Health & Safety Officer

Job Title:Health & Safety Officer
Location: Hertford / Stevenage Hybrid.
Starting Salary: £35,745 with the opportunity to progress to £39,186 pa
Hours: 37 per week
Contract: Permanent

Diversity: We are an inclusive employer and value a diverse workforce

Job Duties:

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated health and Safety Officer to join our team and provide competent health and safety support to managers and staff across Council departments, schools and partner organisations.

We are looking for a high level of technical expertise and excellent interpersonal skills in order to deliver our proactive assurance plan as well as managing a reactive workload in responding to queries and dealing with incident reports.

The post holder will:

• Monitor adherence to health and safety legislation and HCC policy and procedures via our audit and inspection programme. Ensuring effective monitoring and data recording.
• Provide health and safety advice and support to managers and staff within HCC, schools and partner organisations. So, a broad and secure knowledge of H&S legislation and practice is key, with the ability to build good relationships at all levels of the organisation.
• Assist in the development and delivery of health and safety training and support our Health and Safety Co-ordinators across the organisation.
• Contribute to the Council’s Health and Safety guidance ensuring this is regularly reviewed and updated.
• Monitor accident and incident reports and statistics identifying trends and assisting with investigations / debriefs as required

You will have a successful track record of working in a similar role, working collaboratively in a small team and successfully providing health and safety advice and support to a range of clients.

Frequently required to prioritise your workload, excellent time management and organisation skills are required to provide a service focussed on effective risk management.

As a key part of the role you will be able to undertake proactive and reactive visits, accident investigations, audits and inspections, and so must be able to build good relationships and provide accurate advice both verbally and in written reports.

You will have a NEBOSH Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health or equivalent as a minimum.

The ideal candidate will be qualified to NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Safety & Health or equivalent. With a commitment to continuing professional development e.g., through membership of IOSH or similar.

You will be required to travel to sites across Hertfordshire thus applicants must have a driving licence that is valid in the UK.

The successful applicant will be competent in the of use of Microsoft Office.

If you are a confident and experienced Health and Safety professional with strong collaboration and interpersonal skills interested in working in diverse areas of risk, then please get in touch.

Closing Date: 15th April 2024
Interview Date: 22nd and 24th April 2024
For an informal discussion and more information please contact: James Ottery, Health and Safety Manager - 01992 556509

Disability Confident: We are proud to be a Disability Confident employerand guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

English Fluency: The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.