Health & Safety Advisor

Housing Diversity Network; Kent (WA); Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A top housing association is seeking a Health & Safety Advisor to ensure compliance with health and safety legislation. The role involves advising teams on safety practices within construction projects, requiring knowledge of safety regulations and a passion for customer focus. This permanent position offers a competitive salary and benefits in a supportive, agile working environment.

Benefits

Car Allowance

Flexible working

Employee benefits program

Qualifications

• Good standard of education with literacy and numeracy.
• Practical experience in construction health and safety.
• Ability to assess construction phase health and safety plans.

Responsibilities

• Support Health & Safety and Facilities team.
• Provide specialist advice for management of construction activities.
• Conduct accident investigations including root cause analysis.

Skills

Health and Safety knowledge

Report generation

Customer focus

Education

Health and Safety qualifications equivalent to NEBOSH

Job description

Role Title:Health & Safety Advisor

Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday-Friday

Salary: £39,860 - £49,825 per annum plus a Car Allowance of £2,272 per annum (salary offered dependent on experience)

Contract:Permanent

Location:Dartford / Agile

You will be supporting the Health & Safety and Facilities team by providing advice and support for Moat’s duties relating to all relevant health and safety legislation, regulations, Approved Codes of Practice in place.

You will be pivotal in providing specialist advice and support in the management of Moat’s construction and related activities.

We support agile working, so you’ll be provided all IT equipment to work flexibly between your home and at our Dartford office.

Who are we?

We’reone of the top 30 housing associations in England, with homes spreading across London, Kent, Essex and Sussex. Our financial strength puts us in a good position to rise to challenges and plan for the future. Our purpose is to “open doors to better lives for our customers”. We thrive to be customer pioneers; providing a great customer experience.

We are also proud to announce that we have been awarded an accreditation for‘The Sunday Times Best Places to Work’ 2024, based on our employee feedback.

Entry requirements:

• A good standard of education, with good literacy and numeracy, and able use Microsoft Office well. Able to use database systems to extract data and make reports.


• Health and Safety qualifications equivalent to NEBOSH Construction Certificate or NEBOSH General Certificate.


• A good knowledge and practical experience of working in a construction health and safety role, with evidence of providing health and safety support to construction projects.


• Experience in the role of Principal Designer on a range of construction projects.


• Membership of the Association of Project Safety at Associate or above would be advantageous or equivalent evidence.


• An ability to adequately assess construction phase health and safety plans.


• Experience of inspecting a range of project types including new build construction projects and working with contractors and site management.


• A thorough technical knowledge of CDM, asbestos, working at height, fire, electricity, confined space working and the management of permit to work systems.


• Knowledge of landlord duties required.


• Able to conduct accident investigations including root cause analysis.


• To be customer focused.

This is an exciting opportunity to step into a role where you’ll make a real impact. For more information, please see here the full job description:health-safety-advisor-job-description.pdf

In return, you’ll receive:

Excellent benefits. For more info, check out our employee benefits video here:Our employee benefits: what we can offer you (youtube.com)

Want to know more about Moat?

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Facebook: Moat Homes

Ready to make an impact?

If this sounds like the role for you, applyby 11pm on Tuesday 1 July 2025 via https://tinyurl.com/yry7nd3uand be part of something bigger!

We encourage you to apply early, as we may close the advert before this date if we receive good interest. We're looking forward to reading your application!

Please note we will no longer be accepting CVs as part of the recruitment process. All candidates must now complete an application form on our career’s website.

If you require any additional adjustments to the recruitment process, please email [e-mail]

Job Summary

• Location

  Dartford

• Organization

  Moat Homes Ltd

• Job Type

  Permanent

£39,860 - £49,825 per annum plus a Car Allowance of £2,272 per annum (salary offered dependent on experience)

• Closing Date

  01/07/2025

• Reference ID

  35663

• Documents

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