Vacancy Cover - post holder is seconded until December 2025
Key responsibilities
The Health and Safety Adviser reports to the Compliance Solutions Manager and has close liaison responsibilities throughout Homes and Neighbourhoods, the council's corporate Health Safety Team and the Fire Safety Group for all aspects of service delivery and service development.
**KEY AREAS
- Ensure that appropriate health and safety standards, systems and procedures are adopted and maintained by Neighbourhood and Caretaker Services, consistent with agreed and documented council policies and procedures.
- To ensure that caretakers' welfare, workspaces, and storage areas comply with statutory standards, and that estate services managers regularly audit maintenance needs and requirements in their area.
- Provide technical advice, safety training, safe systems of work, method statements and toolbox talks in relation to a range of health and safety subjects including but not limited to; risk assessments, COSHH assessments, lone working, manual handling, fire risk assessment, asbestos, and sharps, consistent with the council's overall health and safety policies.
- Assist in developing and reviewing policies, procedures and guidance in relation to Neighbourhood Services as required by changes in service delivery, health and safety law or advice from statutory bodies including the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), London Fire Brigade, Building Control, Environmental Health in liaison with Corporate Health and Safety.
- Ensure that the actions from completed fire risk assessments for council managed properties are completed in a timely manner, liaising with Estate Services, Area Housing Teams and Corporate Health and Safety as necessary.
- Assist in the investigation of serious or accidents, incidents and near misses in conjunction with Corporate Health and Safety and TU safety representatives and any subsequent changes to safety practice, guidance and risk assessments.
Demonstrable knowledge of the legislation relevant to:- A ) occupational health and safety (including RIDDOR)
B ) communal safety, including the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order, and the ability to guide and advise the service following any changes or updates to the legislation and, in turn, any related council policies, procedures and management directives
Competent knowledge, skills experience in the documentation and application of eliminating or minimising danger in a range of workplace and landlord/freeholder scenarios.
Demonstrable competence in completing visual inspections to identify fire safety and health and safety concerns and ordering arising communal repairs or improvements.
Ability to create, implement and deliver fire, Health and Safety training needs both face to face and online platforms and other delivery mechanisms for manual workers and frontline staff.