Health & Safety Advisor

Health & Safety Advisor
Recruitment Agency Reference:7142300

A position has arisen for a Health & Safety Advisor within a highly regarded public sector organisation based in Bedfordshire/Working from Home. This is a key role implementing and developing Health & Safety processes for a three-month temporary placement.
The successful candidate must have previous experience monitoring and implementing Health & Safety processes for maintenance teams, ideally within a social housing environment.

Your duties will include:

• Responsible for implementing, facilitating and developing Health & Safety procedures within a public sector environment

• Develop and embed Health & Safety policies for the maintenance and repair services

• Produce risk assessments and method statements for in-house maintenance staff

• Provide competent Health & Safety advice to the division, demonstrating a well-informed knowledge base of the legislative and regulatory frameworks and the local guidelines

• Regularly liaise with staff to ensure identification and management of staff-related risks through effective risk assessment, detailed action planning and monitoring and reviewing of action implementation

• Manage a process to review all Health & safety incident reports and staff feedback relevant to the division

• Initiate appropriate action to understand and manage the risks identified, ensuring that effective and sustained improvements are implemented
  

The successful candidate should have:

• You must have experience working in a similar role within a public sector environment

• Must have good working knowledge of current Health & Safety related legislation

If you are interested in this position or would like to find out more about similar roles please contact Beth Conway on 01908 295 000 and email your updated CV to bconway@venngroup.com

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