Health & Safety Business Partner - Property Services
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The Vacancy
Are you a Property / FM, Health & Safety professional adept at stakeholder management? Utilise your considerable expertise, knowledge skills in repair and maintenance by partnering with key stakeholders in our Property Services directorate.
Reporting to the Assistant Director – Health, Safety and Facilities you will support and advise on professional and pragmatic H&S guidance that enables our teams to deliver their services while keeping employees, customers and others safe and healthy.
You should be pro-active with a desire to understand the business, able to embed a culture of safety with senior stakeholders, work collaboratively to ensure compliance and competence in the services we provide. You will attend directorate / team meetings to deliver health and safety performance data and to gain understanding and insight into departmental operations and challenges.
There will be site visits to undertake in our areas of operation around the southeast of England, so you should have a current driving licence and your own transport (business mileage will be paid at prevailing rate in line with our policy). You will complete routine checks on statutory compliance with legislation and regulations including but not limited to asbestos, legionella, LOLER, electricity, gas, fire etc.
Reviewing health and safety checks completed by the Property Services teams, identifying key themes / trends and opportunities for improvement, developing action plans to prevent reoccurrence. Establishing a reputation as the “go-to” person for guidance on compliance with health and safety, and risk management.
Working closely with our Talent (Learning & Development) team to develop and deliver effective and engaging presentation of toolbox talks, training or health and safety briefings.
This a great opportunity for making a difference in a values-led organisation where we provide quality social housing for people who need them.
Candidate Requirements:
- An appropriate H&S qualification such as NEBOSH General Certificate and / or working towards NEBOSH National Diploma (or equivalent).
- A professional membership i.e. IOSH and / or extensive experience in a similar role.
- Understanding of health and safety at work legislation.
- A good understanding and knowledge on compliance with Asbestos, Legionella, LOLER, Electricity, Gas and Fire regulations / legislation.
- Experience with facilities / property / contractor management.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- The ability to effectively deliver H&S information, instruction, supervision and training i.e. Toolbox Talks.
- Be prepared to undertake extensive, regular travel across PHG’s locations (mainly Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire areas).
Why Join Us?
At Paradigm Housing Group, we are committed to creating a workplace that values diversity, fosters innovation, and supports our employees’ development. Here are just some of our benefits that we are proud to offer:
- 25 days annual leave to start rising with service (plus bank holidays and 3 days over Christmas/New Year)
- A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 9.5%.
- Family-friendly policies, including generous parental leave, sabbaticals and flexible working options.
- Health Cash Plan worth over £1,800 p/a covering a range of healthcare services.
- 3 paid ‘Giving Back’ days per year for volunteering.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published date, should be identify a suitable candidate.
About us
We are Paradigm Housing Group.
We manage more than 17,000 homes across the South East.
We know that house prices in the areas where we work are high, both to buy and rent. We want to help more people have a safe and sustainable home that they can afford.
As a charity, the money we make goes into building new homes and providing an excellent service for residents.
We are a Best Companies two-star accredited organisation in recognition of our high employee engagement and commitment to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is free to be themselves and feel like they belong. We are clearly focused on the delivery of our five-year corporate plan with ambitious and challenging objectives including delivering one of the sector’s largest digital transformation programmes, improving our environment and sustainability targets and delivering more quality homes to people who need them.
Our benefits
- Holidays – 25 days rising to 30 with length of service (30 days starting for senior roles) plus an extra three paid days off between Christmas and New Year, and the opportunity to buy up to another five days.
- Pension scheme: a defined contribution scheme with employer contributions of 7.5% or 9.5% depending on the employee’s contribution rate.
- Car leasing scheme.
- Annual bonus potential.
- 1 paid professional subscription per year.
- Family friendly policies including generous paternity, maternity, shared parental and adoption leave, sabbaticals and more.
- Health cash plan – worth over £1,800 per year. Includes dental, optical, prescriptions and flu jabs, physiotherapy, chiropractic therapy, reflexology, Sports massage and more.
- Hybrid working for many roles.
- Up to three paid Giving Back (volunteer) Days a year.
- Modern collaborative offices, with free parking and charging points for electric vehicles.
- Opportunities for career development and progression.
- Social events such as quiz nights, Christmas Party, Summer BBQ.
Our Vision
We provide excellent services to customers.
And build new homes to help more people.
We make sure our homes are safe and sustainable.
And strive to do more by making the most of our resources.
Working For Us
Our Values
Safer Together
Driving Improvement
Working As One
Acting Thoughtfully
Being Clear
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