Corporate Health & Safety Officer

An exceptional new instruction for an interim Corporate Health & Safety Officer  which is placed within the public sector and is offered either on a long term temporary or permanent basis depending on your circumstances.

The Job Purpose

Lead Officer for the enforcement of Health & Safety

To act as Corporate Health & Safety Officer ensuring the company complies with Health, Safety & Fire legislation.

Ensure all statutory and non-statutory functions and completed and recorded for all aspects of Health, Safety & Wellbeing.

Develop, manage and promote all aspects of Health & Safety policies and procedures.

To provide technical support and contribute towards the provision of an effective Health & Safety function by directly working with all functions.

Financials & Hours of Work:

37 hours per week

Monday to Friday

Salary: £41,567.00 - £47,516.00 per annum depending on experience

Main Duties:

Undertaking operational tasks, ie. risk assessments

Develop new/improved systems for recording information

Ensure the Council carries out its statutory health & safety role in relation to staff, operations and as a corporate landlord.

Experience & Knowledge we are seeking:

Demonstrable knowledge, experience and expertise in relation to relevant Health & Safety legislation and best practice

Relevant Health & Safety Enforcement

Relevant Experience in Corporate Health & Safety role, ie. Safety Officer

Demonstrable technical and specialist knowledge

Experience with MS Office Systems, ie. Word, Excel and Outlook

Essential Qualifications we are seeking:

A relevant Environmental Health related qualification and EHORB (Environmental Health Officers Registration Board) registration OR

• NEBOSH General, Fire & Environmental Certificated


• IOSH Health and Safety “Managing Safely” Qualified


• Root Cause Analysis trained


• Risk Assessment Trained


• Technician Level for IOSH Membership

Desirable (non-essential):

Experience in event safety

Hold Health & Safety Authorisations

Relevant experience of m3 software

If you have the skills, knowledge and experience we are seeking then your application is warmly welcomed.

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