The Role
Are you a passionate and dedicated safety practitioner with community spirit at your heart?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Health and Safety Manager to work across all Council office sites in the Lancaster and Morecambe district.
The post includes the implementation of a new health and safety strategy, management system and review of internal policies, procedures, risk assessments and safe systems of work with our various departments.
You will be the Council’s lead health and safety competent person, with strategic responsibility for the direction and delivery of health and safety management, in accordance with statutory requirements and the Council’s corporate strategies and delivery plans.
You will embed robust and proactive health and safety management culture through the provision of behavioural safety and audit programmes. You will work within a diverse team providing safety leadership and advice to all levels and members of staff.
You will oversee a range of proactive and reactive health and safety activities including structured audits, focused health and safety projects, provision of competent advice and guidance and incident response and investigation.
You will have great communication skills, be organised, be able to balance the strategic and operational requirements of the role. You will need to be flexible, be able to manage conflicting demands and build strong relationships with a range of stakeholders. If you have a passion for Health, Safety and Wellbeing, where no two days are the same this could be the job for you.
This post is permanent. The hours of work for this position are up to 37 per week, working Monday to Friday, however this is flexible for the right candidate. Bank Holiday, evening or weekend working may be required in exceptional circumstances, in line with business needs.
This post is based at Lancaster Town Hall, with hybrid working options considered.
The Council currently operates an excellent Flexible Working Hours Scheme which applies to this post. Subject to the needs of this business, this may allow employees to work between the hours of 6:00am-10:30pm.
About You
You will be passionate about Health & Safety and identify with our organisational values of Pride, Ownership, Working Together and Ambition.
Our Benefits
Lancaster is a great place to work, as well as being part of something special you will also benefit from:
* Generous annual leave allowance
* Local Government Pension Scheme
* A range of employee benefits including discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, the opportunity to purchase extra time off, as well as discounts on days out, activities and retail.
Lancaster City Council has unanimously declared a climate emergency and will therefore work towards reducing carbon emissions to net-zero by 2030. As part of this role, you will be expected to participate and work towards reducing both carbon emissions and the impacts of climate change.
We are an Investor in People, Forces Friendly employer, and an Armed Forces Covenant committed organisation. We welcome applications from defence reserves and other members of our armed forces community. We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from all parts of our community.
At Lancaster City Council we aim to have a diverse workforce that is representative of the district that we serve, and provide a working environment where each employee feels able to bring their whole self to work. We welcome applications from all sections of our community and provide several supportive and inclusive workplace networks and safe spaces for employees to feel connected. Our workplace wellbeing strategy drives our commitment to staff wellbeing initiatives and ensuring that our organisation is a great place to work for all.
We are a disability confident committed employer.
Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unable to update all applicants individually. If you do not receive a response from us within 2 weeks of the closing date then your application will have unfortunately been unsuccessful in progressing to interview.
Interview Date: TBC