Senior Health and Safety Advisor

2 weeks ago

Abingdon, United Kingdom South Oxfordshire District Council Full time

**Salary**: Grade 8, £50,764- £55,789
**Duration of role**: Permanent
**Hours per week**: 37
**Location**: Hybrid - home / offsite and council offices (Abbey House, Abbey Close, Abingdon OX14 3JE), as required

Closing Date: 15 September 2023

Are you interested in health and safety and the role it plays in positive wellbeing of staff? If so, this is the role for you to help us transform our approach to health and safety across the councils.

The post holder will be responsible for designing and supporting the delivery of the councils' health and safety strategy along with the associated policies and arrangements for delivering its implementation across the councils. You'll get the opportunity to be involved in almost every aspect of the councils' activities, providing specialist knowledge in support of, and learning from, the experts managing the services. Most importantly the role needs to ensure that our staff help shape are adopting safe working practices.

You will need the knowledge, skills, and experience to deliver, and the interpersonal, communication and persuasion skills to bring everyone with you on the journey.

**Main duties and responsibilities Senior Advisor**:

- Maintain an understanding of existing and new health and safety legislation and/or best practice.
- Ensure statutory reporting of incidents to the external Health and Safety Executive as appropriate.
- Manage all administrative and statistical data in relation to health and safety
- Devise and manage the development and review of the councils' health and safety strategy
- Review and update operational health and safety policies and procedures
- Provide advice and guidance to staff, service teams, managers and SMT on health and safety matters
- Develop and deliver a training approach and programme for health and safety
- Ensure that appropriate resources are made available to address unacceptable health and safety risks.
- Lead on health and safety matters across both councils on behalf of the Head of Paid Service.
- Undertake regular auditing of work areas to proactively identify risks and provide expert guidance
- Investigate accidents and provide expert guidance to support managers in ensuring that any necessary actions to mitigate future risks are actioned
- Lead in the evaluation of contractors Health and Safety policies and procedures both during tender process and ongoing contract monitoring where appropriate.
- Provide input into the creation and deployment of service plans.
- Contribute to budget planning and monitoring.
- Oversee and contract manage the corporate lone worker system and oversee the threat premises systems.
- Manage the content of the health and safety intranet pages on the learning management system
- Develop, administer, and deliver training packages and, where applicable, procure training
- Ensuring the councils' health and safety policies and procedures are deployed correctly
- Prepare for and participate in internal audits for health and safety.
- Responsibility for line management of the health and safety advisor

**Your essential skills, knowledge, and experience**:

- A comprehensive knowledge of health and safety legislation, guidance, and best practice in a related sector
- A well-developed understanding of the importance of health and safety strategy and policy and the practical steps required for their effective implementation
- A minimum of five years' experience in health and safety in a management or supervisory role
- membership of a relevant professional body, such as IOSH, with up-to-date CPD training
- A proven track record of proactively identifying problems and taking the initiative for solving them
- have a valid full driving licence, a vehicle and insurance to drive for work purposes

**Your essential qualifications**:

- A degree or equivalent qualification
- The NEBOSH diploma or equivalent qualification
- A full driving licence

**If you have the following experience or qualifications - it's a bonus**:

- Experience of managing change in health and safety culture
- Experience of leading health and safety strategy and policy development
- Experience of influencing and demonstrating the practical steps required for the effective implementation of a new health and safety culture
- Experience of planning, monitoring, and managing budgets
- Local government experience

**About us**:
Our vision and values are important to the councils, and we expect you to support them and embed them in the way we work.

**Our vision**:
We are seen as being customer-focussed, approachable and business-like. We are honest and open and are renowned for providing high-quality cost-effective services.

**Our values**:

- We act with integrity and show respect
- We are all accountable
- We are passionate about our business
- We strive for simplicity
- We love success

**The benefits we offer**:

- A basic 24 days annual leave per annum, rising to 29 days after five years.
- Flexible working and annualised hours - a flexible approach to work that our employees love
- Salary pay awards
- Payment of annual professional membership
- A generous career average pension scheme which includes life insurance of three times your salary
- The opportunity to purchase a bike through Cyclescheme
- Various schemes to keep you healthy
- We give you two days per year to volunteer within the local community

You may have experience of the following: SHEQ Advisor, Health and Safety Advisor, H&S Officer, H&S Advisor, Health and Safety Advisor, NEBOSH, CMIOSH, Risk Assessment, Health & Safety Consultant, CMIOSH, SHE Advisor, Quality Assurance, H&S, SHEQ, Public Sector, Local Authority, Local Government, etc.

