Health & Safety Assistant (temp/full time) REF: ECOD/64736

Job Description

Health & Safety Assistant (temp/full time)                                                   REF: ECOD/64736

Salary: Grade 5 £29767 - £31581                                                                

Location: Municipal Buildings, Greenock

Hours: 37 hours per week

Duration: temp till 11^th October 2024

 

We are currently looking to recruit a Temporary full-time assistant H&S Officer for a period of 6 months. The post holder will work as part of the Council’s Corporate H&S function to support the effective delivery of a range of corporate health and safety activities, including administration of the health surveillance programme.

 

The successful candidate will be involved in supporting H&S Officers deliver a wide range of H&S functions including: the review of corporate policies & guidance, assist in review of risk assessments with services and update H&S website content, training design and delivery, carry out targeted H&S audits and initiatives, provision of H&S advice to managers in different risk areas of the business, carry out or assist with accident investigations across a range of council service functions, collate and produce annual and quarterly reports from the incident reporting system, HR/Payroll system and training records to assist in the calculation of KPI’s and reports to the Corporate H&S Committee

 

You will be educated to SCQF Level 6, have occupational experience that demonstrates good organisational skills to include development and maintenance of information management systems, with particular emphasis on health and safety.

 

You will work on a Hybrid basis with a blend of  working from home, office-based work and  some site-based travel .

 

To apply for this role you will need to be an effective communicator, good team worker, have a flexible approach to work, be able to meet deadlines and have good IT skills.

Inverclyde Council offers a wide range of benefits to employees including flexible working opportunities, attractive pension schemes, a Buy and Bank Annual Leave Scheme, career development and health and wellbeing support.

You can find out more in our Employee Benefits Booklet which is available on our website Employee Benefits - Inverclyde Council

 

Important Applicant Information:

 

• Please read the Essential Applicant Information details prior to submitting your application.

 

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• Inverclyde Council is an accredited Living Wage Employer paying the Living Wage Rate where required.  Please click the link to `Essential Applicant Information’ above for more information.

 

• Inverclyde Council is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes applications from all members of the community. We encourage applicants from underrepresented groups including LGBT people, Black and minority ethnic people and disabled people. We also recognise that women are underrepresented at some pay grades.

 

• Interviews for non-teaching posts with Inverclyde Council will be based on the Councils' competency model which is reflected in our performance appraisal scheme. Details of this can be found at the link below and clicking the Performance Overview document on the left hand side:

 

http://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/working-for-the-council/council-induction

 

Vetting by Disclosure Scotland

If you work in regulated work (children and/or protected adults) you will be subject to obtaining a satisfactory PVG. A small number of posts require a Standard or Basic Disclosure check and the majority of all other posts will complete a Criminal Convictions Form. All disclosure checks are obtained via Disclosure Scotland. If you are the successful candidate you will be required to pay the cost of the disclosure check required for your post.

 

Regulatory Bodies

If your post requires registration with a Regulatory Body such as HCPC or SSSC etc., you are required to obtain and maintain registration including paying any fees for HCPC. As part of the local government pay deal, local authority staff are no longer required to pay SSSC fees.  

 

Further Assistance

Alternative application packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille and Audio. To request an alternative application pack or require further assistance to attend and/or participate in an interview, please contact the HR Recruitment Team on 01475 712740 or email Human Resources at: Human.Resources@inverclyde.gov.uk.

Armed Forces Personnel/Reservists

Inverclyde Council welcomes applications from former armed forces personnel / reservists. Many of the skills picked up during your military career could be transferred directly into a role with local government.

 

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and who meet the essential criteria for the job.

 

Flexible Working

Inverclyde Council recognises the mutual benefits of having a flexible, effective workforce to deliver the best services to our community, whilst enabling employees to balance their personal, home and work responsibilities more effectively, with a view to achieving greater job satisfaction, motivation, morale and productivity. 

Employees are able to apply for a range of options including Part-Time Working, Job share, Compressed Hours, Homeworker, Hybrid Working and Flexible Retirement. More detail can be found in the Flexible Working Policy, linked in the download section of our Employee Benefits web page.