Junior Housing Health and Safety Advisor

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Join us as a Junior Housing Health and Safety Advisor

Are you a proactive problem solver with a passion for health and safety? Do you have a NEBOSH qualification and experience in creating safer, more compliant housing environments? If so, this is your chance to make a lasting impact in one of London’s most dynamic boroughs.

As a Junior Housing Health and Safety Advisor, you’ll support Lewisham’s Housing Services in achieving the highest standards of safety for residents, staff, and properties. Working closely with a range of stakeholders, you’ll bring your expertise to improve compliance, develop best practices, and foster a positive safety culture across the Housing Directorate.

What’s the Role?

In this role, you’ll:

• Provide first line advice to managers and staff on established Council health and safety policies, procedures and arrangements.


• Maintain accurate health and safety records, registers and management information for the Housing Directorate, including inspection, incident, training and compliance data.


• Support the delivery of health and safety training and briefings by coordinating arrangements, maintaining training records, briefings and toolbox talks. 


• Promote positive health and safety engagement with employees across the Housing Directorate.


• Review and assist with the completion of incident and accident investigations 


• Support the risk assessment programme 


• Manage lone worker device and portal

This role is temporary for 18 months.

What’s in it for you?

Excellent training and development opportunities, plus a range of benefits including:

• Generous holiday allowance


• Local Government Pension scheme


• Flexible working and family friendly policies


• Season ticket and bicycle loans


• A range of staff discounts including local subsidised gym membership


• Supportive staff networks

What We’re Looking For

You’ll have:

• A NEBOSH General/ Construction Certificate (or equivalent).


• Technical or graduate membership of the Institute of Occupational Health and Safety (IOSH).


• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to engage with diverse stakeholders.


• Strong IT skills.

Location

The job is primarily based in Laurence House, Catford, London, SE6 4RU but we operate a hybrid approach where you will be required to work both in the office and from home on a regular basis

Special conditions

• A NEBOSH General/ Construction Certificate (or equivalent). 


• Technical or graduate membership of the Institute of Occupational Health and Safety (IOSH).


• This role is temporary for 18 months.

The recruitment process is anonymous and we don’t accept CVs.

Interview process

Please note that if you are shortlisted, there will be an in-person interview on the day, which will take approximately 45 minutes to complete.

Applicant handbook- please read the guidance in this handbook when applying. It is essential that you complete the application fully and that your supporting statement covers how you meet each of the person specification criteria listed. 

For an informal discussion about this job, please contact Sonia Nwoye [email protected]

Please click here to view the Job Description and Person Specification

Salary

£36,015-£37,077 per annum (Scale 5) 

N.B: All appointments will be offered at the minimum spinal column point (SCP) for the grade of the role. The only exception to this will be when matching current salary (up to the maximum of the scale), which is subject to evidential proof.

Diversity

Lewisham Council is a Disability Confident employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme, further details are available at www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply 

The Council reserves the right to close adverts early if there is a large response.

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