Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) has an exciting opportunity available for a Health and Safety Administrator to join our team in Maidstone. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis, and in return, you will receive a base salary of £26,457 - £29,339 per annum, depending upon experience. This is a hybrid role with 3 days per week in the office (with travel countrywide, based on needs).
Being a part of Kent Fire and Rescue Service
Everyone is unique. Everyone has value. Everyone helps to make Kent Fire and Rescue Service a great place to work. We are one team. Together with our customers, we are creating a safer future for Kent and Medway.
About the Health and Safety Administrator role:
As our Health and Safety Administrator, you will work with a variety of people across Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS), building trusted relationships with stakeholders and provide a reliable, efficient, and effective administration service to the Health and Safety Team.
Working closely with KFRS Health and Safety Advisors you will provide valuable administrative expertise to managers and colleagues alike.
Benefits
- Blue Light Card discount scheme
- A range of family friendly policies including promoting work-life balance
- Access to health and wellbeing services and advice
- Access LinkedIn Learning online training
- Free parking
- Above all, you'll become part of a service that is committed to the safety of our community
What you'll do as our Health and Safety Administrator:
- Work with colleagues to deliver a customer focused service
- Deliver efficient specialist administration support to the team
- Complete and maintain the administration process of documentation relating to health and safety incident reports
- Arrange and take notes at meetings, co-ordinate invitations, manage diaries and ensure agendas and other documents are distributed
- Manage the shared mailbox for the team by recording all reported incidents and directing these to a Health and Safety Advisor for investigation
What you'll bring:
- Accurate IT skills in using Microsoft Office packages
- The ability to effectively plan and prioritise work
- Effective communication skills
- The ability to build and maintain effective positive working relationships
Closing date: Friday 4 October 2024
Interviews for the Health and Safety Administrator??????? rolewill take place on 30 and/or 31 October 2024 and will include a presentation.
If you feel have the skills and experience to become our Health and Safety Administrator??????? please click ‘apply' today, we'd love to hear from you!
We reserve the right to close this vacancy upon receiving a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this role we recommend that you submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We know that great minds don't think alike, so we rely on diverse thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and backgrounds to create the best working environment that we can possibly offer.
Kent Fire and Rescue Service, its employees, and volunteers are committed to safeguarding, protecting, and supporting children, young people, and adults at risk. As part of our safer recruitment process, we will undertake pre-employment checks to verify your suitability for the role. These checks will include your references and a standard or enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Enhanced DBS check with barred lists are carried out for roles with direct and unsupervised access to children, young people, and adults at risk. Risk assessments will be undertaken on any disclosures identified as part of the pre-employment checks.
As a Public Sector organisation with added responsibilities under the Equality Act, 2010 the candidate must demonstrate an understanding of what is meant by Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and how this fits in with their everyday work.