Safety, Health and Environment Apprentice - Northallerton, United Kingdom - Align Property Partners Ltd
2 weeks ago
Description
Job title:
Safety, Health and Environment Apprentice
Salary:
£21,189 - £22,777
Grade:
E
Working hours:
- 37 hours per week
Contract Type:
- Fixed Term Full Time
- 1 Year
Location:
County Hall, Northallerton with requirement to travel across North Yorkshire
- Are you an ambitious and driven individual with a willingness to learn and a proactive approach? Are you someone who has a passion for investigating issues and providing solutions?_
- We are currently seeking a Safety, Health and Environment Technician Apprentice to work within our Health & Safety Team._
- This is a fantastic opportunity for someone seeking a varied role within a successful, innovative, and friendly team with plenty of opportunity for career progression._
About the team
The Health and Safety service is a successful, innovative team which provides Health and Safety services across North Yorkshire County Council and to City of York Council.
We are also growing and branching out into commercial areas with academies and other public sector bodies, so you would be joining us as we move forward on our journey.
As a team we are committed to delivering excellent services to our clients, so we challenge ourselves and our team to look at ways to continuously improve.
This requires our team members to think innovatively, develop pragmatic solutions and be supportive of colleagues which on occasion can be in challenging situations.
The team are an integral part of the exciting transformational journey, shaping and embedding new ways of working at this very exciting time for North Yorkshire Council.
The role
We are looking for a
Safety, Health and Environment Technician Higher Level Apprentice.
As an Apprentice, you will learn on the job to provide advice, guidance, and support on a wide variety of health and safety issues.
This could be from how to comply with statutory requirements through to implementing nationally recognised best practice.
Throughout your apprenticeship you can expect to receive ongoing support and guidance from others within the team, as well as dedicated time assigned to complete your Level 3 qualification in Safety, Health & Environment.
This varied and exciting post is a great opportunity to gain valuable experience and knowledge with the potential of a permanent position, on completion of the qualification and having a great career with some really great prospects in an excellent organisation.
Skills that you will develop:
A good knowledge of H&S risk management and assist in the development, management, implementation and monitoring of the Safety Management System an
How to interpret and update systems according to changes in legislation or best practice
Implementation and development of the training programme, being able to communicate well and engage the audience with presentations and tools for training.
Assisting and/or manage the investigation of accidents, incidents, dangerous occurrences, near misses and other incidents with other colleagues.
plan and have systems in place to manage change during an activity relevant to the working environment.
Undertake workplace inspections and audits, create robust risk assessment
Support and advise our services with appropriate health, safety and environment advice in line with statutory, regulatory, legislation and good practice.
Recognising situations where the activity will benefit from contributions and expertise of other internal departments such as HR, Legal, Insurance or Occupational Health.
What you will bring
To be successful you must have:
Level 2 in Maths and English or Grade C and above GCSE
Level 1 ECDL or equivalent
Have excellent communication skills including through social media platforms
Full UK Driving Licence
Working for North Yorkshire County Council has great benefits, we offer Monday to Friday working with generous leave entitlement as well as bank holidays.
Retail, gym and leisure discounts, green car and technology salary sacrifice schemes to name but a few, see our Total Rewards Brochure for more information.
What we can offer
We can offer fantastic range of employee benefits including a competitive salary, generous leave entitlement, flexible working hours, a government pension scheme and access to our total rewards package which includes a variety of retail discounts.
Key Dates:
Closing date:
Sunday 12th March 2023
Shortlisting:13th & 14th March 2023
Interviews:
w/c:20th March 2023
Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent
Salary:
£21,189.00-£22,777.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexitime
- Free parking
- Onsite parking
- Store
