Health & Safety Advisor

Anchor Hanover Group; Amesbury; Remote; GBP 43,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Anchor Hanover Group is seeking a Health and Safety Advisor to provide practical, proactive support to our Housing teams across the South Coast. You’ll work with operational managers, Property and Assets colleagues and the Corporate Health and Safety team to help colleagues manage risks and ensure effective controls.

In this role you’ll deliver risk assessments, investigations, training and CDM compliance, travel regularly, and contribute to safer homes and workplaces for residents and staff.

Qualifications

• NEBOSH National General Certificate or equivalent.
• Experience providing health and safety advice in a complex environment.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel regularly.
• Experience with risk assessments, investigations and inspections.

Responsibilities

• Providing practical health and safety advice to Location Managers and operational teams.
• Completing planned and risk-based assurance visits.
• Supporting risk assessments, safe systems of work and local health and safety arrangements.
• Investigating accidents and incidents, including RIDDOR-reportable incidents.
• Delivering health and safety training and awareness activities where required.
• Supporting the implementation and assurance of CDM and construction safety requirements.
• Identifying emerging risks, recurring issues and opportunities for improvement.

Skills

Communication

Influencing

Relationship-building

Travel readiness

Education

NEBOSH National General Certificate

CDM training/qualification

Job description

Location: Home-based with some travel across the South East, South West, and South Coast
Contract: Permanent | Full-time
Salary: £42,500–£45,000, plus car allowance

Please note that candidates who do not currently hold a NEBOSH Health and Safety Management for Construction Certificate, or an equivalent qualification, will start on a salary of £42,500 and will be required to complete the qualification while working at Anchor. Once achieved, their salary will increase to £45,000.

Help create safer homes and workplaces across Anchor.

We’re looking for a Health and Safety Advisor to provide practical, proactive support to our Housing teams across the South Coast.

Working closely with operational managers, Property and Assets colleagues and the wider Corporate Health and Safety team, you’ll help colleagues manage risks, understand their responsibilities and ensure effective controls are in place.

What you’ll be doing

• Providing practical health and safety advice to Location Managers and operational teams.
• Completing planned and risk-based assurance visits.
• Supporting risk assessments, safe systems of work and local health and safety arrangements.
• Investigating accidents and incidents, including RIDDOR-reportable incidents.
• Delivering health and safety training and awareness activities where required.
• Supporting the implementation and assurance of CDM and construction safety requirements.
• Identifying emerging risks, recurring issues and opportunities for improvement.

What you’ll bring

• Experience providing health and safety advice within a complex operational environment.
• A NEBOSH National General Certificate or equivalent qualification.
• Relevant CDM training or qualifications, or a willingness to work towards these.
• Experience of inspections, assurance visits, risk assessments and incident investigations.
• Strong communication, influencing and relationship-building skills.
• The confidence to challenge unsafe practices constructively.
• A full UK driving licence and the ability to travel regularly across the region.

Experience within social housing, supported housing or care would be beneficial, alongside knowledge of HSG65, L153 and ISO 45001.

Why join Anchor?

You’ll have the opportunity to make a real impact across our Housing services, helping colleagues strengthen health and safety arrangements and create safer environments for residents, colleagues and visitors.

The closing date is 4 October, with interviews taking place via Microsoft Teams on 14, 15 and 16 October. We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Please note that this role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check. We are unable to offer sponsorship for this position, so candidates must have the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.