Health and Safety Manager

ZipRecruiter; York; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

An organization focused on nature conservation is seeking a Health and Safety Manager in York. This key role involves leading health and safety initiatives, ensuring compliance and delivering a strong safety culture across multiple sites. Candidates should possess a relevant health and safety qualification and experience in health and safety management within a multi-site context.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in health and safety in a multi-site environment.
• Experience in implementing strategic initiatives.
• Ability to manage mandatory training.

Responsibilities

• Lead the health and safety agenda across various assets.
• Ensure compliance with statutory and legal requirements.
• Deliver a robust health and safety culture within the organization.

Skills

Health and Safety Compliance

Risk Assessments

Safety Investigations

Education

Relevant Health and Safety Qualification

Job description

Job Description35 hours per week
Salary range £36,576 - £40,329 per annum

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is one of the UK’s fastest growing nature conservation organisations and seeks to appoint a Health and Safety Manager.

The Health and Safety Manager is a key appointment to ensure that our land, marine and public-orientated conservation activities are delivered in an inclusive, safety conscious environment, encompassing staff, contractors, volunteers and the general public.

You will lead the health and safety agenda and deliver a robust health and safety culture, ensuring rigorous statutory and legal compliance across a complex group of assets, including all of the Trust’s offices, nature reserves, visitor centres and other facilities.

With a relevant health and safety qualification, you will have proven prior experience of delivering health, safety and compliance in a multi-site environment, of implementing strategic initiatives, managing mandatory training, carrying out health and safety risk assessments and undertaking safety investigations.

How to apply:

Please submit an up-to-date CV and supporting statement. When writing your supporting statement, please refer to the person specification within the job description, and ensure you describe your relevant knowledge, skills and experience relevant to the role. Ideally, your CV and supporting statement should be in an editable format, such as Word, so we can anonymise your documents prior to the short-listing process.

Due to the business-critical nature of the role, we reserve the right to amend the recruitment schedule and interview suitable candidates earlier than the published dates. Therefore please submit your application as soon as possible.

Interview date: Monday 8th/Tuesday 9th September

Please note that applications received after the closing deadline may not be considered. The Trust regrets that it is unable to give feedback on unsuccessful applications.

We are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual and identities. We value and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We want our people to flourish, just like nature.

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