Health & Safety Advisor


Location: Peterborough
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £37,184 per annum

At Accent we believe everyone has the right to a safe, secure and warm place to call home. Are you ready to go above and beyond to deliver of a first-class Health & Safety service?

We’re looking for a Health & Safety Advisor to join our Heath & Safety and Facilities team in Peterborough.

As our Health & Safety Advisor for the South & East, you’ll support and improve colleague safety and to provide assurance that the health and safety management system is meeting its legal requirements and that risk controls are in place and effective. This will be achieved through delivering colleague safety training programmes, supporting and advising colleagues in your areas and auditing to a schedule in order to monitor and analyse the performance of the health and safety management system.

Salary

The spot salary for this post is £37,184 per annum for applicants who fully meet the requirements of the post. Applicants, who do not meet all the requirements of the post, will start 5% or 10% below the spot salary.

What will you get from us?

In addition to a competitive salary and agile working, we also have a focus on employees’ development. We support both professional and personal development, ensuring everyone has a development plan and provide access to a wide range of internal and external learning resources.

You’ll also receive:

• 28 days paid holiday (pro-rata excluding bank holidays) per year rising by 1 day per year up to a maximum of one working week.
• A choice of Pension Schemes including a Defined Benefit Scheme with a 7.5% member contribution or a Defined Contribution Scheme with a 4% member contribution and 4% employer contribution. Both pension schemes provide Life Insurance Cover.
• Option to purchase additional holiday of up to 2 of your working weeks (at managers discretion.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• "Hapi" Benefits App with multiple discounts.
• Cycle to work scheme.

What skills/behaviours do you need to be a Health & Safety Advisor?

• Passionate about people and their wellbeing and able to inspire the same perspective in colleagues
• Curious, creative and innovative in problem solving, an analytical mind with an eye for detail and a capacity for logical and critical thinking
• A brilliantly positive team player, who will be committed to delivering excellence
• Accountable, open and honest. Taking ownership of situations from beginning to end to ensure the best possible outcome
• Fantastic relationship skills which enables you to build rapport with all stakeholders
• A keen eye for value for money and able to deliver
• Experience of internal auditing or auditing in a variety of health & safety fields
• NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent
• Sound knowledge of current health & safety legislative and regulatory requirements
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use

Location: The successful candidate will be required to live within a commutable distance to our Peterborough office with travel throughout the south and east region as required.

We’re a keen promoter of agile working and encourage working from home, as long as we meet our customers’ needs.

We’ll provide you with the equipment and software you’ll need for the purpose of your role however it will be your responsibility to have an appropriate space to work from as well as a suitable broadband connection/provider.

Interview Process

First stage – interview over Teams on the 21st/22nd October.
Second stage – final interview in person at our Peterborough office on Monday 28th October.

Who are Accent?

At Accent, we believe that everyone should have access to an affordable, sustainable, and safe home, and our work across the country aims to do just that.

We’re a national organisation, but with a community focus. We were formed in 1966 and have grown in the time since, and now provide homes and services to over 40,000 customers.

We understand the impact our work can have in creating better places for people to live by providing well-designed housing, which is in short supply, and building sustainable communities where people choose to live. We are proud of our Homes England Strategic Partnership, which allows us to build even more homes in areas of housing need.

As anchor institutions in the communities where we work, it’s important we leverage partnerships and seek opportunities for customers that provide the foundations for better living. We build relationships which accelerate and advance our work to ensure customers are supported if they need it and can be happy living in their homes.

We never stop evolving – we are ambitious and driven and understand that great performance is a product of an inclusive and supportive environment, where colleagues can thrive and achieve their best. With a new people strategy and corporate strategy which will sets out our commitments from 2024-2027, it’s an exciting time to join Accent.

If you require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, please let us know we will ensure requirements are met.

Please don’t delay in submitting your application. Where roles are urgent or we receive a high volume of applications, we may interview and conclude the process prior to any closing date indicated.

We are excited about our future and if you are too, we’d love to hear from you.

You may have experience in the following roles: Health & Safety Manager, H&S Coordinator, Compliance Manager, Risk Manager, Facilities Advisor, Occupational Health & Safety Officer, Environmental Health & Safety Specialist, Safety Advisor, etc.

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