Assistant H&S Adviser

Assistant Health and Safety Adviser 

Contract: Permanent 

Hours: 37 per week

Salary: £24,000 to £33,469 per annum inclusive of car allowance based on current experience and career development.

Location: Ashington (base office) with agile working across all of Bernicia’s offices and geographical operational areas inclusive of the ability to work from home after completion of a satisfactory probation and/or development period.

Closing Date:  08:00am Monday, 26th February 2024.

Are you passionate about health and safety and want to make a real difference to the environment of colleagues, customers and contractors? If so, we have a new opportunity for an Assistant Health and Safety Adviser!

About the role:

• This is a great opportunity to contribute to the delivery of health and safety across the Bernicia Group.  .
• Reporting to the Head of Health and Safety, you will undertake a range of health and safety duties as well as taking responsibility for data management.

The role will support the Health and Safety Team to deliver our values and ensure a strong culture continues to be embedded in safety, health and welfare.

About you:

If you are looking to be part of a team that makes a difference we’re looking for:

Essential

• NEBOSH National General Certificate as a minimum with intention to work towards and obtain NEBOSH Construction Certificate.
• Proven skills in use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint and email.
• Well organised with a positive and flexible attitude.
• Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities as well as working as a team member.
• Be self motivated and determined and able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Initiate, identify and take part in own and team development opportunities to keep knowledge, skills, experience and continuous professional development/ development plans up to date.
• Full driving licence and use of a vehicle for work purposes is essential.

Desirable

• Willingness to develop experience in particular fields of health and safety such as COSHH.
• Membership of IOSH and willing to participate in evidencing continuous professional development.
• Experience of working in health and safety or social housing environment

The Benefits: 

• 36 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
• Make big savings on day to day expenses with discounts on shopping, groceries, holidays and days out through our Bernicia Own Benefits platform.
• Generous pension scheme 

About us:

• We’re all about helping people in need of housing.  We believe a good home makes lots of other things possible, so we provide great homes and services that do just that. 
• We’ve built Bernicia to be a business that people want to be a part of.  We’re one of the North East’s largest and most successful housing providers; building, renting, selling and managing homes as well as providing services to over 60,000 customers.
• Everything about Bernicia is people focused, that’s why we’ve held the Investors in People Gold Award since 2010. 
• We operate within a set of simple, but effective values, which blend perfectly to create our unique ‘Bernicia Way’ culture. This ensures we are customer focused, through working together, respecting each other, being accountable for our actions and demonstrating integrity and leadership.

If you want to know a bit more about this opportunity please ring Gillian Wilson, Head of Health and Safety on 0191 2383176.

In order to be considered for shortlisting for this role, you are required to include a covering letter demonstrating how you meet the essential/desirable criteria along with providing a copy of your CV.

We reserve the right to close this recruitment campaign earlier than the stated closing date should we receive a large number of applicants.