Health & Safety Advisor

Your Housing Group; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 42.000 - 52.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Pension match up to 8%

Healthcare cash plan

Employee discounts

Zusammenfassung

Your Housing Group is seeking a Health & Safety Advisor to support the Occupational Health & Safety Team. The role focuses on delivering the operational H&S plan, coordinating inspections across contractor portfolios, and ensuring safe sites across multiple regions.

The successful candidate will hold a NEBOSH certificate, have advisory experience in construction/refurbishment, and be able to work with internal and external stakeholders while driving safety improvements.

Qualifikationen

• NEBOSH General Certificate or NEBOSH Construction Certificate (or equivalent).
• Experience of advisory capacity and providing H&S support in Construction/Refurbishment environments.
• Experience implementing or supporting the development and implementation of a Health & Safety Management System.
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a Health and Safety role.
• Full UK Driving Licence & use of own vehicle for work.

Aufgaben

• Support the Health and Safety Manager with delivery of the operational Health and Safety plan while inspecting contractor portfolios across YHG estates.
• Contribute to development of health & safety processes, procedures and safe working practices.
• Assist with on-site contractor management and enable safe project execution.
• Liaise with employees, contractors and 3rd party Principal Design services to ensure safe sites.

Kenntnisse

Advisory capacity experience

H&S management

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Excellent communication

Ausbildung

NEBOSH General Certificate / NEBOSH Construction Certificate

Jobbeschreibung

Job Introduction

Job Title: Health & Safety Advisor

Salary: £47,075

Contract: Permanent

Location: Regional

Weekly Hours: 35 hours

So.... What is this role exactly?

This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive health and safety professional with a sound knowledge of health & safety and CDM requirements to join the Occupational Health & Safety Team here at YHG.

It's an exciting time to join the team here at YHG as we are soon offering a vacant advisor post which will support the Health & Safety Manager in providing a health and safety service to the Asset Department (Employee H&S, On-Site Contractor Management).

The role will involve forming working relationships across our own employees, contractors and liaison with our 3rd Party Principal Design service. Whilst also conducting a planned H&S inspection regime on some of our contractor led projects, carrying out the principal design function on smaller projects (as and when the opportunity arises) and dealing with general day to day enquiries in a timely and efficient manner.

We are looking for somebody who has a great understanding of health & safety legislation (particularly construction / refurbishment), who really cares about the health, safety and wellbeing of people, is passionate about what they do and someone who brings their true authentic self to work everyday.

What will my working week look like?

The role is 35 hours a week and we can offer some flexibility on the days that you work. You will be primarily home-based, ideally living within a reasonable distance of our Head Office in Warrington, where you will be required (on occasion) to attend meetings and events.

What will I be responsible for doing?

First and foremost, you will be responsible for supporting the Health and Safety Manager with delivery of the operational Health and Safety plan (supporting the Corporate Plan) whilst delivering a program of inspections across the majority of our contractor portfolio whilst working on YHG estates across our 5 regions. The purpose of which is to help provide assurances that our contractors are working safely, their systems are implemented and working and they operate 'safe sites'.

You will also be an important part of our health & safety team and will contribute to the development of our health & safety processes, procedures and safe working practices.

And what would make me stand out from the crowd?

To be successful asa Health & Safety Advisor here at YHG, you will have....

• A NEBOSH General Certificate or NEBOSH Construction Certificate (or equivalent)
• Experience of working in an advisory capacity and providing H&S support in a Construction and / or Refurbishment, Property Improvement environment - particularly contractors undertaking refurbishment works
• Experience of implementing, or supporting the development and implementation of a Health & Safety Management System
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a Health and Safety role, working with a range of internal and external customers.
• Full UK Driving License & use of own vehicle for work

Ideally you will .......

• Be a collaborative team player
• Be an engaging communicator
• Have a demonstrable ability to effectively engage with business stakeholders internally and externally to the organisation
• Have the ability to work autonomously with minimal supervision
• Possess clear and articulate communication skills, both written & verbal
• Be proficient in the use of IT systems

This role is really suited to someone who is personable, inspiring and loves to work with people in a variety of roles across the organisation to really make a difference.

That all sounds great, what's in it for me?

In return we offer £47,075 for a 35 hour week, and 25 days annual leave (holidays also increase with time served) plus Bank Holidays, but our employee offering provides much more than just a competitive salary and holiday allowance.

We trust our people to manage their own diaries, if you need time for an appointment, the school run or an exercise class, as long as it fits with business needs, we're open to what works for you too. And when you need to collaborate with your team, you can visit Youggle House - our wellbeing, social, collaboration and meeting space, in Birchwood, Warrington.

On top of this, we'll provide you with a great benefits package, including a contributory pension where we match whatever you choose to contribute (up to 8%), an advanced level Healthcare cash plan through Medicash, that doesn't just provide dental and optician cashback but also health and wellbeing benefits (such as 24/7 GP Access, money back from prescriptions and alternative therapy treatments) and an amazing discount scheme that gives you access to half price cinema tickets, subsidised gym memberships and a huge range of discounts with some of the biggest high street and online names.

And who are Your Housing Group?

Your Housing Group is a registered social landlord helping people at every stage of life to live in quality homes they can afford.

As one of the North's sector-leading landlords, we are proud to play our role in tackling the UK's housing crisis by continually reinvesting in our 29,000 properties and tailoring our services to meet the diverse needs of our customers. We also build over 1,000 new homes each year.

We're an employer of choice, over 88% of colleagues here recommend us as a 'great place to work'.

Closing Date:

6th November 2026

Your Housing Group values diversity and encourages applications from all communities. Your Housing Group operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicants who declare they have a disability, if these applicants meet the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or person specification) they will be guaranteed an interview. Your Housing Group welcomes applications from our customers, however, access to confidential information and probity will be explored to determine whether there is a potential conflict of interest or security issue present which may prevent the Group from being able to proceed with the application.YHG2