Corporate Health and Safety Adviser

Undertake accident investigations and deliver a rolling risk based H&S audit programme for the corporate and educational estate.\n\nAs a Health and Safety Adviser, you will be responsible to:\n\nDeliver a proactive consultancy and advisory service to Members, Council Service departments staff & managers at all levels, School's and Trusts.\nDevelop health and safety services, advise, and deliver training as a traded service to external organisations.\nEffectively assess, prevent, and resolve complex health and safety issues and ensure compliance with current health and safety legislation. Develop and promote good working relationships, co-operation and communication across the Council and with external bodies, in particular the Health and Safety Executive and Fire Authority and promote a positive safety culture and customer-focussed service throughout the Council.\nUndertake the design, development and promotion of safety management systems, policies and strategies, monitoring systems procedures and guidelines in consultation with key personnel, managers, and safety representatives; providing close support and guidance and making recommendations to management departmental teams in implementing them; developing creative and imaginative solutions to a range of problems arising over a diverse range of subjects.\nManage the health and safety training service: identify, develop and deliver effective health and safety training to all levels of the Council.\nGuide the Council in the implementation of new/revised health and safety legislation\nAct as part of the Council's statutory competent advisory team by providing reports and making recommendations to the Health & Safety Board and CLMT to ensure the Council is able to carry out its statutory health and safety responsibilities.\nUndertake audits, inspections, investigations and risk assessments relating to health and safety matters.\nAssist services to undertake a broad range of specialised risk assessments across diverse work situations and environments to ensure conformity with specific health and safety regulations.Skills and Experience:\n\nIn-depth experience in an operational and advisory health and safety role including working collaboratively with senior managers and clients to provide advice, audits, compliance, guidance & training\nGood communication skills - able to negotiate with and influence others in order to raise the profile of health and safety in the workplace, engaging with management, Trade Unions & employees\nAble to work independently and to undertake research unsupervised\nDemonstrable training/presentation skills - able to design and deliver health and safety training courses to client groups\nIn-depth organisational skills - able to manage periods of heavy and conflicting workload demands\nDemonstrable ability to use information technology, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint).\nDemonstrable knowledge of current health and safety legislation, best practice and national trends and developments\nNEBOSH Certificate/ Level 3 National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) in Occupational Health and Safety Practice\nWilling to attain level 5 H&S qualification\nFull clean driving licence, car insured for business useAbout Us\n\nLuton Borough Council have partnered with Kent County Council to create Connect2Luton, a recruitment managed service for all contingent temporary agency, contract, and interim roles at the Council.\n\nOur heritage and being local government owned which means we have a wealth of knowledge and expertise within the public sector, with many of our employees having previously worked for the Council or have supplied previously into the Council, for several years.\n\nWe are an equal opportunities employment agency and business that positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.\n\nConnect2Luton is a trading style of Luton & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Luton Borough Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Luton is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business.

It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates