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We have a fantastic opportunity for a Health, Safety & Wellbeing Consultant at Backburn with Darwen Council, this is a full-time temporary role for the next 3 months, with the possibility of extension.
What is the role?
Blackburn with Darwen Council are looking for a Health, Safety & Wellbeing Consultant, to provide professional HR/Health and Safety Advice and guidance across the organisation on all HR/Health Safety related issues, working in partnership with internal and external stakeholders. Develop relationships to understand the needs of the organisation and support with the delivery of initiatives, change and the development of workforce strategies and projects in a way that is efficient, customer focused and results driven.
What are your responsibilities?
- Work collaboratively with managers at all levels to shape HR priorities to meet business needs and emerging agendas, enabling the organisation to forward plan, taking account of new legislation, develop appropriate workforce strategies, implement government initiatives and maximise funding opportunities.
- Support the HR Service to deliver on all aspects of HR activity including.
- Health, safety and wellbeing – working to keep people well in the workplace.
- Employee relations & engagement.
- Statutory responsibilities.
- Procedural advice.
- Workforce development.
- Workforce strategy development
- Identify and analyse recurring issues and the subsequent development of appropriate strategies to reduce the level of reactive casework/Investigations in the organisation.
- Provide advice and support with regard to high level complex cases/Investigations and change activity in including dismissals and appeals.
- Provision of an excellent customer-focused service which meets the standards expected in line with service SLAs and KPIs.
- Regularly seek and proactively act upon customer feedback at all levels to continuously improve the service – providing ongoing feedback to demonstrate the impact.
- Work closely and productively with Trade Union colleagues to understand and reduce employee relations/Health and Safety issues
- Drive efficiencies within the service through streamlining processes and ways of working.
- Identify trends and future requirements using MI to improve the performance of the service.
What skills do you Need?
- Must have recent experience of working as a HR/Heath, Safety and Wellbeing Consultant.
- Strong IT Skills, as you will be using Microsoft Office, and internal Council IT Systems
- Excellent people skills, as you will be speaking to the public, other members of staff and managers.
- Valid Standard DBS on the update service
- Appropriate professional qualification, the minimum requirement will be NEBOSH or equivalent Health and Safety Qualification.
Next Steps:
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