Senior Safety, Health, Compliance And Training Officer (14794)

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Join City Services at Southampton City Council as a Safety, Health and compliance manager, where your play pivotal role in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our dedicated staff. We are seeking a dynamic individual who is positive about fostering a positive safety culture band ensuring the implementation of robust safety measures across our environmental services, including waste collection, fleet workshops, parks, street cleansing ,tree officers and tree surgeons ,landscaping and pest control to name a few.

Key Responsibilities:

• Keep staff safe through the development and implementation of comprehensive safety protocols and procedures.
• Cultivate a positive safety culture ,encouraging staff to prioritise safety and look out for one another.
• Ensure all staff have access to and understand risk assessments and method statements to perform their duties safely.
• Develop and execute a 5 year safety strategy in alignment with organisational and legislative goals and objectives.
• Oversee the implementation of safety strategy ,monitoring progress and adjusting as necessary to achieve optimal results
• Minimise accidents and incidents by proactively identifying  and addressing hazards and risks.
• Encourage and facilitate the reporting of near misses and hazards to continually improve safety practices.

Qualifications and skills:

• Bachelors degree in occupational health and safety, Environmental management ,or related field
• Proven experience in safety management ,ideally within a municipal or environmental services setting
• Strong understanding of health and safety regulations and best practices in the relevant field of operations
• Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills ,with the ability to encourage and influence stakeholders at all levels
• Demonstrated leadership abilities ,with a track record of successfully implementing safety initiatives and driving results
• Professional certifications such as NEBOSH OR IOSH are desirable.
• Category B licence 

Contact details for informal discussion:

For further information and details regarding the position, please contact Chris Baldwin on 07909873105 or 

Christopher.baldwin@southampton.gov.uk

Recruitment contact details:

Email: recruitment@southampton.gov.uk
Tel: 023 8083 4033

Additional information:

• The working hours for this role are 37 hours per week 
• This is a permanent position.   
• Please note that appointments are usually made at the bottom of the salary scale.

How to apply:

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We are proud to be #DisabilityConfident and support fair recruitment practices. Find out how you can get involved at gov.uk/disability-confident.  No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.

Southampton City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults.  It is committed to delivering services to ensure they are happy, safe and have opportunities to reach their goals as responsible members of our community.  We believe it is always unacceptable for a child, young person or adult to experience abuse of any kind, and recognise our responsibility to safeguard and promote their welfare.  We are committed to following safe practices to ensure this and expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.  This commitment is reflected in all our recruitment and selection practices.

As a Corporate Parent we are actively aiming to support all our children in care (looked after children) and care leavers. Any applicants who are children in care or care leavers, who meet the essential criteria for the post applied for, will be guaranteed an interview.