Health and Safety Compliance Manager

Health and Safety Compliance Manager

Band 10

Permanent, full time (37 hours per week)

Office and home-based working as required

This is an exciting time to join Great Yarmouth Borough Council. The Council has recently agreed to mobilise a newly-created, in-house H & S Compliance function to ensure that the Council is successful in implementing the highest standards of Health and Safety Management across the Council Housing Portfolio and the Corporate stock. This is a new team and we are looking for a highly motivated and skilled individual who can lead the team and also someone who can develop and build a platform for success. So if you meet the criteria below, we would love to discuss the opportunities with you:-

ü Are you a highly experienced. Senior Health and Safety Compliance professional looking for a new and exciting challenge of setting up and leading a new team within the Council with responsibility for managing all of its H & S requirements including the 5,800 Council Homes as well as the Council’s property portfolio

• Do you have experience of leading and managing a team of Health and Safety professionals?
• Have you got a strong technical background with the ability to drive through change and improvement?
• Do you strive to get the best from your team through delivering excellent service to your customers?

A little more about the role

The purpose of the role is to lead and manage the delivery of the Council’s newly created Health and Safety Compliance function delivering a comprehensive, robust Health and Safety Management Service that will cover the Council’s people and property portfolio across the Council. Leading the Council’s compliance team, this post holder will work to implement robust strategies, policies and procedures, minimise the risks of accidents, work-related illnesses, and injuries in the workplace.

The post holder will work collaboratively across all functions and teams within the Council to ensure that services are delivered within statutory and regulatory standards.

The newly created, Health and Safety Compliance team will be focused on providing a professional proactive and responsive Health and Safety service across the people and property portfolio at Great Yarmouth Borough Council including the Council’s housing stock of approx. 5,800 homes. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the team in setting the highest standards through the development and implementation of new strategies, policies and procedures and recruiting to a new team who will work across the Council to ensure that there is a strong H & S culture embedded within all teams.

There is a great deal happening at Great Yarmouth and there is more planned in the very near future and so now is the time to be joining Great Yarmouth Borough Council so you can be a driving force in our future successes.

What you will get in return

The Council recognised that our employees are our most important asset, and we are aware that quality and commitment of our employees is crucial to our success. We offer the following benefits:

• A supportive culture and concern for the wellbeing of all colleagues
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Agile Working
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Discounted gym membership
• Staff shopping discount scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

If you are ready for your next challenge, you want to work somewhere where you can make a real difference, not only to direct employees, but to the wider community, we want to hear from you.

Closing date: 3rd May 2023

Interview date: TBC

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: Up to £51,395.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Gym membership
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person