The Company
Our client is in the public sector and going through internal change, searching for a Health & Safety consultant.
The Role
Our client requires an Interim Health & Safety Consultant to set the strategic direction and objectives for Health & Safety, providing leadership to the team and influencing the health and safety agenda.
Responsible for
- Corporate Health and Safety
- Developing and ensuring demonstrable adherence to the Health and Safety Policy
- Ensuring all Directors have the processes and procedures in place to deliver health and safety compliant services
- Ensuring third party suppliers and joint venture companies deliver services that are compliant with Health and Safety legislation
The strategic direction will support the delivery of the Corporate Plan, Service Plans, relevant legislation and best practice from within and outside of the sector.
- Provide professional leadership to an efficient and effective service and positively influence and embed the Health and Safety agenda, including traded entities and commercial partners.
- Take a leading role in partnership working with colleagues and stakeholders to ensure a consistent, professional and positive approach to the management of health and safety, and promote and engender appropriate culture change and organisational development in relation to health and safety.
- Responsible for developing, continually reviewing and implementing the Health and Safety Policy.
- Ensure clear targets, benchmarks and objectives are set for the delivery of a proactive, sustained, measurable approach to health and safety management.
- Lead on timely communications with staff at all levels of the organisation to promote improved health and safety management.
- Prepare the annual health and safety report for presentation to Committee.
- Monitor and assess health and safety performance against the relevant performance indicators, including compliance with legislations and work with Service Directors and Heads of Service to ensure key targets and objectives are met.
- Oversee and influence the organisational Health and Safety training needs to meet legislation and the delivery of the health and safety agenda.
- Present high quality, professional, concise and accurate health and safety information, statistics and business case reports to the Chief Executive, Executive Management Team and Elected Members.
- Develop and manage effective joint working relationship with all relevant external agencies, including HSE, to maximise the function and influence in relation to all aspects of organisational Health and Safety.
- Actively promote, represent and advocate on behalf of the service and business at local, regional and national level as appropriate.
The Person
The successful applicant will be immediately available and able to commit to a 9 month assignment. Must have worked in public sector or experience of a political environment. Types of organisational experience could include Schools. Universities, DWP, Police, Prison service etc.
Salary / Rate
My client would ideally like someone on a FTC but will consider day rate within their budget. Should you wish to find out more please do get in touch.