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DSO Compliance Officer (Health and Safety & Human Resources)

Salary:  £41,043

Permanent, Full Time (40 hours)

Immediate Start Available

Engaging with frontline staff on health and safety issues is key to this role. Through inductions, toolbox talks, site visits and conversations, can you land your message so that people listen and work more safely?

If so then join our Direct Services Organisation (DSO) and play a pivotal role in maintaining the highest standards of health and safety. You will ensure our operations and facilities not only meet compliance requirements but exceed them and are continuously improving.

About the Role

The DSO Compliance Officer role is a busy and varied role in which you will work as part of a team delivering vital work for residents throughout the borough. Your role will be to ensure that all work is carried out in compliance will all relevant health and safety regulations and standards. The role will will include delivering toolbox talks, training sessions and new starter inductions, completing and reviewing risk assessments, making progress on action plans, conducting site visits/inspections and more. You will be working with a variety of stakeholders including the central health and safety team, heads of service and frontline staff.

This position demands clear communication skills, as you will be responsible for presenting information and conducting training sessions. The ideal candidate will possess the ability to adapt their communication style to suit different audiences, ensuring clarity and understanding across all interactions. 

This role also involves providing support to the DSO management team on HR matters such as recruitment. This is not a technical HR role and candidates are not expected to be HR professionals, what is essential is a proactive approach, a willingness to get involved and the ability to push things forward and ‘get things done’.

Experience: Our ideal candidate brings experience to the table, having thrived in roles that mirror the responsibilities of this position. Your CV should highlight instances where you have applied the skills mentioned in the job profile and advert.

Knowledge: We expect you to have a thorough understanding of the Health & Safety At Work Act alongside Construction Design and Management regulations.

Workload Management: This role requires managing compliance and enhancing performance across a number of areas. We're looking for someone with a record of successfully managing competing priorities and thriving in a busy work environment.

People skills: We need someone who can build relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders, communicate their message clearly, and positively influence the health and safety behaviours of others. 

For an informal discussion about this role please contact Freddie Maguire-King: Freddie.maguire-King@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk

Closing Date:  28/07/24*

Shortlisting Date: 29/07/24

Interview Date: from 30/07/24

Useful Information:

The dates above are given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. We strongly advise you to complete your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. 

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer, if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know. 

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan. For more details click here 

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils