Head of Health & Safety

Salary:£57,722 - £62,664 per annum
(rising by annual increments to £62,664) More information on salaries and progression can be found on our pay and policies page
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Contract: Permanent

Hours:Full Time - 37 hours per week

Allowances:Corporate Car Scheme (if car is eligible)

Location:There will be a requirement to attend Service Headquarters at Five Rivers Salisbury for key activities and meetings. When you are not working from your centre of duty location there will be the flexibility to work from home / DWFRS Stations / Support Offices, and we will welcome a conversation with the successful candidate on what type of flexible working arrangement will work best for you.

This is not a Wiltshire Council vacancy therefore please contact Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service for further information.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, an organisation that is passionate about changing and saving lives. Our corporate staff are absolutely vital in helping to make our communities safer and healthier. Without them, we couldn’t do it.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits and strive to ensure that staff are valued and rewarded. For example, we offer a flexi time scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme, a generous annual leave allowance, a variety of family friendly schemes including 39 weeks’ full pay during maternity leave (subject to qualifying criteria) and health & well-being services.

• Strategic Leadership Team reporting:
  Advises senior leadership and the Fire Authorities on safety performance, risk exposure, and required investments to ensure organisational compliance to the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
• Provide strategic direction and health and safety expertise to support Service projects, programs and organisational change, working collaboratively with project leads and relevant stakeholders to ensure health and safety risks and requirements are considered throughout their development and implementation
• Act as the senior point of contact for the HSE in relation to the Service's health and safety arrangements, working with the Service's competent H&S Adviser(s) to ensure appropriate technical advice, statutory notifications and responses are provided.

• Hold a recognised health and safety qualification, or commit to achieving the NEBOSH National General Certificate (or equivalent) within 12 months of appointment, and, where a relevant Level 6 health and safety qualification is not already held, the NEBOSH Level 6 National Diploma (or equivalent) within 36 months of appointment.
• Understanding of applying health and safety and risk management principles across operational and corporate environments, including organisational learning from incidents, investigations, exercises and audits.
• Experience of developing, reviewing and improving policies, procedures, frameworks, systems or management arrangements within a complex organisation.

For full details of the role and requirements please have a look at the job description and person specification
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• You must have a full current driving licence and be able to fulfil the significant travel requirements of the role. Use of your own vehicle will be required; however, a Service vehicle may be available. Please note Service vehicles are predominantly manual transmission only. The successful candidate will need to attend in-person meetings, undertake site visits, attend BS ISO 45001 inspection sites, and attend quarterly H&S Committee meetings.
• If you are unable to drive due to a disability, we would still welcome your application and will explore any reasonable…