Job title: Health and Safety Officer
Salary: S02 £34,833.96 - £36,648.00
Hours: 37
Contract: Permanent
Location: Farnley Hall, LS12 along with parks and greenspaces throughout the city.
As a Health and Safety Officer you’ll thrive in a skilled, dedicated, and enthusiastic team and be part of the wider diverse council where you will have the prospects to succeed. Best City Ambition
The successful candidate will be a highly flexible, well-motivated self-starter who possesses excellent communication skills and a commitment to ensuring the highest level of health and safety.
It’s not about finding problems, it’s the opportunity to have a positive impact to a diverse service, whilst ensuring the safety of staff and members of the public. You will be working with a diverse service across the city’s parks and greenspaces, cemeteries and crematoria, cafes, and retail outlets, in addition to sites that are home to our animal collections.
Candidates are required to hold IOSH NEBOSH General Certificate.
Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.
About you
As a Health and Safety Officer, you will bring to the role:
- Sound understanding of H&S legislation and requirements in a similar/ relevant environment.
- Experience of working in partnership with other agencies. (DEFRA, HSE, Contractors, RoSPA)
- Experience of problem solving, individually and in a group setting
- Highly self-motivated and ability to use initiative, when necessary
- Experience of producing risk assessments and method statements
About the role
As our next Health and Safety Officer you’ll will be part of a large, dedicated team, working in varied environments.
You will work closely with contractors, stakeholders and other employees of Leeds City Council and create close working relationships with all.
What we offer you
We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:
- a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
- membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
- flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements.
- a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities.
- a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further.
How to apply
Please complete the online application form.
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If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role, please contact Rebecca.Meers@leeds.gov.uk
We promote diversity and want a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds and the communities we serve. Leeds City Council is recognised in Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index 2024. We are also an Age-friendly Employer, a Mindful Employer and a Disability Confident Leader.
All new Leeds City Council appointments are made subject to the satisfactory completion of a six month probationary period.
Leeds City Council Job Profile
Job Purpose
Support and advice managers to meet create a positive HSW culture and improve compliance with all statutory Health and Safety requirements and relevant Council Policies, standards and procedures.
Responsibilities
- Assist, lead and support teams and managers to provide health, safety & wellbeing advice on a day-to-day basis to ensure a safe workplace and activities across all sections of the service.
- Ensure all accidents, incidents and near misses are correctly reported, and provide support to investigation teams in accordance with our policies and procedures.
- Conduct regular reviews and provide summaries, analysis, and reports to support the management of risk, consultation, and improvement.
- Conduct manual handling, Personal Risk and COSHH plus PUWER assessments.
- Undertake internal monitoring/inspection of compliance and working practices to provide assurance that systems are operating robustly.
- Comply with all internal health, safety and wellbeing Policies, Procedures, Practices and Legislation.
- Assist with the training and development of staff across the Service on health and safety procedures and competencies.
- Work with and assist the Corporate Health, Safety & Wellbeing Team on a range of improvement initiatives.
- Liaise with union and non-union Safety Representatives and attend Safety Committees as required.
- Develop excellent relationships with key stakeholders in support of overall and local health and safety objectives, in particular managers at all levels, Trade Unions, HR etc.
- The duties outlined are not meant as an exhaustive list and will also comprise any other duties within the spirit of the post commensurate with the job evaluation outcome for this post.
Qualifications A minimum of NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent.
Essential Requirements It is essential that the Candidate should be able to demonstrate the following criteria. Candidates will only be shortlisted if they can demonstrate that they meet all the essential requirements.
- Experience of working within a H&S role.
- Detailed knowledge of current health and safety legislation.
- Confident, well organised, with a flexible ‘can-do’ attitude, have attention to detail and be a team player who supports and influences others
- Excellent communication and organisation skills to encourage, educate and support colleagues make good HSW choices.
- Good IT knowledge and able to use a range of M365 and in-house applications.
- A full driving license is required for this role.
- Experience of workplace risk, compliance, legislation, data trend analysis and control measures to drive improvement and injury reduction.
Essential Behavioural & other Characteristics
- Understand and embrace Leeds City Council Values and Behaviours and codes of conduct
- Committed to continuous improvement in all areas and work towards delivering the Best City Ambition of Health & Wellbeing, Inclusive Growth and Zero Carbon
- Able to understand and observe Leeds City Council equality and diversity policies.
- Willingness to actively participate in training and development activities
- Flexible and adaptable to change to assist other services as required commensurate to grade.
- Participate in appraisal, training, and development activities.
- Be aware of and comply with Leeds City Council policies and procedures.
- Be aware of and support difference and ensure equality for all working in an anti-discriminatory manner, upholding, equality & diversity policies of Leeds City Council.
- Recognise and appropriately challenge any incidents of racism, bullying, harassment, victimisation, and any form of abuse, reporting any concerns to the appropriate person
- The Council has adopted a flexibility protocol and the role will be expected to work within these parameters.
