Health and Safety Officer

We are working with a Southwest based Local Authority on a Health and Safety Officer position to join their Environmental and Community Services team.

Location: Southwest Council

Set-up: Hybrid – flexible to come onsite as and when needed (ideally 2 days p/w)

Rate: £300/day via umbrella, inside IR35 (dependent upon qualifications and experience)

Duration: Initial 3-6-month sign-off, likely extension

Hours: Full time

Purpose:

• To support the provision of an effective health & safety service on all matters relating to health & safety, risk management and in house services such as leisure, bin collections, parks and green spaces
• To support all matters relating to health & safety legislation, corporate policy and procedures to ensure that the organisation meets its statutory health and safety duties
• You will be responsible for providing on the ground advice to services, enabling operational staff to meet their compliance obligations
• To support Service Leads with the identification of operational risks without taking away accountability for compliance from the operation of the service

Main responsibilities:

• Work with Council employees and other stakeholders to influence the development of a positive health and safety culture
• Undertake inspection, audits, investigations and monitoring to ensure compliance with statutory requirements, corporate policy and procedures
• To develop and deliver training in support of the corporate H&S training programme using a variety of methods – e.g. tool box talks, workshops etc.
• Monitor compliance with health and safety management systems. For example, risk assessments in COSHH, PPE, PUWER, accident and incident monitoring and report on non-compliance to effect change.
• Promote, train and coach customers in use of the Corporate Health and Safety Management compliance system (AssessNET) for Workplace safety inspection, Risk assessment, COSHH (risk) assessment, DSE (risk) assessment, Accident and Incident reporting, Safe systems of work, Safe working practices and Permits to work

Requirements:

• BSc / diploma in Environmental Health & EHORB Registration and/or relevant level 6 H&S qualification (e.g. NEBOSH National diploma) and experience
• Practical knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and best practice in the management of Health and Safety work

At Venn Group, we endeavour to respond to all applications However due to the volume of applications we receive, if you have not heard from us within 48 hours please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion