The Health and Safety Adviser (North) will play a critical role in ensuring that Homes England’s duties and responsibilities under Health and Safety Legislation are complied with. You will be joining our small but perfectly formed team, who are enthusiastic, professional, friendly, highly skilled and experienced and who are committed to making positive change in how health and safety is managed.

We pride ourselves on delivering a first-class H&S support and advisory service across the organisation and working in a collaborative and flexible way to foster good relationships to enable decision making and we love problem solving.

This is a chance to help shape the future of health and safety in national organisation with real social purpose. Working with 2 other regional H&S advisors and 2 analysts to advise and support key stakeholders, you will contribute on our journey to create a great health and safety culture.

The role has Essential Car User status and on average an adviser travels a minimum of 5k miles per annum; there are various transport options available e.g. lease car, use of public transport and hire cars and occasional overnight stays may be required.

You will be based at our Leeds or Manchester office.

A bit about you…

Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy, you need to be resilient, and comfortable working with stakeholders, including those at a senior level. Your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as a health and safety team.

You will enjoy working in a collaborative, innovative, engaging and inclusive way and be able to negotiate and persuade; and demonstrate you can work equally well working as part of a team as on your own initiative.

We require a minimum of an accredited Level 3 qualification or equivalent in Occupational Health and Safety e.g. NEBOSH Certificate, and expect you to be working towards a level 5-6 qualification in Occupational Health and Safety.

Also a minimum of Technical (TechIOSH) Membership.

As a Health and Safety Professional you will have significant experience in:

• Providing professional and knowledgeable H&S advice and support, including property, facilities management and CDM related queries, (previous experience with local authorities, other government departments would be advantageous, but not essential).

• Switching between numerous H&S topics in a single day, such as asbestos, legionella, CDM, electrical safety, work at height, event safety, DSE issues, accident investigations.

• Auditing and inspections, including knowledge of health and safety management systems.

• Communicating, presenting and delivering health and safety training.

• Supporting teams with complex health and safety issues, across a wide range of Health and Safety topics

Who are we?

Homes England: The Housing and Regeneration Agency

We believe that affordable, quality homes in well-designed places are key to improving people’s lives. As the government’s housing and regeneration agency, we create thriving new places and transform urban areas, combining the full breadth of our powers, expertise, land, capital and influence to bring investment to communities and get more homes built.

How? We form long-term partnerships that bridge the gap between the public and private sector to meet local needs and aspirations. We use our influence to champion the creation of sustainable homes, communities and places that are brilliantly designed for the people that live there now, and in the future. And we use our funding and support to build a more resilient, diverse and innovative housing sector, helping new entrants in the market, encouraging modern methods of construction and design, and promoting the utmost attention to building safety.

Together with our partners, we’re accelerating the pace of house building, remediation and regeneration across the country, as we seek to deliver ever more affordable homes in places people are proud to call home for generations to come.

What we offer...

As well as a competitive salary and 33 days annual leave, we are committed to 50/50 hybrid working. We’ll support you, wherever possible, so that you don’t miss out on what matters to you.

Membership of the Homes and Communities Agency Pension Scheme, which is a contributory defined benefit scheme with the amount you receive on retirement based on your salary and years worked at the Agency.

Internal applicants: please note that if you are successful, the salary you are offered will be in accordance with our pay policy. You can find details on the HR Hub SharePoint site.

If you ever need a bit of extra help, we have a great employee assistance programme, a wide range of healthcare plans, financial wellbeing support and access to many great discounts with leading high street names.

Our range of network groups are also there to support you to be yourself at work and play a key role in helping shape our future.

If you are a member of a professional body, we’ll pay for your membership and once you get your digital kit, you’ll be good to go.

Homes England are a geographically diverse community. We work to a 50/50 office/ home based model. Moving back into our office environments has enabled us to utilise our space and time together in the most collaborative way.

We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.

We also encourage you to apply using the full application option as opposed to quick apply, this is especially important if you would like to indicate to us that you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme.

We’re a diverse team of more than 1,000 professionals spanning 17 professions, helping Homes England to be effective, efficient and deliver for communities.

Our people remain at the heart of everything we do, and we’re committed to building an Agency that not only reflects the diverse communities we serve, but also champions inclusion in how we shape homes and places across the country. For more information about our EDI strategy please see our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Report 2024 to 2025 — Second Edition - GOV.UK

You will be required to have the Right to Work in the UK and Homes England do not offer visa sponsorship. If your application is shortlisted to interview we will require you to provide proof of your Right to Work in the UK at this stage.

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

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