Nottingham and Midlands: £59,232 - £62,350
London: £66,068 - £69,545
Permanent, Full Time Opportunity (37.5 hours)
We're looking for an experienced and self-motivated Health and Safety Business Partner to join our team for one year. This is a fantastic opportunity for a confident professional with broad health and safety knowledge and experience, particularly within the social housing and construction sectors.
In this role, you will provide support and guidance to our Development Directorate, ensuring they meet all regulatory requirements and adhere to our corporate health and safety standards. You'll also bring the flexibility to support other areas of the organisation when needed.
The successful candidate will contribute to shaping a consistent and proactive approach to health and safety across MTVH.
What You'll Do
Provide hands-on, professional occupational health and safety advice and support at all organisational levels
Build collaborative relationships within the Health and Safety Team, your directorate, and across MTVH
Coordinate and conduct audits and inspections, ensuring actions are communicated, tracked, completed, and escalated where necessary
Ensure consistent application of CDM regulations
Lead on serious accident/incident and near-miss investigations and support others to identify the root causes and establish meaningful preventive measures
Ensure risk profiling, prioritisation and assessment are conducted and managed
Deliver health and safety training, workshops and coaching, where required
Adapt to support other directorates as and when necessary to ensure continued competent health and safety support
Attend and contribute to applicable health and safety meetings, steering groups, and assurance panels
Prepare timely, accurate monthly health and safety performance reports
Promote compliance with health and safety management system KPIs
Develop, implement, monitor, and proactively communicate health and safety policy and procedures.What You'll Bring
Experience in the Social Housing and Construction Sectors
Appropriate health and safety qualifications with a minimum equivalent of a NEBOSH Construction Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety
Extensive health and safety regulatory knowledge and experience to support your directorate with professional and accurate advice.
Expert knowledge and practical application of the CDM Regulations 2015, especially client duties
Excellent communication skills with the ability to champion health and safety discussion and positively influence behaviour
Expertise in accident and incident investigation with a focus on preventive action and broader lessons learnt
Experience of developing policies, procedures, and management systems
Professional curiosity and diligence, particularly in relation auditing and inspection
Competency in preparing timely, accurate health and safety performance reports and explaining complex legal information to a variety of audiencesAdditional Information: This is a national role, so a full driving licence and access to own vehicle for business use are essential.
Key dates: First-round MS Teams interview will be scheduled on an ongoing basis.
Second-round in-person interviews will be scheduled once the job advert has closed.
Metropolitan Thames Valley provides affordable housing for people living in London, the South East, East Midlands and East of England.
We also offer a range of care and support services. Our specialist areas include older people, mental health and transitional services which provide intensive support to marginalised or vulnerable people.
We deliver training programmes, events and activities for our residents, designed to boost employment opportunities and foster stronger communities.
A member of the National Housing Federation the G15 ? which represents London?s largest housing associations ? we influence policy for the benefits of our residents and the wider sector.
In October 2018 like minded housing associations Metropolitan and Thames Valley Housing formally completed a partnership to form Metropolitan Thames Valley. We came together because we want to improve the services we provide and do more in our communities. We?ll do this by listening to our customers and working alongside them.
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Salary description
£59232.00 - £69545.00 per year