Head of Health and Safety

Are you passionate about driving a positive safety culture keeping people at the heart of what you do?Can you support and develop others, helping them to thrive on their professional journey?Do you have experience of advising on health and safety and building compliance in a complex organisation with a diverse risk profile?If so, read on to find out more about this exciting and rewarding senior managerial role.Due to retirement, we have a vacancy for a new Head of Health and Safety in our busy, varied and solution focussed health and safety team. We provide advice and guidance on health, safety and welfare issues across the council, safeguarding our diverse workforce, communities and others we work with to deliver our services.In this strategic management position, you will report directly to the Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development and be a part of the HR Leadership Team and the council’s Leadership Network. Due to the importance of health and safety within our organisation, this role also has direct access to the Chief Executive.For an informal discussion, please contact Janice Percy, ##### or07795 336383.Closing date for applications is midnight on 10 June 2024.Technical and panel interview for shortlisted candidates are planned for early July 2024.About the roleAs the Head of Health and Safety, you will:champion health and safety across the organisation and with our internal and external partners across the cityprovide expert knowledge, skills and interventions to influence, challenge and support the achievement of a positive health & safety cultureensure delivery of the H&S advisory service to a wide range of services from schools to social care, from parks to seafront and outdoor events, from housing to contractors and building complianceAct as the competent person for the council as required by the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999Be the main contact for H&S Regulatory authoritiesmanage and lead our team of H&S professionals and fire specialistsTo deliver this, in the post-Grenfell context and in an organisation with new leadership and a varied risk profile across our multiple services, we are looking for someone who:- can advise leaders accordingly knowing how to work collaboratively and when to challenge- has strong leadership skills and the ability to embody our leadership behaviours of being ambitious with their work, true to their word and emotionally intelligent- can manage your team in a fair and inclusive way to ensure they are all able to thrive in our organisation- has a track record in organising health and safety in a multi-faceted environment.You will have:- health and safety technical knowledge to Nebosh diploma level or equivalent,- communication and people skills and the vision to embed health and safety as part of BHCC’s culture.Brighton & Hove is a great place to live, learn, work and visit. Our diverse community is passionate about the city and there’s a shared commitment to celebrating and promoting all that makes Brighton & Hove so unique.We are committed to delivering an outstanding health and safety service and, in return for your hard work in this role, you will get involved in a wide range of work across our unitary authorityas well as working with partners around the city. You will be a member of the leadership network of the organisation which includes our top 100 leaders. This will provide you with valuable peer support as well as being an opportunity for you to shape the organisation beyond health and safety.We are able to offer support with relocation expenses if qualifying criteria is met.You will have extensive learning and development opportunities and a wide range of other benefits including a range of financial and non-financial benefits to make our staff’s experience working with us as good as it can be. These include generous leave entitlements, a career average pension scheme, flexible working options for many job roles, loans for bikes and bus and train tickets to help our staff get to work, childcare vouchers, plus a variety of local leisure, lifestyle and entertainment discounts. Our jobs pages have details of our benefits
and our values and behaviours .As part of your application, you will need to complete your education and work history and provide answers to some shortlisting questions. Your answers to the shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk)
as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.Additional informationYour starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.
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