Overview
At Cairn Housing Association, we’re passionate about creating great homes, delivering great services, and offering great opportunities for our people. Cairn is recruiting for Health & Safety Officer and Compliance Officer roles as part of our commitment to Health and Safety legal compliance and the safety of staff and tenants across the Association.
This is a varied and fast-paced role, ideal for someone who enjoys being visible and influencing a positive, proactive safety culture.
Health and Safety Officer – Responsibilities
Reporting to the Health and Safety (H&S) Manager, this role will be responsible for leading on H&S initiatives across Cairn, including our corporate H&S strategy, policy and procedure development, risk management, H&S audits, incident reviews, training, project work and administration. The role will work with internal and external stakeholders in a collaborative approach to develop safe systems of work and processes based on legislation and best practice.
Key Responsibilities – What You’ll Do
Policies, Procedures and Safe Systems of Work Development
* Establish, review and update policy, procedure and processes
* Carry out research, implementation and communication of these areas in line with regulatory requirements and best practice
Risk Management
* Advise and support staff to reduce H&S risk and develop a proactive H&S culture
* Review, develop and implement H&S risk assessments using a collaborative approach
KPI Reporting and Data Management
* Support the H&S manager with accurate data and statistics to develop H&S reports
* Record H&S information on relevant H&S systems and provide data/reporting against KPI’s
Auditing, Inspections and Assurance
* Administer and carry out auditing and inspections as required and root cause analysis / trends and corrective actions
* Maintain information on inspections and audit and RAG processing / reporting
Training and Development
* Work with our Organisational Development team to identify H&S training needs and develop materials
* Deliver training to staff in a range of areas as required
Incident reporting, management and investigation
* Review incident reports and feedback as required
* Input into incident management, carry out incident investigations and causal analysis
Other
* Support and carry out H&S projects as required
* Undertake administrative duties related to H&S management
* Record budgetary spend and report to the H&S Manager
Requirements – What We’re Looking For
* NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent as a minimum and preferably NEBOSH Diploma or willing to achieve this level
* IOSH membership at professional grades or willing to achieve this level
* Comprehensive knowledge of H&S law and legislation
* Extensive knowledge and experience of working at Officer level in a H&S service within an equivalent sized employer
* Experience of a broad range of H&S areas relevant to the role, including risk assessments and high-risk areas such as the ‘big 7’ and other relevant risk areas for a Registered Social Landlord
* Demonstratable project management skills
* Ability to support our staff across a Scotland wide operation
* IT Literate in the use of IT programs and health and safety systems and proficient in Microsoft Office
Personal Attributes
* Ability to assess and prioritise a varied workload effectively
* Strong negotiator and influencer with interpersonal skills
* Collaborative working to ensure effective outcomes
* Critical listening skills and an ability to have challenging conversations
Experience Required
* Developing and implementing H&S management systems
* Undertaking and reviewing risk assessments
* H&S inspection and auditing
* H&S incident investigation and reporting writing
* Training of staff
* Project delivery and informed decision making
* Gathering, analysing and reporting key H&S data and KPI’s
Employee Benefits: Why Join Cairn?
We’re committed to creating a workplace where you can thrive. Here’s what you can expect:
* Flexible and hybrid working options.
* Health and wellbeing support.
* Tech and cycle-to-work schemes.
* Compassionate leave and more.
We value diversity and warmly welcome applications from all communities. Cairn is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.
Application Process
* Visit Cairn website to apply – Housing Jobs Scotland | Housing Association Charity Jobs In Scotland (please download and complete an application form, all completed Application Forms should be sent to recruitment@cairnha.com).
* Please note, we do not accept CVs.
* For full details, please download the job description from our website.
* Closing Date: Wednesday 1st April at 12 noon.
* Interviews will be held in Inverness on Thursday 16th April and Edinburgh on Friday 17th April.
Cairn Housing Association – A registered Scottish Charity (SCO16647). Great homes. Great services. Great people
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