Interviews: Week commencing 11th May 2026 At MSV Housing we’re committed to making sure our customers have good quality safe homes and our Health and Safety Assistant is key to making this happen. We’re looking for a proactive and organised Health & Safety Assistant to join our team. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, keeping things organised and supporting the delivery of effective health and safety systems across the organisation. Working closely with the Health & Safety Manager and Assistant Advisor, you’ll help coordinate a wide range of activities — from risk assessments and audits to training, incidents and compliance systems — playing an important part in maintaining a positive safety culture across MSV. What you’ll be doing; Managing and monitoring the Health & Safety inbox, ensuring queries and actions are logged, allocated and followed through Supporting the coordination of audits, inspections and risk assessments, ensuring records are accurate and up to date Tracking accidents, incidents and near misses, and supporting investigation follow-ups and RIDDOR processes Coordinating Health & Safety training and maintaining accurate training records Supporting the administration of systems such as lone working, DSE and other H&S platforms Monitoring PPE, first aid and fire safety arrangements across the organisation Liaising with managers to support the implementation of Health & Safety processes and requirements Assisting in the preparation of Health & Safety performance reports and data Supporting document control, record keeping and updates to internal systems (e.g. intranet) Taking minutes at meetings and supporting general team administration This role offers the opportunity to be involved in a wide range of Health & Safety activities and play a key part in keeping our systems and processes running effectively. What we are looking for; A good standard of education (minimum of 5 GCSEs or equivalent) Experience of supporting a team with administrative tasks Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities Ability to work proactively and use your own initiative Confident using IT systems and managing data and records Excellent attention to detail A collaborative and supportive approach It would be great (but not essential) if you also have: Experience working in a health and safety or compliance environment An interest in developing a career in health and safety We offer a range of great benefits including: 33 days holiday per year plus bank holidays, and a holiday a buy scheme. Company pension scheme with up to 10% matched contributions Company funded access to a health cash plan, where you can claim back costs of everyday health treatments such as optical, dental and much more.Enhanced sick pay with up to 3 months full pay and 3 months half pay Health and Wellbeing Support including an employee assistance programme, free counselling, mental health first aiders and numerous wellbeing initiatives Life assurance subject to being a member of our company pension scheme. Learning and development to support you to develop the skills you need to fulfil your role and progress in your career Commitment to Equality and Inclusion with employee network groups covering anti-racism, LGBTQ, disability and long-term health conditions, carers, and menopause. MSV are committed to Equality and Inclusion all applications are scored against the essential criteria of the role; however, we encourage candidates to submit an ammonised CV if they can do so. MSV are also committed to supporting you to balance work and life, including with any caring or parental responsibilities you might have, and have a range of flexible working options and wellbeing support available to all colleagues to facilitate this. For more information about the role please visit our careers page where you will find a candidate pack and apply for the role. https://www.msvhousing.co.uk/careers/job-vacancies/ If you wish to discuss the roles informally, please contact Jo Shelley, Health & Safety Manager on jo.shelley@msvhousing.co.uk. Interviews are scheduled to take on week commencing 11th May 2026 however interviews may be carried out throughout the recruitment process and the role closed if a suitable candidate is found. Therefore, we strongly recommend candidates to apply early. We’re passionate about inclusion and we’d love to hear from people from diverse backgrounds for this role. If you are not sure whether you meet our requirements for this role, but want to apply. Go ahead. We will decide whether or not you are what we are looking for.