Health & Safety Co-ordinator

Job Title: Health & Safety Co-ordinator

Head Office Location: Brindley Place, Birmingham

Job Location: (post code)

Salary - 28,000 - 31,300 per annum

Contract type - Permanent

Working hours - Full Time (37 hours per week)

Closing Date - 1st November 2024

Interview Date - TBC

About the role

You will be supporting the Health and Safety Team with administrative support, monitoring the health and safety electronic management systems, personal safety device portal and providing support in relation to corporate related employee and workplace-based health and safety matters to ensure that GreenSquareAccord (GSA) provides a safe place of work.

You will be the main Health and Safety administrative and management systems point of contact for staff and managers across GreenSquareAccord.

You will support on the display screen equipment (DSE) assessment programme and liaise with the operational delivery Teams in co-ordinating the health surveillance programme.

Please note that a cover letter is essential. Without it, your application may not be reviewed.

Please note that if you are successful in this role, we will require a DBS check to be completed. Further details will be sent following offer.

About you

You must have experience of working within a busy team with excellent prioritisation skills. Experience of working in a health and safety or housing environment including using any health and safety related management software would be beneficial.

You will have a good general or technical education beyond GCSE e.g., 2 or more A- Levels/NVQ3 or vocabulary, verbal reasoning, and numerical skills to the equivalent ability level.

You will have the ability to write clear and accessible documentation which consider legislative requirements and best practice alongside the practical implications of how they will be applied.

You will have experience of writing reports for internal audience and have a good working knowledge & experience of using of Microsoft Office software such as Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.

About us

GreenSquareAccord is one of the biggest social housing and care providers in England.

We believe passionately in our mission to build better lives and provide social housing and support services to 54,000 people across our four localities. We are proud to play an active role in helping people to deal with the consequences of the housing crisis by providing affordable homes for people in our communities who need them most.

We also provide care and support to some of the most vulnerable people in society. This includes support for people who are homeless, experiencing domestic violence or are part of the criminal justice system.

Our purpose

We are proud to be able to support tens of thousands of people across England by providing affordable housing and care to help people live independently.

Our focus is on building better lives. Everything we do is about people - whether that`s providing a good quality, safe home or providing care which helps someone to live an independent life.

Our colleagues live and breathe this social purpose and we need great people, with skills across a range of disciplines, to make this happen.

Working for GreenSquareAccord gives you the chance to bring your skills and expertise and make a real difference. It doesn`t matter which role you are considering applying for, your work will help thousands of people build a better life.

The GSA Way

We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. To help us make a difference, together, we created the GSA Way.

A culture we commit to, aspire to, and live and breathe. Commitments and behaviours which together make our organisation what it is.

Our five core commitments are:

We believe our customer is everything

We are one team

We are supportive and caring

We are business-minded for social purpose

We are curious and ambitious.

You can read more about the GSA Way in our recruitment pack.

Benefits

In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes; annual holiday entitlement (plus statutory bank holidays); a defined contribution pension scheme; trust based flexible working and a Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).

GreenSquareAccord also offer a non-contractual performance-related bonus scheme. Further details will be made available upon joining, along with supporting documentation which can be found on the GreenSquareAccord intranet site.

All individuals who apply to work at GreenSquareAccord are considered on their merits in line with our Diversity and Inclusion strategy and policy.

GreenSquareAccord are a Disability Confident Employer therefore we actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and try to provide access, adjustments, equipment or other practical support where required. All applicants with a disability who meet the `essential eligibility criteria` for the role, as detailed in the job description, are guaranteed an interview.

If you need any assistance, adjustments or adaptations throughout our selection processes please let us know.