Health & Safety Advisor

As a key individual in the organisation, you will be responsible for the continued review and monitoring of Health and Safety processes, procedures and systems, ensuring they comply with legislation and Viewpoint policies.

You will provide guidance and support on health, safety and environmental issues to improve performance to best practice.

Key Responsibilities:

• You will undertake the role of Competent Person for VHA, acting as the ‘go to’ person for H&S advice and assistance for all employees across the organisation.

• You will provide organisational oversight across all areas thereby leading on development of a positive H&S culture in Viewpoint.

• You will maintain a professional attitude towards Health, Safety, and Environmental issues, in accordance with Viewpoint’s values.

• You will lead on VHA’s H&S Policy and Procedure framework, ensuring that VHA’s principal H&S policy is fit for purpose and regularly reviewed, that it sets out statutory and regulatory requirements for the organisation and for individuals and in line with best practice set out by the HSE, the SHR and the Care Inspectorate.

• You will coordinate and manage legal and statutory requirements as they relate to Housing Associations and the Care Sector, recording and reporting any non-compliance and following up on any actions.

• You will offer guidance and support in relation to the Risk Management process in line with VHA policies.

• You will, as necessary, support with delivery of fire risk assessments for locations such as offices and care homes, ensuring that risks are controlled, and preventative measures implemented.

• You will lead on development of regular H&S checks to be conducted by colleagues, as well as develop and deliver relevant H&S audits and reports.

• You will lead on review, development and roll out as necessary of VHA’s incident reporting system, ensuring that there are appropriate arrangements in place to maintain accident, incident and near miss records and compliance with the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR), as well as ensuring that incidents are reported, reviewed, communicated and followed up as necessary.

• You will lead on delivery of certain accident and incident investigations, as agreed with your line manager and senior management.

• You will lead on relevant consultation and communication with staff.

• You will support with consultation and communication with tenants and residents, by keeping them well informed of basic health and safety requirements, and good H&S practices, e.g. via regular updates in team or organisational newsletters.

• You will act as a key point of contact, and provide organisational guidance and oversight, in relation to H&S training requirements, such as a comprehensive range of H&S training modules, inductions, events or workshops across the organisation.

• You will provide statistical, thematic and gap analysis in relation to Viewpoint’s Health and Safety Management System as a whole.

• You will provide advice and support the CEO in defining VHA’s H&S strategic objectives and will lead on the implementation of key objectives or tasks, working with colleagues across functions to share and transfer relevant knowledge and experience to achieve delivery of relevant projects within budget and timescales.

• You will be expected to support Health, Safety and Environmental Improvements across the organisation.

• You will participate as part of VHA’s response team as part of the business continuity response to major incidents such as fire and flood and our emergency on call rota.

• You will act as the key point of contact in relation to delivery of regular external audits of VHA’s Health & Safety Management Systems as a whole.

More details can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification attached.

Our organisational values and behaviours expect all our staff to be able to work with a range of internal and external colleagues with an approachable and solution-oriented style. You should be keen to support and drive the development of a positive working culture across the business and able to represent the organisation in all that they do.

You will report directly to the CEO but work closely with the Executive Team.

The successful applicant will be required to complete a Disclosure check (Viewpoint will cover the Disclosure fee).

How to Apply

To apply for the vacancy you must complete our online application form - we do not accept CV's. 

When completing the form please refer to our Job Description and Person Specification as we are looking for you to evidence and demonstrate in the personal statement section of our online application why you are the best person for this role.

Closing Date: Monday 11 August 2025 @ 12 noon

Interview Date: Week commencing 18 August 2025