Safety, Health - Northallerton, United Kingdom - North Yorkshire County Council

North Yorkshire County Council

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Northallerton, United Kingdom

3 days ago

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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

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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?_
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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._

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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.

as North Yorkshire County Council and 7 other district councils join together to create a new unitary council.

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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.
Work with the team and develop good relationships with employees at all levels working with others in a collaborative way
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.

Please see our total rewards brochure for more information.

Contact & Apply
If you have any questions about this role, we will welcome you to contact us for an informal conversation. Please contact Stuart Langston on

Key Dates:

Closing date:
Sunday 12th March 2023***
Shortlisting:13th & 14th March 2023

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