Job Description:

Job information Health and Safety Officer from the Company WSCC, this latest Health and Safety Officer job vacancy is located in the city Chichester located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this Health field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

The Opportunity

Salary:£33,945 to £36,648 per annum.

Working Pattern: Full-time, 37 hours per week.

Location: Chichester, with smarter working options to work from home available.

Interview date: 26 and 27 September 2024

In this role as a H&S Officer, you will work as part of the central Health and Safety Service in providing advice and support across a wide range of Council and School activities. You will support the Senior H&S Officers in providing assurance that H&S standards are followed through a system of inspections and audits, as well as delivering training and reviewing arrangements and processes to improve Health, Safety, and Wellbeing (HSW) performance.

You will be expected to exercise independent judgement and initiative in most day-to-day situations including;

• Making policy interpretations and giving practical advice.
• Presenting a credible image to clients as a knowledgeable and professional H&S Officer.

You will act as the technical expert on mental health and wellbeing and be responsible for running health and wellbeing programmes and initiatives under the guidance of the H&S Manager. You will also be responsible for designing, delivering, evaluating, and developing HSW training, forms, guidance, and systems, both generally and within the specialism.

What are we looking for?

• You will have previous experience of providing an effective HSW service and experience advising on health and wellbeing. You will have experience contributing to policy and procedural improvements and providing a high level of advice and guidance.

• Be able to demonstrate good theoretical, practical, and procedural knowledge of the interpretation and application of HSW, fire, and other associated legislation.

• Experience of developing systems and procedures to improve employee HSW in a large organisation, with diverse workplaces and multiple HSW risks, issues and environments, and the HSW of non-employees affected by another employer.

• You will be adept at building effective working relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.

If you do not meet all the requirements listed above and in the Job Specification but have a keen interest in Health, Safety, and Wellbeing, an interest in developing your expertise in this area, and/or experience within a similar relevant field we would still encourage you to apply.

Working for us

As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide an great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:

• an excellent local government pension scheme
• generous holiday entitlement of 27 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
• a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
• maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
• volunteering opportunities
• training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
• a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
• health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans

For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.

Job Reference: CRS00864

Keywords : Chichester jobs

Closed Date : 2024-12-11