Job Introduction
Job title: Health and Safety Advisor
Salary: £38,223 - £43,421
Location: Cunard Building
A bit about us:
Liverpool is home to vibrant, energetic and engaged communities, people who take real ownership of their local area and are passionate about making our city a better place. We've got ambitious targets to meet by 2025 and we need people who are driven, dynamic and ready to deliver the very best for our communities. Public service is more important than ever, and this role represents a real opportunity to make a difference to our communities by transforming the way we work and placing our residents at the heart of everything we do.
Working at Liverpool City Council provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services.
We are proud of our world-famous thriving city with its rich culture, affordable housing, stunning waterfront and our beautiful green spaces – there’s really something for everyone!
The Role:
- You will provide advice and guidance on effective health, safety and welfare management, promoting compliance with health and safety legislation, associated codes of practice and best practice to staff and managers in the Council and schools.
- You will produce, review and revise, as required, all corporate health and safety policies, procedures, guidance notes and associated supporting resources.
- You will advise and facilitate the preparation of suitable and sufficient risk assessments.
- You will liaise and consult with trade union safety representatives and other staff representatives, external enforcing authorities, as required, including the emergency services and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)as required.
- You will undertake pro-active and reactive health and safety performance monitoring and incident statistical analysis.
- You will conduct workplace, team function and task specific health and safety audits and inspections.
- You will carry out appropriate investigations for all reported significant accidents, violent incidents, near misses and dangerous occurrences.
- You will carry out measurements and testing, as required to determine suitable workplace environments, including noise, air quality, temperature, light and slip resistance.
- You will determine, produce and deliver appropriate and bespoke health and safety instruction and training.
About You:
- Hold a NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent qualification.
- Extensive experience within a health and safety advisory position in a large and complex organisation (preferably in local government), advising to all levels across a broad range of complex issues.
- A clear understanding of all relevant health and safety legislation, approved codes of practice and associated guidance.
- Excellent communication skills, able to communicate at all levels internally, with partners and external authorities.
- Self-motivated and able to work both alone and with others within a team, able to plan, prioritise and manage workloads, to meet measurable deadlines.
- Able to develop and deliver high quality training, using a variety of presentation methods.
- Good IT skills, able to use programmes including MS Office and Excel.
- Able to analyse and resolve complex issues, using legal, moral and financial reasoning in convincing to adopt reasonably practicable measures.
- Able to advise on effective solutions and to support these with effective reason and understanding; to use legal, moral and financial reasoning in convincing to adopt reasonably practicable measures.
Our offer to you:
- 30 days holiday rising to 34 after 5 years service.- option to purchase further days
- 35 hour working week with hybrid working model
- Agile working - A “Flexibility First” approach to Agile working where flexibility is the norm rather than the exception.
- Part of the Local Government Pension scheme – option to join the AVC scheme-
- Progression - opportunities and training through a wide range of high quality learning
- Health and Wellbeing - offer including Employee assistance programme
- Cycle to Work and Travel Pass Schemes
- Drive Time – a salary sacrifice car lease scheme
- Family friendly policies with enhanced leave
- Discounted Gym Memberships
- Employee Volunteering Scheme
- Medicash
Click on this link to view our Recruitment video and what life is like working at Liverpool city council - https://vimeo.com/942364338
Closing Date for this role is: Friday 13th September 2024
If you would like to talk to a member of the team about the role or have an informal discussion, please contact – Chris Thompson at Christopher.Thompson@liverpool.gov.uk
Liverpool City Council is committed to fostering a workforce representative of the communities we serve. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe in appointing candidates based on their skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. To support this commitment, we guarantee an interview to candidates from under-represented groups who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
If you require any reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010, such as an application form in a different format or additional time to complete your application, please contact us at recruitment@liverpool.gov.uk
Although we advertise on Jobs go public, and other websites, your application process will be directed to our Tribepad system. Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered on Tribepad, including your invite to interview if you are shortlisted. Please check your emails regularly, including Spam/Junk, after the closing dates for notifications. Please ensure you complete your full profile, work and education history in Tribepad.
We reserve the right to close vacancies earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If interested, please complete an application as early as possible.
