Safety Advisor
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Membership of Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (MIOSH) or working towards i.e. GradIOSH
- Practical approach to health and safety management
- Knowledge of health and safety systems – HS(G)65 / ISO45001
- Experience of working with and influencing Senior Leadership Teams
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development
- Use of IT systems including eSAFETY, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the Police Service
- Chartered Membership of Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (CMIOSH)
- Membership of the Institute of Fire Engineers (TIFireE).
Personal qualities
- Proactive and practical approach to health and safety management
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships
- Creative and driven to deliver
- Excellent communication skills
- The ability to influence and challenge constructively
- The ability to plan and prioritise your own workload to meet deadlines
- Customer focused.
Education and qualifications
- NEBOSH Diploma / NVQ 4 in Occupational Safety and Health
- Fire Safety Qualification (including Fire Risk Assessment).
Hours of Work and Flexibility:
- Working outside of standard office hours will be required on occasion
- There will be a requirement to travel throughout Force area
- To be available for contact out of hours from the FCC on rare occasions to meet the exigencies of duty.
Appointment to this role will be dependent upon successfully passing vetting and medical checks, which may include a drugs test and if required a fitness test.
West Midlands Police are currently undertaking a long term review of staff pay and conditions. The grade, pay and other terms of employment are therefore subject to review and may change in the future.
West Midlands Police is a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment we operate a ‘Disability Confident Interview Scheme’ - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.
It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. In these circumstances, the employer could select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job, as they would do for non-disabled applicants.
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