HR Adviser Health and Safety

CEMP; East Devon; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job description

HR Adviser Health and Safety | 8001 | Permanent Contract | 37 hours per week | £36,124 to £37,938 per annum (Scale I) | County Hall

Are you looking for your next health and safety opportunity? We are looking for an experienced, motivated and suitably qualified Health and Safety Adviser to join our successful and enthusiastic team who provide professional in-house leadership, advice and support to its in-house services and employees as well as having a strong traded brand that complements and supports the delivery of services to Norfolk County Council.

As part of the Health, Safety and Well-being Team you will be involved in areas of work such as providing professional advice and guidance, delivering H&S training, supporting managers to identify and address issues that impact on the organisations ability to deliver services safely, undertaking proactive monitoring visits and supporting incident investigation.

If you are professional, want to work in a high energy environment and are passionate about supporting people to work safely and achieve healthy outcomes as a result of work please have a look at the job description and apply.

In order to be selected for interview, please demonstrate in your application how you meet the essential criteria, have a relevant H&S qualification or health and safety experience in a similar field with transferrable skills.

If you would like an informal discussion about the post, please contact Tracy Sims - Health and Safety Consultant (Team Lead).

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working dependent on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
• Norfolk Rewards our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
• A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
• Relocation expenses (where applicable)
• An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
• Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants pensions
• Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
• Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
• A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job description and person specification to help you demonstrate how you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Please note, the below closing date may be brought forward should we receive a sufficient number of applications.

We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.

Redeployment closing date: 16th April 2025 23:59

All other applicants closing date: 23rd April 2025 23:59