Health & Safety Manager

Health & Safety Manager

Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 per annum

Based: Barnstaple, North Devon

As a registered charity and leading regional social landlord, we provide affordable homes for people who need them. Managing homes and delivering services to some 3200 properties in North Devon, we are much more than bricks and mortar.

Our focus remains being committed to creating communities where people want to live by continuously investing in the neighbourhoods in which we work. Reporting to the Director of Neighbourhoods, you will need to demonstrate the necessary experience and qualifications to be the Competent Person managing and developing all aspects of Health and Safety across all our NDH services.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• providing leadership, advice, support and guidance on all aspects of health and safety across the business;
• implementing, embedding, maintaining and developing a Health & Safety management system and compliance framework that exceeds statutory, regulatory and best practice requirements for our operations;
• putting controls in place to monitor H&S compliance whilst engaging, motivating and enthusing managers and staff to develop and maintain a positive, well informed health and safety culture;
• developing and overseeing contingency and response plans that anticipate or manage appropriately and robustly any health and safety related issues that may emerge.

Through qualifications and experience you will be able to demonstrate how you will lead on all aspects of Health & Safety and our Compliance and regulatory requirements.

Also important will be your excellent all round communications skills to enable you to engage with, challenge, support and provide training for staff at all levels to maintain the best possible H&S awareness and culture.

This challenging and rewarding opportunity includes membership of the Social Housing Pension Scheme and a relocation package where appropriate to this beautiful part of the West Country.

For further information and an application form, click the apply button where you can download everything you'll need. 

To apply, you must return a completed application and equal opportunities form, together with a CV and supporting statement outlining how you meet the person specification (as outlined in the job description).

Closing date:  10am on 4 August, 2017    

Interviews & testing: 15 August, 2017