Health, Safety and Wellbeing Officer

Salary: £37,200 – £46,200 per year

Hanson Lawrie is looking to recruit a Health, Safety and Wellbeing Officer, who will play a major role in helping the Head of HR to create a supportive and safe environment across various central Coventry locations. Whilst the main duties of the role require experience in Health and Safety this position will also focus on the welfare and wellbeing of employees.

As the Health and Safety Officer in this stand-alone role, you will have day to day responsibility for the effective and efficient management of all health, safety and wellbeing matters, and will be responsible for the health and safety and wellbeing strategy, policy implementation, monitoring and inspection, risk assessment and delivery of training.

Candidates will need to hold appropriate, recognised qualifications or be working towards this and IOSH professional membership is preferred.

You will be leading by example and providing first-line professional advice, guidance and support to senior personnel, and managers, employees and other partners on all matters relating to health safety and wellbeing.

You will be involved in creating and implementing H&S procedures in line with new and existing legislation, codes of practice and best practices, as well as undertaking risk assessments and maintaining a central register for risk.

A thorough understanding of all Health and safety matters including Firm Management and Risk management is essential.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

* Experience in creating and implementing wellbeing; strategies, initiatives and fostering engagement with initiatives.

* Be a strong team player who works collaboratively and has a willingness to achieve the broader outcomes and aims of your function.

* Ability to work under pressure and deal with a multitude of tasks and priorities successfully, adjusting positively to change.

* A firm commitment to ensuring policy, procedure and regulations are always adhered to.

* Patient, tolerant, actively listens to others; demonstrates self-control in difficult situations.

This role is front-facing and requires a high level of interaction with the general public and will be subject to DBS checks.