Health & Safety Advisor

Anchor Hanover Group; Saffron Walden; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Anchor Hanover Group is seeking a Health and Safety Advisor to provide practical support to Housing teams across London, East of England and East Anglia. Based remotely with regular travel, you’ll carry out risk assessments, support CDM compliance, investigate incidents and deliver safety training while guiding managers to maintain safe, compliant operations.

Experience in social housing or care would be beneficial.

Qualifications

• NEBOSH NC or equivalent required.
• Willingness to work towards CDM training.
• Experience with risk assessments, inspections and incident investigations.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical health and safety advice to Location Managers and operational teams.
• Complete planned and risk-based assurance visits.
• Support risk assessments, safe systems of work and local safety arrangements.
• Investigate accidents and incidents, including RIDDOR-reportable incidents.
• Deliver health and safety training and awareness activities.
• Support CDM and construction safety compliance.
• Identify emerging risks and opportunities for improvement.

Skills

Health and safety advice

Communication

Relationship building

Challenging unsafe practices

Education

NEBOSH National General Certificate

CDM training

Job description

Location: Home-based with some travel across London, East of England, and East Anglia
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 London, East of England, and East Anglia.

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.

Apply now and help us create safer homes and workplaces across Anchor.

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.