Group Health and Safety Lead

Salary: £60,000 per year

Position: Group Health and Safety Lead

Location: Sidcup, DA14 (some work from home and travel)

Salary: £60,000 per annum (plus £1,200 car allowance)

Role: Permanent and Full Time

Start: ASAP

Our client is a specialist provider of adult social care, supporting people with complex needs to enjoy life. As part of their organisational development, they are seeking a Group Health and Safety Lead to join them to manage the continued improvement of health and safety practice across the organisation, ensuring compliance with legislative requirements, leading policy development, monitoring standards and providing practical advice and support to colleagues.

As part of the role the successful candidate must be able to travel across our geographical areas within Kent, Surrey, Hampshire, East of England, and London, therefore it is essential to be a driver and to have access to own transport, an essential car user allowance and business expenses will be paid as part of the salary package.

This is a newly created role which provides an exceptional opportunity for the post-holder to make a significant impact which will endure across a substantial geographical footprint, and while you will be based at their Head Office in Sidcup, flexible working for a good work-life balance is encouraged and supported.

Reporting to our Group Director of Housing & Development, you will…

• Monitor and track statutory compliance, inspections/assessments, and remedial actions. Providing reports to the Executive and Board as required.
• Responsible officer for the Health & Safety Committee, responsible for setting the agenda and co-ordinating representation and involvement from across the group.
• Monitor and support training in health and safety, including making recommendations for new training needs, working with the Learning and Development team to review and refresh health, safety and compliance training.
• Assess and approve Service Risk Management plans related to Health & Safety.
• Provide practical advice to colleagues regarding H&S matters, support with practical service-based H&S/Fire safety training.
• Day to day link with company Competent H&S Advisor ensuring that the group obtains the best value from the contract.
• Work with Service to ensure suitable and sufficient H&S checks are undertaken, results monitored, and action taken as appropriate. Ensure a consistent approach to H&S across all sites/offices visiting premises as and when required.
• Where needed carry out, record, and implement workplace, fire, first aid, manual handling, COSHH and DSE and environmental risk assessments and produce safe systems of work.
• With the Quality team support the analysis of H&S data including but not limited to incidents and observations to establish trends with a view to improving H&S and reducing accidents and incidents.
• Liaise with other departments to communicate audit results, outcomes and recommendations as a driver for change and improvement.

The ideal Group Health and Safety Lead looks like this!

• An excellent communicator at all levels within the organisation and with external stakeholders.
• Can quickly develop credible relationships and networks, building rapport and demonstrating your excellent negotiating and influencing skills.
• Highly motivated and enthusiastic.
• Good time management and ability to work under own initiative.
• NEBOSH Diploma/ Degree or MSC in Health & Safety.
• Chartered membership of IOSH/ equivalent professional body desirable.
• Experience with Care/Housing organisation, and specifically managing fire and water risk.
• Experience with ISO 18001/45001, SSiP accreditation/standards.
• Excellent knowledge of H&S legislation and ability to put knowledge into practice in an operational context.
• Proficient with computers including office packages and outlook.
• Experience in undertaking H&S audits and inspections.
• Detailed knowledge of H&S management systems.
• Experience dealing with enforcement officials.
• Experience in setting policy and process across a multi-site organisation.