HSE Corporate Advisor - North

Sovereign Housing Association Limited; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A housing association in Bristol seeks an HSE Corporate Advisor to inspire leaders towards a safety vision and embed a strong safety culture. This role combines office and home working, promotes relationships with stakeholders, and involves risk assessment and compliance with health and safety regulations. A Nebosh National General Certificate and experience in HSE roles are required, alongside excellent communication skills. The position offers a supportive culture and various benefits including generous holidays and wellbeing programs.

Benefits

25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

Flexible benefits package for holiday buying or selling

3 additional Wellbeing days

Generous matched pension scheme

Life cover at 4x salary

Options for private medical insurance

Wellbeing discounts including Gym Memberships

Qualifications

• Experience in HSE roles.
• Deep understanding of Health & Safety regulations.
• Willingness to travel frequently within identified areas.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work well within a team.

Responsibilities

• Inspire and influence SNG leaders towards safety vision.
• Generate and help embed a strong safety culture.
• Conduct safety visits and partner with stakeholders.
• Lead and implement initiatives for a strong safety mindset.
• Guide stakeholders through the incident management process.

Skills

Experience in HSE roles

Deep understanding of Health & Safety regulations

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work well within a team

Education

Nebosh National General Certificate

Job description

We have a great opportunity to join Sovereign Network Group (SNG) as a HSE Corporate Advisor within our People and Transformation team. You'll be based ideally from our Bristol office with some flexibility around being based from our other locations. This role will combine office and home working to ensure a positive work/life balance.

It's an exciting time to join us as Sovereign have joined forces with Network Homes to form SNG (Sovereign Network Group). Together we provide over 84,000 homes and invest in communities across London and the South of England – our purpose being to provide quality affordable homes and places that people love for generations.

The Role

You will inspire and influence SNG leaders and colleagues towards SNG's vision of Everyone, Safe and Well (ES&W) and the supporting strategy.

Generate, promote and help embed a strong safety culture, providing professional, unbiased practical, accurate and clear advice to the business. The role will guide and support stakeholders in interpreting and applying relevant HSE regulatory and organisational requirements as necessary.

Key Responsibilities

• Build strong professional working relationships with key stakeholders across CIDO, Workplace, C&N, and community foundation
• Deliver subject matter expertise on HSE taking ownership through to completion in providing competent expert coaching, advice, and guidance, working in collaboration with business stakeholders to drive continuous improvement
• Conduct safety visits in the field partnering with stakeholders – this will include development sites, offices, and community locations, providing guidance to front line colleagues and Managers, leading by example and recommending good practice and areas for improvement
• Coach and promote visible safety leadership, lead and implement initiatives to establish a strong safety mindset
• Lead, support, and guide relevant stakeholders the incident management process
• Understand, interpret and support the business apply relevant regulations, in particular, supporting CIDO colleagues apply CDM regulations to varies project types
• Liaise with stakeholders supporting evaluations as part of relevant tender processes
• Lead, guide and coach line managers on the risk assessment process, providing technical expertise in hazard identification, risk assessment and the design of suitable and sufficient controls
• Promote good environmental operational awareness and working practices within the organisation
• Support with DSE assessments as part of the DSE process for reasonable adjustments

We are looking for someone who has

• Experience in HSE roles
• Deep understanding of Health & Safety regulations
• Nebosh National General Certificate
• Willingness to travel frequently within identified areas to support as required
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work well within a team

Benefits

We have some great benefits at SNG, including:

• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
• Chance to buy or sell holiday as part of our flexible benefits package
• 3 additional Wellbeing days and 2 paid volunteering days
• Generous matched pension scheme up to 12% and Life cover at 4x salary
• Enhanced maternity/adoption pay
• Enhanced paternity pay - 6 weeks full pay (after 26 weeks' service)
• Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance and critical illness cover
• Wellbeing discounts, including Gym Memberships and access to a 24/7 virtual GP service

We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at SNG.

This is a great opportunity to join the team as we progress through an exciting period of change at SNG. We pride ourselves on having a relaxed, supportive and forward-thinking culture, working collaboratively to achieve success.