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Health and Safety Officer

Employer
Barnet Homes - Part of The Barnet Group
Location
Barnet (City/Town), London (Greater)
Salary
Circa £31,000 per annum + 5% flexible benefits
Closing date
18 Feb 2019

Job Details

 

The Health and Safety team are responsible for ensuring The Barnet Group fulfils its health and safety obligations and are looking for someone to join our team.

The Health and Safety Officer will be responsible for providing advice and guidance on all aspects of health and safety in relation to employees, contractors and residents and will be responsible for:

*Producing the company's Health & Safety Policy Statement and also a number of more specific policy statements in relation to asbestos, fire safety, gas safety, violence, lone working, window safety, water quality etc.

*Where necessary producing associated information / procedure / guidance notes ensuring that these are compliant with legislation and, where possible, best practice in order to protect employees from unacceptable risks.

*Monitoring implementation and regularly reviewing these to ensure they remain effective at ensuring employee, contractor and resident health, safety and welfare.

* Liaising with the London Fire & Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA), Health & Safety Executive (HSE), Council's Health and Safety Department etc. to ensure that the company adopts best practice and that working practices are updated when new information / legislation etc. becomes available.

* Consulting and advising with the Risk and Compliance officer to facilitate effective monitoring of Barnet Homes health and safety performance.

* Ensuring effective risk assessment systems are in place and compliance is monitored. Providing advice & assistance to risk assessors and reporting progress to H&S Committee and Executive Team.

The successful candidiate will have the following essential skills knowledge and experience.

*GCSE English and Maths grade C or above or equivalent qualification
*Formal Health and Safety qualification to at least level 3
*At least three years experience in a similar role
*Ability to climb ladders, work at heights, work in confined spaces and other potentially hazardous locations
*Computer literacy, use Word, Excel & PowerPoint
*Ablility to work alone without supervision
*To be able to hold Health and Safety training sessions for management and staff
*To have a valid driving license with access to a car

Closing date: 23.59 Monday 18th February 2019

Currently our main offices are located at Barnet House, Whetstone N20. We will be moving to new modern offices at Colindale NW9 in summer 2019

From good to great The Barnet Group Business Plan

Company

The Barnet Group is a local authority trading company created in February 2012. We are owned by Barnet Council.

We employ approximately 1,000 members of staff in a wide range of roles; from care workers to plumbers and carpenters. We also have many office-based roles for our ever-growing organisation. We are a London Living Wage employer, and pride ourselves on our equality, diversity and inclusion, as well as the opportunities we provide for staff growth and development.

We are the parent company to:

  • Barnet Homes – this manages the borough’s 15,000 council homes on behalf of Barnet Council. It also works to prevent homelessness and allocates homes to social housing applicants
  • Opendoor Homes – a subsidiary of Barnet Homes which gained Registered Provider status from the Homes and Communities Agency in 2016. Opendoor is developing an initial 320 new homes in the borough, and has ambitions to build many more. It is also purchasing homes on the open market for affordable rent.
  • Bumblebee – an online estate agent providing quality bespoke property services to landlords and tenants, throughout Barnet and the surrounding areas.
  • TBG Flex – a company for the recruitment and employment of new staff.
  • Your Choice Barnet – an adult social care company that provides day services, respite centres, extra care schemes and care homes to adults with learning and physical disabilities, older adults and adults with additional care needs.

Our mission is to make a real difference to every customer.

We also offer services to the wider community. These include a let2barnet lettings service for private landlords, and BOOST, an employment and training support service.

Company info
Website
Telephone
0208 359 2798
Location
The Barnet Group
2 Bristol Avenue
Colindale
London
United Kingdom
NW9 4EW
GB

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