Health and Safety Advisor - North London

Morgan Hunt currently require a Health and Safety Advisor for Housing Trust based in North London on a Temporary basis
Pay Rate : £33.67ph Ltd
Hours :35 hrs Mon to Fri - 9am and 17.00pm - Hybrid working available 2 days office based. Wednesday mandatory at office
Location : North London
Duration : 6 to 9 months on going contract

Key Responsibilities:

As a Health and Safety (H&S) Adviser for the trust you will be working closely with the Head of Health and Safety to support the implementation and ongoing maintenance of the trusts Health and Safety Policy and Management System embedding a strong safety and wellbeing culture across the organisation.

You will play a key role in ensuring that H&S standards are applied consistently across the organisation, supporting managers and teams to operate safety and in line with statutory and regulatory requirements.

The role is delivery-focussed, providing practical advice, supporting incident investigations, and helping to ensure that H&S risks are identified, assessed and appropriately managed for employees, residents and contractors.

Duties

• Provide practical H&S advice and guidance to managers and staff.
• Proactively promote a positive H&S culture across the organisation.
• Supporting managers in understanding and meeting required H&S standards.
• Support and undertake investigations into H&S accidents and incidents.
• Escalate serious incidents, risks or non-compliance issues in line with agreed thresholds.
• Maintain accurate records within the H&S Management System and identify required updates.
• Assist and where required lead, on RIDDOR and Mandatory Occurrence Reporting (MOR) processes including liaison with external bodies where required.
• Working with HR to support H&S aspects of employee-related matters, including reasonable adjustments where appropriate.
• Lead in the development of H&S policies, procedures and guidance.
• Support the delivery of H&S projects and initiatives.
• Undertaking H&S inspections and audits, identifying issues and supporting the tracking of actions through to completion.
• Complete and review risk assessments to ensure they are suitable and sufficient.

Required Qualifications and Skills:

• NEBOSH General Certificate Level 3 or working towards NEBOHS Diploma Level 6.
• IOSH Membership.
• Experience of working in a health and safety adviser capacity, preferably within the Housing industry.
• Experience of incident investigation, regulatory engagement and performance reporting.
• Experience of undertaking inspections as part of a H&S adviser role.
  

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