Job Description Health and Safety Officer (3) (18/959) (18/614) (18/614) Dumfries *£44,394 - £53,124 (18/959) You will be required to work 21.5 hours per week, 52.14 weeks per year. £26,513.08 - £28,430.17 Dumfries and Galloway region is the natural place to live and work. With a workforce of around 6000 we are the largest employer in the beautiful south-west Scotland. You will be responsible for supporting the council in influencing the health and safety culture and ensuring compliance with all aspects of health and safety legislation and industry best practice. The Council Health and Safety Team, between us, work with a wide range of front-line services such as Education, Social Work Services through to Sport and Leisure Centres, Waste Services, Roads, Customer Services, Community Assets, Building and Civil Engineering Works to enable them to support our communities across the Dumfries and Galloway region. Three Health and Safety Officer posts are available for recruitment. Particular focus areas are Waste, Building and Civil Engineering works and Education. You will also have the benefit of support from your colleagues within the dynamic health and safety team and the wider organisation. You will provide health and safety advice and work closely with managers, employees and safety representatives in mitigating health and safety risks and engage on practical solutions; conduct site visits; support on incident investigations; and pro-actively monitor, audit and review health and safety arrangements for continuous improvement. Why work for our council? You will be enabling the delivery of essential services to the community You will have access to numerous benefits to help with work-life balance flexible working, health and wellbeing policy, carers policy, occupational health, excellent pension and annual leave entitlement, training and development. You will work in a supportive Health and Safety Team with engaged line management Please make sure you tell us in your application how you meet all the essential criteria and inform us of which particular Safety Officer post(s) interests you. Hours are negotiable. Click to apply *To enable staff career progression, we are offering this position for those qualified and partly qualified. This will mean if you meet the essential education qualification for the band 11 specification you will immediately commence on that band. If you meet the band 10 specification you will require to start on that band and commit to completing the qualification for band 11 over an agreed period of time. Requirements With an exciting benefits package, working for Dumfries and Galloway Council supports you to invest in your own health and wellbeing. Employees have access to our bespoke Vivup platform with over 800 discounts on everyday essentials from top UK retailers, restaurants, utility providers and more. Employees also get access to membership of The Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) exclusive discounts from local businesses, a Cycle-to-Work scheme, financial support from My Money Matters, and guidance from our trained Wellbeing Champions. Here at Dumfries and Galloway Council we are committed to equality, diversity and equal opportunity with our values, which include treating everyone with dignity, fairness and respect, driving us to tackle inequality. We are looking for people that can bring different perspectives and experiences and especially welcome applications from those who are underrepresented in our organisation. For further information please contact Brian Houston, Principal H&S Officer (Operations) on 07557185988 or 030 3333 3003.