• To manage and advise on all aspects of health, safety and environmental compliance for Landlord Services housing repairs and improvements, all Landlord Service staff generally and key stakeholders. Responsible for the review, development, implementation and monitoring of the health and safety management system ensuring the health, safety and welfare of all staff in line with current health and safety and associated legislation.

• To monitor external housing repairs contractors and internal repairs staff to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements

• To advise on all relevant health and safety requirements when tendering for and selecting housing repairs and improvement contractors

• Delivery of an effective and appropriate service to all service users, fairly and without discrimination, ensuring high quality customer care.

• To provide expert advice to Landlord Services Managers in relation to health and safety

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Identify all health and safety issues in relation to housing repairs and improvements, and the housing Landlord Service generally, ensuring systems of measurement and compliance are in place.

To develop and maintain the Landlord Services health and safety management system, including written procedures, ensuring that it is implemented consistently across the Service.

To monitor, evaluate and review existing, new and upcoming health and safety legislation, ensuring that Landlord Services has demonstrable, measurable systems and procedures in place to ensure legal compliance.

To work proactively with managers and staff to establish and maintain a programme of continuous improvement and compliance in the management of health and safety including undertaking regular site inspections and audits of both staff and contractor activities.

To ensure that effective risk assessment procedures are in place to identify hazards and risks, ensuring that appropriate control measures are implemented, that risk assessments are reviewed and updated annually and that checks are carried out to ensure compliance.
To report all accidents and incidents, conduct investigations and reviewing processes, producing regular accident reporting information in line with KPIs, identifying where a RiDDOR report is required and subsequently submitting it. Taking and recommending further follow up action where necessary.
To ensure systems are in place to record and report near-misses, identifying and taking follow up preventative action where necessary.To liaise with Regulatory Authorities and the Councils corporate health and safety officer on health and safety investigatory issues.
Produce regular performance information on compliance and health and safety, including but not limited to accidents, near misses, and risk assessment reviews.
To provide technical support for Landlord Services ensuring legal compliance with all relevant legislation.
To deliver excellent customer service to all tenants, leaseholders, other stakeholders and colleagues.
To arrange and chair the Landlord Services quarterly health and safety committee meeting and ensure that there is an ongoing health and safety action plan in place at all times.
This will involve producing agendas, performance information, reports and taking and distributing minutes.To attend the corporate 6 monthly corporate health and safety committee meeting as required.
Qualifications

Minimum NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health

NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Safety and health

Experience

Substantial post qualification experience in a relevant area

Post qualification experience within health and safety for housing repairs and improvements

Previous experience of liaising with regulatory authorities such as the Health and Safety Executive

Previous experience of measuring, evaluating risk and carrying out risk assessments

Previous experience of carrying out health and safety audits

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