Interim Corporate Health and Safety Manager Reference no: Northumberland 5786914922310 Pay rate: £34.95 per hour PAYE Hours per week: 35-37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours This opening assignment is for 5-6 months City: MORPETH, Northumberland Mainly office based but some travel required A Corporate Health and Safety Manager is required to act as the Competent Person on behalf of the Council and lead professional on all health and Safety matters, including setting the strategic direction and related objectives for Health and Safety for the Council, providing leadership to the team and positively influence and embed the Health and Safety agenda across the Council. Ensure legal compliance with all Health and Safety related legislation and codes of practice. Ensure the provision of a proactive Health and Safety Advisory Service to the Council, ensuring effective management systems, audit and inspection mechanisms are in place to achieve Health and Safety improvements and provide compliance assurance to the Council. The post has responsibility for: Corporate Health and Safety; developing and ensuring demonstrable adherence to the Health and Safety Policy; ensuring all Council Directorates have the processes and procedures in place to deliver health and safety compliant services; ensuring third party suppliers and joint venture companies delivering on behalf of the Council deliver services that are compliant with Health and Safety legislation. Key responsibilities:
* Work with the Chief Executive and Executive Management Team to develop the strategic direction and related objectives for health and safety that will be implemented across the Council. This strategic direction will support the delivery of the Corporate Plan, Service Plans, relevant legislation and best practice from within and outside of the sector.
* Provide professional leadership to an efficient and effective service and positively influence and embed the Health and Safety agenda across the Council, including traded entities and commercial partners.
* Take a leading role in partnership working with colleagues and stakeholders to ensure a consistent, professional and positive approach to the management of health and safety, and promote and engender appropriate culture change and organisational development in relation to health and safety.
* Responsible for developing, continually reviewing and implementing the Council’s Health and Safety Policy.
* Direct responsibility for a corporate team of Health and Safety professionals, with wider indirect responsibility for ensuring the health and safety of all staff, Elected Members, Executive Directors, Directors and Heads of Service, including training requirements.
* Ensure clear targets, benchmarks and objectives are set for the delivery of a proactive, sustained, measurable approach to health and safety management in the Council.
* Responsible for managing the service budget in excess of £500k within the allocated cash limits, the provision of timely forecasts and projections for budgetary control purposes and for taking appropriate action if and when significant variances are identified.
* Ensure Council wide effective health and safety management and performance by reviewing and assessing health and safety auditing processes, making recommendations where appropriate and advising and reporting on changes to practice as necessary.
* Lead on timely communications with staff at all levels of the organisation to promote improved health and safety management. Prepare the annual health and safety report for presentation to Committee.
* Monitor and assess health and safety performance against the relevant performance indicators, including compliance with legislations and work with Service Directors and Heads of Service to ensure key targets and objectives are met.
* Ensure the Council is demonstrably compliant with the relevant Health & Safety legislation, including the identification of areas/issues that require improvement and recommend and develop strategic projects to minimise the moral, legal and financial risk to the Council and external stakeholders.
* Deputise for the Service Director in relation to the health and safety agenda as required.
* Continually review and reshape service delivery to achieve financial efficiencies and maximise opportunities for income generation, whilst maintaining the highest standards of service delivery.
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