Principal Group Safety Advisor

3 weeks ago

Kirklees, United Kingdom Kirklees Council Full time

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**Organisation**
- Kirklees

**Directorate**
- Environment & Climate Change

**Service Area**
- Highways & Streetscene

**Hours**
- 37

**Number of Jobs**
- 1

**Location(s)**
- Across Kirklees

**Position type**
- Permanent

**Grade**
- Grade 13

**Salary**

£43,516 - £45,495

**Enhancements / additional payments details**
- + 15% market rate supplement

**Please note that if you work for an Academy you are not an employee of the Council.**

The Council’s Highways & Streetscene Service comprises Highways, Greenspaces, Cleansing and Transport Services - key frontline services that help make Kirklees a place that is welcoming, attractive and safe. Highways & Streetscene are also responsible for providing a broad range of statutory and non - statutory functions and services across Kirklees.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced health and safety professional who wants to lead, develop and manage a new health and safety team, and implement a new health and safety programme - all dedicated to Highways & Streetscene.

As busy frontline services providing much-needed services across Kirklees, the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees and communities is essential.

As Principal Group Safety Advisor, you will be responsible for the management of the Highways & Streetscene Health & Safety team. You will be responsible for ensuring that Highways & Streetscene services are managing health and safety effectively and that the core elements of managing health and safety are in place. You will be report to and be supported by the Highways & Streetscene Service Director. You will also work closely with the Principal Group Safety Advisor (Corporate Safety) and other health and safety professionals.

You will manage aspects of the Highways & Streetscene health and safety function, including supervision of the Group Safety Advisors and other team members. You will ensure that performance is adequately managed in accordance with the Council's Performance Management framework and advise Senior Management where there is deviation from performance plans and targets. In conjunction with Senior Managers, you will develop performance improvement plans for your team and ensure that professional development enables the team to keep up-to-date in all aspects of health and safety.

You will monitor health and safety performance across the directorate and report the findings, trends, and summaries to senior managers. You will develop implement and maintain a health and safety management system for the Directorate, to meet the needs of the Directorate and the wider Council.

This role is based within Environment & Climate Change. Find out more about working for Kirklees.

**Key areas of responsibility**
- A frontline service-based Health and Safety function which is delivered in an efficient and responsive manner, and which is attuned to relevant service needs.
- A highly developed and motivated team of Professional and Qualified Advisers who deliver the service in line with Directorate and Council Procedures.
- Service excellence is achieved in terms of the effective handling of enquiries and working to achieve continuous improvement in health and safety.
- Technical support and advice are provided to Directors, Senior Managers, Elected Members, Council Cabinet, Scrutiny and Local Public Service Boards, as well as to the team under your management.
- A Council which is enabled to discharge its statutory duties and responsibilities and protects the health and safety of employees and others affected by their undertakings and activities.
- Leadership in health and safety that provides a clear purpose and sense of direction, fulfilling the Council’s obligations in health and safety.
- Support and liaise with other colleagues and partners, including those in Corporate Risk Management, Emergency Planning and Occupational Health to provide appropriate competent advice.
- Monitoring Health and Safety performance across the directorate and reporting the findings, both within service and corporately for consistency of approach across the Council.
- Development and implementation of a health and safety management system for the service area linking back into the corporate systems for the Council.

You will be a leader with strong communication and skills to engage a range of internal and external stakeholders including internal colleagues, senior managers, Councillors and Cabinet members, neighbouring authorities, businesses, and anchor institutions.

You will be joining a high-profile political and corporate service area which delivers change that impacts across the whole

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