Health & Safety Advisor

 

Main characteristics

Location

Corby, Northamptonshire

Company

GRANTROW LIMITED

Salary

£17.10/hour

Employment type

Temporary

Category

Other

Job summary

Grantrow Recruitment are looking for a Health & Safety Advisor to provide Health and Safety instruction and training advice guidance to Housing property services staff, trades-person and contractors.

Details of a Health & Safety Advisor

Rate of Pay: £17.10 per hour

Location: Corby, Northampton areas

Duration: 3 months

Start Date: 6-11-2023

Hours of Work: 37 hours per week

Role and Responsibilities of a Health & Safety Advisor

Review, lead and facilitate the development of health and safety policies, guidance, procedures and other tools to assist the organisation in the implementation of health and safety strategies, plans and policies.
Contribute to the provision of a competent client focused health and safety well-being advisory service to Stakeholders to secure compliance with the relevant Health and Safety Policies and Safety Management System, applicable legal requirements, and best practice standards.
Support and advise colleagues to enable them to fulfil their health and safety related roles and responsibilities.
Support the delivery of health and safety training, briefings, and presentations to ensure that managers and workers have the necessary competence to fulfil their health and safety responsibilities.
Consult with and coordinate activities, as necessary, with other members of the Housing Property services team, to ensure that managers are competently supported and advised and that services are provided in a timely manner.
Create, develop and maintain effective working relationships with other Services in order to assist them in the promotion and application of Health and Safety requirements within their working environments.
Monitor and review health and safety performance through audits, inspections, site visits, incident investigations etc. to enable continuous improvement of health and safety within the council
Report significant findings from monitoring activities to relevant managers and, where relevant, to Deputy R&M Manager and Team Leader compliance so that matters requiring remedial actions can be identified and implemented.
Maintain competences so that knowledge of health and safety management, systems and workplace environments remain relevant for the provision of effective and timely advice and guidance.
Identify and research best practice and legal requirements to ensure that professional knowledge is developed.
Review and monitor the implementation of Service Health and Safety Action Plans and advise relevant Staff so that appropriate actions can be put in place to achieve the delivery of those plans.
Monitor and review reports of incidents, occupational diseases, dangerous occurrences and "near misses" so that appropriate investigations may be carried out and, in appropriate circumstances, the relevant enforcing authorities can be notified.
Work collaboratively with other teams and services to identify and address areas of common concern / interest.
Undertake appropriate health and safety projects as directed by the Deputy R&M Manager and Compliance team leader according to agreed parameters, adhering to corporate project management methodologies, standards and procedures.
Monitor and review health and safety performance through audits, inspections, site visits, incident investigations etc. to enable continuous improvement of health and safety within the council
Report significant findings from monitoring activities to relevant managers and, where relevant, to Deputy R&M Manager and Team Leader compliance so that matters requiring remedial actions can be identified and implemented