Health & Safety Adviser When registering to this job board you will be redirected to the online application form. Please ensure that this is completed in full in order that your application can be reviewed. Health and Safety Adviser Location: Ashington (base office)with agile working across all of Bernicias offices and geographical operational areas. Salary: Up to £43,282 per annum (inclusive of car allowance) depending on skills and experience Hours: 37 per week, Monday to Friday Contract: Permanent Closing Date: 5pm on Monday, 25th May 2026 Are you passionateabout health and safety and want to make a real difference to the environment of colleagues, customers and contractors? If so, we have a new opportunity for 2 Health and Safety Advisers! Role Benefits : 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) for full-time employees. Working from home up to 2 days per week subject to operational requirements. Health cash plan membership so you can save money by claiming cash back over £1000 each year - towards essential healthcare such asdental, optical, physio and loads more.Well also cover the costs of including any dependent children in the scheme up to the age of 21 or 24 if in full time education that you may have. Access to savings on gym memberships plus cash back and discounts on purchases from major retailers including supermarkets, travel, cinema and more. Generous pension schemewith life insurance of 3 x salary. About theHealth and Safety AdviserRole: This role will involve: undertaking a full range of health and safety and related admin duties across Bernicia. This includes liaising regularly with all of our stakeholders, auditing, providing advice and guidance, developing and reviewing risk assessments, accident/incident investigation, supporting our H&S training programme, contributing to the delivery of our values and developing a strong culture embedded in safety, health and welfare. Your Experience: Successful candidates will need: Essential : NEBOSH General Certificate as a minimum with intention to work towards and obtain NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent. A proven track record as an accomplished Health and Safety professional. Auditing skills and experience, relevant to this role including maintaining audit action plans. Able to effectively coordinate several workstreams at once, delivering on project work from start to finish and advising on key milestones throughout. Proactively manage development opportunities to keep knowledge, skills, experience and continuous professional development up to date. Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office. Good communication skills and a collaborative approach, with the ability to engage and influence others. Good standard of literacy and numeracy for reporting writing and data analysis. Be a role model for our values and behaviours. Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and deliver to deadlines. Takes accountability and works with minimal supervision. Current and valid driving licence and access to a car to use for work purposes. Desirable : NEBOSH Construction Certificate. Willingness to develop experience in particular fields of health and safety such as construction, and COSHH. Membership of a professional body and willing to participate in evidencing continuous professional development. Experience of working a in a social housing or construction environment. Experience of delivering engaging Health and Safety training. About us: Were all about helping people in need of housing. We believe a good home makes lots of other things possible, so we provide great homes and services that do just that. Weve built Bernicia to be a business that people want to be a part of. Were one of the North Easts largest and most successful housing providers; building, renting, selling and managing homes as well as providing services to over 60,000 customers. We operate within a set of simple, but effective values, which blend perfectly to create our unique Bernicia Way culture. This ensures we are customer focused, through working together, respecting each other, being accountable for our actions and demonstrating integrity and leadership. In order to be considered for shortlisting for this role, you must include a covering letter demonstrating how you meet the criteria associated with this post along with your CV. Interviews will be taking place week commencing 1st June 2026 at Ashington. We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than advertised, should we receive a large volume of applications. ______________________________________________________________ The Group is fully committed to the promotion of equal opportunities and we particularly welcome applicants from groups who are currently under-represented at Bernicia.