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Home Group

Health and Safety Business Partner

Billingham Hybrid 5-10 yrs exp Non-profit Organizations 8,255 employees
Health and safety managementRisk assessmentsMethod statementsAuditingInspection

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Level 6 Health and Safety qualification and IOSH membership, with significant experience in construction or maintenance safety. A full UK driving license is required for travel across the assigned region.

Job Description

  • Salary circa £50,000 per year + Matching pension contribution (up to 7% and life insurance of 3x basic salary)

Home, a place where you belong

You’ll be an important member of our highly respected and specialist health and safety team. Be a trusted partner to our operations teams, supporting them to manage health and safety risks and deliver safe, high-quality services. If you’re looking for a role where your advice is valued and your expertise makes a difference, this is it. You’ll shape how we work, influence change, and be part of a team that’s proud to hold a 5-star rating with the British Safety Council.

What You’ll Do

  • As Health and Safety Business Partner, you will work with your stakeholders within your East Coast & Yorkshire region  
  • Supporting our Operational management teams (for example: developing suitable training programmes) 
  • Carry out appropriate health and safety checks of colleagues & contractors, high-quality in-house Health and Safety audits/inspections and create accurate monthly management reports from our performance data 
  • Support, advise, and guide the contractor procurement process as well as build and effectively maintain relationships with the supply chain 
  • Collaboration and engage with other colleagues within the Health and Safety team.

Why join us

You’ll be part of a team that’s passionate about safety and proud of what we do. We support each other, share knowledge, and celebrate success. You’ll have the freedom to manage your own diary and the flexibility to balance work and life. Be part of one of the UK’s Great Places to Work!

You have

  • Hold a Level 6 Health and Safety Qualification, with membership of IOSH, Cert member or above with experience in a maintenance/construction H&S management or equivalent role
  • Experience in compiling and reviewing detailed risk assessments and method statements (RAMS) 
  • Experience in supporting/advising with construction related health and safety, included guided training on various risks e.g., working at heights, CDM, asbestos, vibration, and dust etc., 
  • Analyse accidents/incidents and investigations completing comprehensive investigation reports 
  • Experience in writing and reviewing health and safety policies and procedures
  • A full current UK driving licence for business use and commuting. 

Stronger together

We do our best work when we’re ourselves. That’s why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work!

The practical bits

  • You’ll work Monday to Friday and manage your own diary
  • You’ll cover a patch across the East Coast & Yorkshire region with national cover as required, working across key location. Expect to spend 2 days per week on the road with the rest working from home or a local office. With occasional travel throughout the country
  • A car allowance of £334.62 per month based on mileage/included in your package

What’s in it for you?

  • 34 days leave, rising to 39 (this includes bank holidays and a “me day”). The option to buy 5 more each year
  • 2 paid volunteering days each year
  • Health cash plan saving you (and your children) £1140+ each year covering dental, opticians, prescriptions and more
  • Career path with development and excellent training package.
  • Family friendly policies including maternity, paternity, adoption, neonatal, fertility and menopause support

Finally

For reasonable adjustments email [email protected]. Roles can close early, so don’t delay applying. If you can’t see the Job Description at the top of this page, click APPLY to view it on our pages and find out more about us.

Education

Professional Certificate

Skills

Health and safety managementRisk assessmentsMethod statementsAuditingInspectionContractor procurementIncident investigationPolicy developmentTraining deliveryCDM regulationsAsbestos awarenessWorking at heightsStakeholder managementReportingConstruction safety

About Home Group

We're Home Group, a housing association, social enterprise and charity with a turnover of £499m and one of the UK's largest providers of high quality housing and integrated housing, health and social care. We're proud of the difference that we have made over the last 90+ years and we continue to work hard to support over 125,000 customers who live in more than 57,000 homes across England and Scotland. Our aim is to build homes, independence and aspirations and according to our trophy cabinet we’re pretty good at it! We're the 17th best place to work in the UK, the 4th best in the North East and the 8th best for women. Our apprenticeship programme is award winning; in 2019 we were named large employer of the year and large north east employer of the year in 2020. If you want to find out more about us, visit our website below.

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