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Job title: Health, Safety and Wellbeing Adviser

Hours: 37 pw

Contract: Permanent.

Do you want to make a real difference and help drive culture change in a large organisation?

Due to recent promotion and retirements, we are excited to offer vacancies for 3 Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisers in our innovative and ambitious Health, Safety, Wellbeing and Fire Team.

As a Health, Safety and Wellbeing Adviser you excel in providing a range of high quality, responsive and flexible health, safety and wellbeing advice and guidance to a variety of stakeholders, including Directors, service area staff, managers, and unions to help them comply with health and safety legislation and good practice.

You thrive on being part of a fast paced, dynamic team who strive to ensure we meet our duties and responsibilities as the council Competent People every day and seek to continually improve.

It not about a one size fits all approach or always black or white. It about being a critical thinker who can interpret legislation and guidance, understand the needs of our varied customers, and apply suitable solutions.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.

About You

As a Health, Safety and Wellbeing Adviser you will bring to the role:

• Experience of interpreting and applying health, safety and wellbeing legislation and best practice including experience of interpretation and implementation.
• Excellent communication skills through a range of media and with a range of stakeholders.
• A can-do approach and confidence to check and challenge and make decisions on routine health, safety and wellbeing issues.
• Experience of conducting health and safety audits and inspections, investigating incidents and delivering health, safety and wellbeing training.
• Experience of effectively using your own judgement skills to ensure positive outcomes whilst maintaining good working relationships with colleagues, managers, and other stakeholders.

About The Role

As one of our next Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisers you be part of something bigger and join us in achieving the Best City Ambition , working together as a Team for Leeds. We have a new and ambitious Health, Safety, Wellbeing and Fire vision that you will play a key role in delivering and realising across Leeds.

The roles offer excellent opportunities to develop and widen your experience, skills and knowledge and make a real difference to the staff and people of Leeds.

The roles are integral to our Corporate Health, Safety, Wellbeing and Fire Team, that is part of Human Resources. We support over 24,000 staff (based in 5 Directorates and over 100 Leeds City Council schools) and have a traded service to over 150 other organisations. Our remit also covers protecting the people of Leeds who use over 500 different Leeds City Council services. Within the Team we also have a range of specialist sub teams supporting Directorates, strategies to reduce violence and aggression, schools health, safety and wellbeing, Fire Safety and Occupational Health.

We are a caring and supportive team, who want the best for and from our colleagues, and we are committed to developing each other to achieve the full potential of the Team and individuals within it.

You provide specialist health, safety and wellbeing advice and support on a wide range of issues for allocated work streams and contribute to cross-council projects and initiatives.

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

• a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
• a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

How To Apply

Apply for this job online. Please complete the online application form.

If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role please contact Annette Bradley, Senior Health, Safety and Wellbeing Manager, by email to annette.bradley@leeds.gov.uk.

Assessment may include presentations, group work and written based assessment centres and interviews for applicants that successfully pass any presentation and assessment centre stages.

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £38,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying.

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