Health & Safety Manager - Tovil, United Kingdom - Kent Fire & Rescue Service

Kent Fire & Rescue Service

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Tovil, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS)has an exciting opportunity available for a
Health & Safety Manager to join our team in
Maidstone, with hybrid working available.You will join us on a
full-time, permanent basis,and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of
£45,151 - £50,440 per annum.

Being a part of Kent Fire and Rescue Service
Everyone is unique. Everyone has value. Everyone helps to make Kent Fire and Rescue Service a great place to work. We are one team. Together with our customers, we are creating a safer future for Kent and Medway.

About the role:

As a
Health & Safety Manager, you will work with senior managers to set the health and safety agenda for both operational response and day to day work activities.

You will seek out emerging trends that could impact colleagues working inKFRS. Working with the Health and Wellbeing Manager you will help promote positive cultural values and behaviours.

As our Health & Safety Manager, you will be responsible for:

Building and maintaining trusted relationships with stakeholders to influence and promote good health and safety practice
Monitoring, reviewing and engaging with policies, procedures, investigations and audits to ensure compliance with the Health and Safety Framework
Managing and leading the Health & Safety Advisers
Analysing and interpreting data to help compile reports on accidents, trends and recommendations
Identifying, coordinating and carrying out health and safety training to cover all aspects

What we're looking for in our Health & Safety Manager:

Knowledge of Health & Safety Legislation and implementation of such legislation within the workplace
Ability to plan and prioritise work activities to respond to dynamic issues as well as set deadlines
The leadership skills to guide, support and motivate staff
NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety, or similar relevant qualification
Risk assessment experience in all health and safety areas including for example Manual Handling, COSHH, Display Screen Equipment, Noise, etc

Closing date:
Tuesday 17th January 2023
Interviews will take place on
10th, 13th and 14th February 2023

Please note that as part of the selection process you will be required to give a presentation during the interview.
If you feel have the skills and experience to become our
Health & Safety Manager please click '
apply' today, we'd love to hear from you

Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We know that great minds don't think alike, so we rely on diverse thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and backgrounds to create the best working environment that we can possibly offer._
Kent Fire and Rescue Service, its employees, and volunteers are committed to safeguarding, protecting, and supporting children, young people, and adults at risk. As part of our safer recruitment process, we will undertake preemployment checks to verifyyour suitability for the role. These checks will include your references and a standard or enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Enhanced DBS check with barred lists are carried out for roles with direct and unsupervised access to children,young people, and adults at risk. Risk assessments will be undertaken on any disclosures identified as part of the preemployment checks. _