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Our charity's health and safety proposition has been successfully overseen by a long-serving colleague who is due to retire this year. We are looking to appoint a suitable successor to work in partnership to handover on a full time basis.

Health and safety plays a crucial part in our service offering to provide secure and protected environments for those in our care alongside colleagues.

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A day in the life of a Health and Safety Officer would include:

* Planning, implementing and maintaining all H&S policies and programmes

* Advising employees on all compliance related health and safety

* Ensuring all legislative changes are adhered to whilst tracking regulatory changes

* Preparing educational material to upskill staff as changes take place

* Conducting regular services checks and audits promoting a safe place of work to all

* Guiding colleagues on all health and safety incidents accordingly

* Updating risk assessments continuously ensuring they comply with relevant health and safety standards

* Presenting reports and updates to the senior leadership team on compliance performance, incident reports and accidents

* Acting as lead point of contact for external audits and inspections, providing timely and accurate reporting and corrective measures applied where necessary

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Our ideal candidate will have:

* 3 years+ experience working within a similar role

* NEBOSH or equivalent health and safety certification. Ideally also being a member of IOSH or working towards

* Competent knowledge of building compliance regulatons alongside occupational health and safety standards

* Strong user of Microsoft excel to report and input data