Health and Safety Manager

1 week ago


Brighton, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom Brighton & Hove City Council Full time
Are you passionate about driving a positive safety culture keeping people at the heart of what you do?
Can you support and develop others, helping them to thrive on their professional journey?
Do you have experience of advising on health and safety and building compliance in a complex organisation with a diverse risk profile?
If so, read on to find out more about this exciting and rewarding senior managerial role.

Due to retirement, we have a vacancy for a new Head of Health and Safety in our busy, varied and solution focussed health and safety team.

We provide advice and guidance on health, safety and welfare issues across the council, safeguarding our diverse workforce, communities and others we work with to deliver our services.

In this strategic management position, you will report directly to the Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development and be a part of the HR Leadership Team and the council's Leadership Network.

Due to the importance of health and safety within our organisation, this role also has direct access to the Chief Executive.

Closing date for applications is midnight on 10 June 2024.
As the Head of Health and Safety, you will:
champion health and safety across the organisation and with our internal and external partners across the city
provide expert knowledge, skills and interventions to influence, challenge and support the achievement of a positive health & safety culture
ensure delivery of the H&S advisory service to a wide range of services from schools to social care, from parks to seafront and outdoor events, from housing to contractors and building compliance
Act as the competent person for the council as required by the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999
Be the main contact for H&S Regulatory authorities
manage and lead our team of H&S professionals and fire specialists
To deliver this, in the post-Grenfell context and in an organisation with new leadership and a varied risk profile across our multiple services, we are looking for someone who:
- has a track record in organising health and safety in a multi-faceted environment.
health and safety technical knowledge to Nebosh diploma level or equivalent,
- communication and people skills and the vision to embed health and safety as part of BHCC's culture.

Our diverse community is passionate about the city and there's a shared commitment to celebrating and promoting all that makes Brighton & Hove so unique.

We are committed to delivering an outstanding health and safety service and, in return for your hard work in this role, you will get involved in a wide range of work across our unitary authorityas well as working with partners around the city.

You will be a member of the leadership network of the organisation which includes our top 100 leaders.

This will provide you with valuable peer support as well as being an opportunity for you to shape the organisation beyond health and safety.

We are able to offer support with relocation expenses if qualifying criteria is met.

You will have extensive learning and development opportunities and a wide range of other benefits including a range of financial and non-financial benefits to make our staff's experience working with us as good as it can be.

These include generous leave entitlements, a career average pension scheme, flexible working options for many job roles, loans for bikes and bus and train tickets to help our staff get to work, childcare vouchers, plus a variety of local leisure, lifestyle and entertainment discounts.

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers.

Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration.

Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.

Our city is known and loved for its diversity.

We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds.

In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

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