• Generous matched pension scheme up to 12% and Life cover at 4x salary.
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption pay.
• Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance and critical illness cover.
• Wellbeing discounts, including Gym Memberships and access to a 24/7 virtual GP service.

At Sovereign Network Group, we are passionate about inclusion for all and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at SNG. Take a look at our careers site to learn more about us and our values.