REF-207902

  • Health and Safety Coordinator

    1 month ago

    Abingdon, United Kingdom South Oxfordshire District Council Full time

    **Salary**: Grade 7, £43,191 - £48,117 **Duration of role**: Permanent **Hours per week**: 37 **Location**: Hybrid - home / offsite and council offices (Abbey House, Abbey Close, Abingdon OX14 3JE), as required. This is an exciting role to help us transform our approach to health and safety across the councils. The post holder will be responsible for...

  • Optical Advisor/supervisor Jobs Oxfordshire

    4 weeks ago

    Abingdon, United Kingdom Flame Health Full time

    **Optical Advisor/Supervisor Jobs Oxfordshire** **Optical Jobs Oxfordshire** *** Flame Health Optometry are looking to recruit an Optical Advisor/Supervisor to join a independent opticians based in Oxfordshire. As an Optical Advisor, you’ll make sure every customer receives a warm welcome and has a positive experience when they come into the...

  • Optical Advisor Jobs Oxfordshire

    4 weeks ago

    Abingdon, United Kingdom Flame Health Full time

    **Optical Advisor Jobs Oxfordshire** **Optical Jobs Oxfordshire** - Full time - Salary depending on experience - Bonus scheme Flame Health Optometry division are currently working in conjunction with a large Independent Optical group who are looking for Optical Advisors with at least 6 months experience to join their practice in Abingdon. Our client has...

  • Optical Sales Advisor Jobs Abingdon

    4 weeks ago

    Abingdon, United Kingdom Flame Health Full time

    **Optical Sales Advisor Jobs Abingdon** **Optical Jobs Oxfordshire** - Full time - Salary depending on experience - Bonus scheme Flame Health Optometry division are currently working in conjunction with a large Independent Optical group who are looking for Optical Advisors with at least 6 months experience to join their practice in Abingdon. Our client has...

  • Health and Safety Manager

    1 week ago

    Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Independent Schools'​ Bursars Association Full time

    We are looking to appoint a Health and Safety Manager to work as part of the Estates Team, committed to delivering excellent customer service, reporting to the Head of Facilities. It is envisaged this role will be carried out by someone looking to develop their career in Health & Safety and who will therefore have had some experience in a similar role....

  • HR Advisor

    4 weeks ago

    Abingdon, United Kingdom Reed Human Resources Full time

    **HR Advisor - Immediate Start** **Salary**:£28-32,000 per annum plus benefits **Location**:Abingdon, Oxfordshire (hybrid, a minimum of three days per week in the office) A highly successful group of businesses, operating in the healthcare industry, are seeking a HR Advisor on a permanent basis to join their highly successful HR team. Reporting to the Head...

  • HR Advisor

    6 days ago

    Abingdon, United Kingdom Allen Associates Full time

    **HR Advisor** We are looking for an experienced HR professional to help implement this global company’s UK HR operations, from administration to employment law and more. If you are a CIPD-qualified professional with UK law experience and a proactive approach, this could be the role for you! This is a full-time role, working 37 hours per week, however...

  • HR Advisor

    6 days ago

    Abingdon, United Kingdom Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited Full time

    Your new company We are excited to be working with a market leading organisation who are looking to appoint a Senior HR Advisor within their Abingdon office. The role is a 1-year FTC which offers hybrid working. Your new role Reporting to the Head of HR you will provide expert and commercially focussed HR advice to managers across the business which may...

  • Temp to Perm HR Advisor

    4 weeks ago

    Abingdon, United Kingdom Reed Human Resources Full time

    **Temporary to Permanent HR Advisor - Immediate Start** **Salary**:£28-32,000 per annum (hourly equivalent) **Location**:Abingdon, Oxfordshire (hybrid, a minimum of three days per week in the office) A highly successful group of businesses, operating in the healthcare industry, are seeking a temporary to permanent HR Advisor to join their highly successful...

  • Quality Advisor

    1 month ago

    Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom MTC OPERATIONS LIMITED Full time

    We are looking for a Quality Advisor to join our MTC Training Team based in Coventry or Oxford. This Quality Advisor role is required to support and develop outstanding teaching and assessment practice whilst ensuring compliance with Awarding Organisations and ESFA Funding Rules across the MTC Training provision in Coventry, Abingdon and Liverpool, and other...

