About the job

Job summary

The role will report to Julie Richardson, Senior Manager for the Safety, Health & Environment team.  

 

You have a choice of offices to be based at, Northstowe (Cambridgeshire) or Coventry (please note Coventry office will be moving to Birmingham from approx. September 2024).

 

The Health and Safety Adviser (Midlands) will play a critical role in ensuring that Homes England’s duties and responsibilities under Health and Safety Legislation are complied with. You will be joining our small but perfectly formed team, who are enthusiastic, professional, friendly, highly skilled and experienced and who are committed to making positive change in how health and safety is managed.

 

We pride ourselves on delivering a first-class H&S support and advisory service across the organisation and working in a collaborative and flexible way to foster good relationships to enable decision making and we love problem solving.

Job description

his is a chance to help shape the future of health and safety in national organisation with real social purpose. Working with 2 other regional H&S advisors and 2 analysts to advise and support key stakeholders, you will contribute on our journey to create a great health and safety culture.

 

The role has Essential Car User status and on average an adviser travels approximately £5k miles per annum; there are various transport options available e.g. lease car, use of public transport and hire cars and occasional overnight stays may be required

 

Person specification

Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy, you need to be resilient, and comfortable working with stakeholders, including those at a senior level. Your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as a health and safety team.

 

You will enjoy working in a collaborative, innovative, engaging and inclusive way and be able to negotiate and persuade; and demonstrate you can work equally well working as part of a team as on your own initiative.

 

Whilst our day job is to deliver first class customer service to our stakeholders with regard to health and safety, you will be used to "spinning several plates" at once and will always be looking for ways to improve and innovate.

 

We require a minimum of an accredited Level 3 qualification or equivalent in Occupational Health and Safety e.g. NEBOSH Certificate, and a desire to be working towards a level 5-6 qualification in Occupational Health and Safety. 

 

Also a minimum of Technical (TechIOSH) Membership.

 

As a Health and Safety Professional you will have significant experience in:

 

Providing professional and knowledgeable H&S advice and support, including property, facilities management and CDM related queries, (previous experience with local authorities, other government departments would be advantageous, but not essential).

 

Switching between numerous H&S topics in a single day, such as asbestos, legionella, CDM, electrical safety, work at height, event safety, DSE issues, accident investigations. 

 

Auditing and inspections, including knowledge of health and safety management systems.

 

Communicating, presenting and delivering health and safety training.

 

Supporting teams with complex health and safety issues, across a wide range of Health and Safety topics

 

Benefits

Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include:

Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.

Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.

Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.

Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.

We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

How to apply?

To apply please follow the links to our careers page.

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Selection process details

For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description.

 

Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this role and Homes England.

Please note – Homes England has a responsibility to ensure compliance with HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard to address the potential problems of identity fraud, illegal working and deception generally. To ensure compliance we will carry out a pre-employment Personal Identity and Vetting Report through Experian to meet the standard and you will therefore be asked to provide certain information in order that the verification check can be carried out if you are successful in your application.

Homes England are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates.  We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us.  Our aim is to be an employer of choice, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.

Homes England is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. For further information please refer to our Privacy Notice which can be viewed here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england/about/personal-information-charter

Nationality requirements

Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed disability confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Further information

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Name:  Recruitment Team

Email:  recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission. The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.