Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor

North Northamptonshire Council; England; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

About The Role

You will be part of the Health, Safety and Wellbeing Team, reporting to the HSW Strategic Lead. You will be partnered with one of our Directorates, helping them to embed the HSW Management System whilst delivering the important services they offer to residents of North Northamptonshire.

The HSW Team have recently moved into the Public Health and Wellbeing Directorate, which offers incredible opportunities for development around the wellbeing aspects of the role.

This is a hybrid working role, with travel across Northamptonshire locations as required.

You will be helping to keep our colleagues and others, healthy and balanced in a safe environment.

What will you be doing?

• Contributing to the development and implementation of the Corporate HSW Plan and HSW Management System
• Leading the development and achievement of Directorate HSW Improvement Plans with senior leaders
• Advising our leaders on how to comply with the HSW Management system and legal requirements
• Delivering training and presentations on a range of HSW areas
• Monitoring accident and incident reporting and investigation; leading on these where necessary
• Reporting RIDDOR reportable events
• Working in partnership with Trade Union colleagues on HSW matters
• Analysing various HSW data, preparing and presenting reports
• Developing and delivering an audit programme across your Directorate
• Collaborating with colleagues across the council to identify and address common areas of concern / interest

About You

We are very open to applications from anyone who believes they have what it takes to deliver an excellent HSW service. You will be supported with your development and will be working with a team of experienced HSW professionals. There are a few things we will need from you:

• A NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety, equivalent or higher
• A good level of experience and confidence working in complex organisations
• Highly organised and able to lead and, or support multiple projects and workstreams
• Highly motivated and open minded
• Confident in the use of Microsoft office applications, and ideally, with experience of H&S management software
• If you’re coming from a H&S background, you're open to developing as a wellbeing professional also

Our benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We Offer a Vibrant Working Environment With

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

About Us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our Values Define Who We Are And How We Operate, By Forming The Foundation For How We Interact With Our Customers, Colleagues And Provide Our Services. They Are Also At The Forefront Of Our Decision Making And Delivery And Are

Customer-focused

Respectful

Efficient

Supportive

Trustworthy

Our Key Commitments

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.

We aim to be a carbon neutral Council by 2030.

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)

Attached documents

• HSW Advisor 4_25.pdf

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