To work as part of a highly professional safety team, providing competent advice and guidance in line with the current legislation and the Council’s Safety Management System. To co-ordinate and maintain a proactive, high quality health and safety provision enabling managers to discharge their statutory duties for the health and safety of employees, service users and others effected by our activities through appropriate corporate and service action. To monitor and audit for compliance and best practice through continuous improvement.
Principal Accountabilities
-Ability to provide professional and pragmatic advice and guidance on all aspects of health and safety at work
-Proven communications skills with the ability to manage relationships at all levels. Confidence to build good working relationships in order to guide and support the many diverse Council services.
-Maintain an awareness of recent developments in legislation and best practice relating to health and safety and ensure consideration is given to their incorporation into the Council’s Policy, Safety
Management System, Council’s Strategy and Operational Service Plans through continued monitoring and review.
-Investigate accidents/incidents and third party/employer liability claims involving employees/service users/pupils/contractors and members of the public and provide recommendations and advice in order to prevent recurrence of such incidents and potentially defend claims.
-Prepare written reports regarding inspections, audits and investigations as appropriate and provide advice on remedial measures and action plans.
-Interpret, prepare and review policies, standards/guidance and reports on health and safety to ensure the Safety Management System is up to date and provide the Council services guidance and best practice to ensure compliance.
-Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of Council’s Health and Safety Management System (SMS) through workplace inspections, surveys and the analysis of accident statistics. To ensure management teams are aware of any potential or actual breaches of legislation, policy or procedural guidance.
-To develop and facilitate the delivery of high quality health and safety training, including the ability to present bespoke training, when required.
-Provide guidance and advice to management teams in the production of risk assessments and ensure compliance with the guidance set out in the Health and Safety Management System (SMS) and provide evidence that their responsibilities have been effectively implemented and discharged.
-Liaise with Occupational Health colleagues as appropriate regarding advice and guidance on health risks and controls, particularly in the areas of HAV’s, DSE, Health Surveillance and determining potential causation and control measures.
-Liaise with Statutory Authorities, Voluntary Organisations and other relevant outside bodies.
-Communicate, as appropriate, on behalf of the Council with the Health and Safety Executive to ensure agreement on the appropriate Health and Safety action plans.
-When required and/or appropriate, deputise for the Corporate Health and Safety Team Leader in the delivery of his/her operational health and safety responsibilities relevant to the skills and abilities commensurate with the post holder.
-Provide, as appropriate, specialist advice, guidance and technical support to external organisations with respect to agreed Service Level Agreements
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