Junior Health & Safety Officer

Job title:

Junior Health & Safety Officer

Company:

The Growth Company

Job description

GC’s Corporate Services have an exciting new opportunity for a Junior Health & Safety Officer who will maintain a comprehensive Health and Safety Management System within the GC group. You will promote a positive Health and Safety culture, complete risk assessments and audit Health and Safety documentation within areas of the GC group.The Growth Company is an award-winning, accredited, social enterprise with a mission to enable growth, create jobs and improve lives. We deliver a range of services, working with customers and stakeholders to achieve our vision of a society where economic growth and prosperity is inclusive, sustainable and leaves no person or community behind.This permanent role is suitable for an individual who has recently qualified as a Health & Safety professional, i.e through NEBOSH general certification or a BSC. Full on the job training will be given. This will give you the experience to develop into a Health & Safety Officer.This role is 3-4 days per week Mon-Fri auditing sites and does require 1 day a month at Head Office, Lee House in Manchester.Key Responsibilities:

• To complete premises inspections at GC sites and maintain Health and Safety Management Systems and audit scheme.
• Maintain a schedule of monitoring visits to ensure ongoing compliance with current legislation and any contractual requirements, e.g. Fire/premises assessments, inspections etc.
• Undertake investigations of accidents/incidents involving staff and clients.
• To undertake condition assessments with employees and learners as required.
• Undertake Statutory assessments when requested e.g. Workstation assessments, new or expectant mother assessments.
• Disseminate and encourage the take up of good practice among staff / Operating Companies.
• To undertake other duties as necessary and required by the Health & Safety Manager i.e. Systems for recording first aiders, fire wardens and other such tasks.
• Any other duties as reasonably required by the Business / Line Manager.
• Work as part of a team to find, offer, and provide solutions to issues raised that will ensure health and safety is maintained and complies with current H&S legislation.
• All GC colleagues will work in line with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy.

Skills Required:

• Recently qualified NEBOSH General Certificate or BSc or evidence of similar competency.
• Full valid driving licence.
• A basic knowledge and understanding of H&S Regulations.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft word, excel.

About you:

• Flexible attitude to role and hours.
• Good interpersonal and team-working skills.

LocationManchesterBusiness Area LogoGC_Logo.pngCompany LogoThe Growth CompanyCompanyThe Growth CompanyContract typePermanent/ Full- timeSalaryUp to £29,000 per annumAdvert BrandGC_Logo.jpgClosing Date12/01/2025Ref No4452Documents(Word, 56.61kb)We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone including vulnerable adults and young people, we expect all staff to share this commitment. All Education and Skills appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures which include a DBS check and a professional social media check. These checks will be conducted by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd) on behalf of GC. Please note that the successful candidate will not be required to pay for this.If you are on the Barred List, it is against the law to apply and to be hired for a role that includes regulated activity with the concerned group.We are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential requirements for a role. This commitment applies to candidates who have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community.As part of our application process, you can ask to be considered under this scheme if you are from an ethnic community or have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Providing that you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will then be invited for an interview. Your guaranteed interview application will only be shared with the Hiring Manager and our Internal Recruitment Team.We are a member of the national campaign Ban the Box; this campaign aims to open opportunities for people with convictions to compete for jobs. We’re supporting the campaign by removing conviction questions at the applications stage.GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working. Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible.If you require support with the recruitment process, please contact or Internal Recruitment Team at or call us on 0161 237 4447.All GC colleagues will work inline with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy.

Expected salary

£29000 per year

Location

Manchester

Job date

Sat, 04 Jan 2025 01:12:35 GMT

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