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Health and Safety Partner
Job Posted: 11 hours ago
Salary: £ 36,000 - 40,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Cardiff
Expire in: a month
Job Description
Health and Safety Partner
Location: Wales (Regional travel)
Salary: £36,000 - £40,000 D.O.E
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week
Yolk Recruitment Public Sector and Not-for-Profit division is proud to be partnering with a large Welsh based Charity, in the search for a Health and Safety Partner to join their growing team.
About the Role
You will be responsible for overseeing health and safety across both people and office environments. This includes conducting risk assessments, particularly for vulnerable service users and staff member, ensuring building compliance, managing fire safety, and providing support to regional governance partners.
Key Responsibilities
The Health and Safety Partner will:
Contribute to the development and implementation of risk management strategies, training programmes, and compliance frameworks.
Help act as a first point of contact for everyday health & safety queries to enable quicker escalation of priorities
Help conduct audits and inspections to ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations.
Monitor corrective actions and ensure timely resolution of identified risks.
Assist in vetting and approving contractors through desktop audits and site visits.
Monitor contractor compliance with RAMS and organisational standards.
Investigate incidents and produce factual reports identifying root causes and recommendations for improvements.
Use data to inform risk management plans and help others develop suitable and sufficient risk assessments.
Liaise with external agencies and provide appropriate advice regarding health and safety issues.
Ensure that any incident that falls within the scope of RIDDOR is reported and support HRBP's with any Occupational Health queries.
Highlight areas of concern and significant risks and work with appropriate colleagues to develop remedial plans.
Contribute to the development of health and safety KPI's, including fire safety, incident tracking and training compliance.
Contribute to the development of regular reports to relevant committees and Board. This could include chairing a meeting on rare occasions.
Support the Head of Health, Safety & Wellbeing in the development of relevant policies and procedures and evacuation plans.
Liaise with the Quality & Governance team to embed the health and safety into wider organisational frameworks.
Evaluate work practices, procedures and facilities to identify risks and implement corrective measures, focusing on the safety of the people we support and our colleagues.
Support the Head of Health, Safety & Wellbeing to deliver statutory and desirable health and safety training programmes.
Support the delivery of bespoke training (e.g. accident and incident investigation, fire related / extinguisher use).
Essential Requirements
The Health and Safety Partner will need:
Drivers Licence and own car
NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent) and Technical IOSH membership (essential)
Experience working in a similar capacity within the social care sector
Strong knowledge of health and safety and social care legislation, codes of practice and their practical application
Strong understanding and application of risk assessment, investigation and compliance frameworks.
Knowledge and previous experience of liaising with regulatory bodies appropriate to the sector.
Experience developing and delivering workplace health and safety programmes and training.
NEBOSH Fire Certificate (Desirable)
To Apply:
Please contact Emily Rex at Yolk Recruitment to discuss the Health and Safety Partner position further.
Yolk Public Sector & Not-for-Profit team works with organisations across the UK to fulfil their recruitment needs and to achieve their D&I objectives. We recruit temporary, contract and permanent hires for 1 off specialist needs or for volume campaigns. We support our applicants to navigate the public sector recruitment processes and secure their dream jobs.
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