Health & Safety Advisor

A place to make things happen

Location:

Hybrid with travel to schemes and other offices as required. This position covers the North and can be based at our Bradford/Burnley/Stockton offices.

Salary: £40,316 per annum (including car allowance)

Permanent, 35 hours per week, Monday – Friday 9am to 5pm

We believe everyone should have a safe and affordable place to call home. It’s this belief that drives everything we do and inspires us to go above and beyond for our customers. We pride ourselves in understanding their needs and delivering the best customer service, every time.

We’re also proud to be at the forefront of change. We’re on a journey of transformation, finding new ways to support our customers - and our people.

If you’re looking for a career where you can learn new skills, try new things and shape your future, there’s a place for you at Accent.

As our Health and Safety Advisor for the North, you’ll provide expert health and safety advice and assurance across our social housing operations, helping us meet our legal and regulatory obligations as a housing provider. You'll support managers and colleagues to manage risk effectively within a housing environment, ensuring the safety of both customers and employees while contributing to a strong safety culture across the organisation.

This will be achieved through delivering colleague safety training programmes, supporting and advising colleagues in your areas and auditing to a schedule in order to monitor and analyse the performance of the health and safety management system. You'll also be involved in accident investigations and providing a responsive service to colleagues and customers when they need advice on Health and Safety matters.

It's an exciting time to join the Health and Safety team due to the changing regulatory landscape in social housing. Your role will make a real impact by improving safety for our customers and colleagues. You'll also support in driving changes to policies and procedures ensuring that we're able to deliver a first class service.

The spot salary for this post is £39,066 per annum for applicants who fully meet the requirements of the post. If you’re still developing some of the skills or experience, you can start at a salary 5% or 10% below the spot rate, with clear support and progression opportunities to reach the full amount.

Plus an essential car user allowance starting at £1,250 per annum.

• NEBOSH General Certificate.
• Deep understanding and experience of current UK health & safety legislative and regulatory requirements and how to apply them.
• Experience of internal auditing or auditing in a variety of health & safety fields.
• Experience of applying health and safety legislation and risk management principles.
• Experience of providing practical health and safety advice to operational managers in a customer‑facing setting.
• Driven, inquisitive, accountable, open and honest. Taking ownership of situations from beginning to end to ensure the best possible outcome.
• Fantastic relationship building skills which enables you to build rapport with all stakeholders.

The desirables

• Experience working within a regulated public sector environment, such as local government, healthcare, education or housing, would also be highly regarded.
• Familiarity with Health & Safety management systems.

The successful applicant will be subject to pre‑employment checks, such as DBS and social media screening, before an offer is confirmed.

We want your candidate experience to reflect who we are - a place to grow, a place to thrive, a place to be you.

A Teams Interview with the hiring manager. You’ll learn more about the role and team, and we’ll get to know you – your experience, goals,…