Compliance and Health & Safety Administrator

Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust; New Earswick; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust are hiring a Compliance and Health & Safety Administrator to provide essential admin support across compliance and safety teams. The role oversees records for gas, asbestos, legionella, electrical tests and lifting equipment, and helps with customer service, meetings, reporting and KPI dashboards.

Hybrid working arrangement in the UK. The role requires strong Word/Excel skills and experience in regulated environments;

Qualifications

• Experience using Microsoft Office and web-based applications; strong Excel skills.
• Experience in social housing or regulated environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide essential administrative support to the Compliance and Health & Safety teams.
• Manage routine enquiries, update systems, and maintain records for compliance areas (gas, asbestos, legionella, electrical testing, lifting equipment).
• Support customer service, meeting preparation, reporting, training events, system updates, and contribute to KPIs and dashboards.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

**Please note that we do not currently offer any Tier 2 sponsorship**

Compliance and Health & Safety Administrator

Salary: £31,049.20

Hours: 35 hours per week

Location: The Garth / Hybrid

Status: Permanent

About the role

Are you looking to develop your career in Health and Safety while making a real difference to people's lives? We are looking for a Compliance and Health & Safety Administrator to provide essential administrative support to the Compliance and Health & Safety teams, helping to deliver statutory compliance and Health & Safety functions across all JRHT operations.The role manages routine enquiries, updates systems, maintains records for compliance areas including gas, asbestos, legionella, electrical testing and lifting equipment, and acts immediately on any compliance breaches. It supports customer service, meeting preparation, reporting, training events, system updates, and contributes to KPIs, dashboards and assurance reports, ensuring that compliance evidence is accurate, timely and aligned with JRHT policies and legislation.

About you

As our Compliance and Health & Safety Administrator you will be experienced in the use of Microsoft Office and other web-based computer applications, with a good working knowledge of Excel.

Ideally, you will have experience working within social housing, local government, care services or another regulated environment. in a Compliance and or Health and Safety or related environment.

Have a willingness to develop experience in particular fields of Compliance and Health & Safety.Most importantly, you will be passionate about supporting colleagues, improving standards and helping to create a culture where health and safety is understood, valued and embedded in everything we do.If you are looking for an opportunity to develop your career, broaden your experience and contribute to making JRHT a safer place for everyone, we'd love to hear from you.

Our core priority

JRHT strives to be a housing association that is sustainable and engaging, providing high quality and continuously improving services and decent affordable homes in well managed communities prioritising those in greatest need.

Additional Information

We are a values driven organisation and our values drive our behaviours. We're at our best when we're continually building on trust, showing we care and making a difference and we hope others will do the same. We are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming workplace, where all colleagues can be themselves.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

At JRF/JRHT we believe in giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or social economic background. We positively encourage applications from people with experience of living in poverty.

We are a Disability Confident Employer. This means that we are committed to the recruitment, progression and retention of disabled individuals. We shall also offer interviews to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the job. If you have a disability, please tell us if you would like to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme.

Application information

Closing deadline is Thursday 15 October 2026.