  • HR Advisor

    1 month ago

    Abingdon, United Kingdom Blue Sky HR Consultancy Full time

    **People & Culture Advisor** **Hours**: Permanent full-time with potential for part-time (minimum 3-day week) **Location**: Hybrid-working from home with access to offices near Abingdon and Fareham **About ITGL** ‘Partners in Positivity’ is more than a strapline, it underpins our way of working our attitude. This is represented in our company values,...

  • Quality Advisor

    1 month ago

    Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom MTC OPERATIONS LIMITED Full time

    We are looking for a Quality Advisor to join our MTC Training Team based in Coventry or Oxford. This Quality Advisor role is required to support and develop outstanding teaching and assessment practice whilst ensuring compliance with Awarding Organisations and ESFA Funding Rules across the MTC Training provision in Coventry, Abingdon and Liverpool, and...

  • Senior Early Careers Advisor

    1 week ago

    Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Rullion Limited Full time

    Job title: Senior Early Careers Advisor/Graduate Lead Job Type: Contract IR35 Status: Inside IR35 Start date: Immediate Duration: 12 months Pay rate: Negotiable depending on skills and experience Location: Abingdon, Oxfordshire / Hybrid Please note that applicants must live in the UK and have the right to work in the UK. We cannot provide VISA...

  • HR People Advisor

    1 week ago

    Abingdon, United Kingdom Rullion Limited Full time

    Job title: HR People Advisor Job Type: Contract IR35 Status: Inside IR35 Start date: Immediate Duration: 6 months with possible extension Pay rate: Negotiable depending on skills and experience Location: Abingdon, Oxfordshire / Hybrid 🚀 Join the Future of Nuclear Fusion Energy! HR People Advisor at UKAEA Are you an experienced HR professional looking...

  • Lead Careers

    1 month ago

    Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Rullion Full time

    Senior Early Careers Advisor/Graduate Lead Job Type: Contract Immediate Negotiable depending on skills and experience Abingdon, Oxfordshire / Hybrid Are you an ambitious and experienced Senior Early Careers Advisor with a passion for fostering talent in the Nuclear Fusion Energy sector? If so, we invite you to join the dynamic Early Careers Team in the role...

  • Senior Lab Analyst

    2 days ago

    Abingdon, United Kingdom Randstad Delivery Full time

    Job title: Senior Analyst Location: Abingdon, Oxfordshire (on site full time) Contract length: Until 31/04/2025, covering maternity leave Pay rate: £35,000 per annum My client is part of a family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies to support diagnostic testing which provides important...

  • Health Physics Technician

    2 days ago

    Abingdon, United Kingdom Rullion Limited Full time

    Health Physics Technician Job Description: The Health Physics Group at UKAEA Culham provides advisory and monitoring services to site projects to assist in compliance with Health and Safety laws, particularly Ionising Radiations Regulations (IRR17) and COSHH Regulations (2002) pertaining to Beryllium safety. Health Physics Technicians (HPT) are required to...

  • Health Physics Technician

    15 hours ago

    Abingdon, United Kingdom Rullion Limited Full time

    Health Physics TechnicianJob Description:The Health Physics Group at UKAEA Culham provides advisory and monitoring services to site projects to assist in compliance with Health and Safety laws, particularly Ionising Radiations Regulations (IRR17) and COSHH Regulations (2002) pertaining to Beryllium safety. Health Physics Technicians (HPT) are required to...

  • Environmental Health Officer Food

    1 day ago

    Abingdon, United Kingdom South Oxfordshire District Council Full time

    **Full time Hours**: 37 hours **Salary Grade 6**: £37,891-£43,191 per annum **Fixed term contract**: for up to 12 months An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Environmental Health Officer within the Food & Workplace Safety Team to have your own district and carry out the full range of food hygiene, health and safety and special treatment registration...

  • Senior Lab Analyst

    15 hours ago

    Abingdon, United Kingdom Randstad Delivery Full time

    Job title: Senior AnalystLocation: Abingdon, Oxfordshire (on site full time)Contract length: Until 31/04/2025, covering maternity leavePay rate: £35,000 per annumMy client is part of a family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies to support diagnostic testing which provides important information for...