Health, Safety & Compliance Advisor

We are currently working in partnership with a reputable not-for-profit Housing Association that provide affordable housing across Bedfordshire. They are expanding their team and are recruiting for a permanent Health, Safety & Compliance Advisor.

This will be a full-time position based in Bedfordshire, with hybrid working and a salary of £30,000 to £35,000 per annum.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Health & Safety and ideally hold a relevant qualification in the area and must of held a similar position previously.

Duties will include (but are not limited to):

• Working with departments throughout the business to ensure the safety of the organisations customers, team members and properties
• Responsible for compliance in relation to ensuring properties are safe; advising on and co-ordinating all compliance activities
• Directly line managing a Compliance Officer, monitoring their performance and completing one to ones
• Ensuring a safe and healthy workplace for employees, being the lead team member responsible for coordinating and administering Health & Safety activities beyond the compliance activities carried out in Property Services, in close liaison with the People Excellence & Communications Manager, other managers and Health & Safety consultants
• Being responsible for administering companywide co-ordination and monitoring of all Home Standard and Health & Safety related compliance, including analysing, implementing, improving and sustaining compliance and health and safety related systems and processes and working to improve quality, productivity and efficiency

Experience required:

• Excellent working knowledge of compliance systems and health & safety administrative processes
• Prior experience of leading the coordination of compliance and health & safety functions
• Evidence of being a team player who can support and promote corporate objectives
• Proven financial experience/budgetary control
• Experience of creating a culture of continuous improvement
• Previous experience of delivering high standards of customer service to all customers, internal and external
• Working knowledge of accessing and updating information on a properties database and compliance framework
• Experience of monitoring & evaluation, preparing, writing and presenting reports, leading and delivering projects/programme
• Must have experience of managing and developing a team
• Involvement in leading on housing compliance and health & safety work in a housing association, local authority or similar organisation

Skills, knowledge and expertise required:

• Well-rounded education with experience, which evidence the appropriate calibre for a compliance and health& safety management post
• Additional professional qualifications (or equivalent) which are relevant to the post.
• IOSH/NEBOSH qualified

Working hours:

• 37 hours per week
• Hybrid working – three days in the office, two working from home
• Monday – Friday, flexible working hours i.e. 9AM – 5PM / 8AM – 4PM

Please note that you require recent experience to apply for this role.

James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role.

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