Health & Safety Coordinator

Health & Safety Coordinator Location: Hybrid and Didsbury, Manchester Salary: £37,998.00 per annum Full time / 35 hours per week / Permanent Southway Housing Trust is a community-based, "not for profit" housing organisation, based in Didsbury. We manage and 6,000 homes in neighbourhoods in South Manchester and beyond. We are inspired by our communities. We care about the people in our neighbourhoods. We are committed to constantly improving services, and work in partnership with our tenants so that we can be successful together. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Health & Safety Co-ordinator to ensure that several of our activities comply with legislation and demonstrate best practice. They include: * A Direct Labour workforce that carries out repairs and maintenance at our tenants' homes. * An ambitious Development programme. * Facilities Management services at residential schemes * Customer events in our communities The successful applicant will: * Act as the competent person as required by the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999. * Be the operational lead for the organisation's compliance with its statutory health and safety responsibilities. * Work with our Health and Safety consultants to ensure the highest standards of Health and Safety are maintained. * Identify and prepare risk assessments to address relevant Health and Safety issues. * Be responsible for health and safety monitoring and training across the organisation. Ideally you will have a good working knowledge of Health and Safety within social housing, student housing or a similar field with experience of construction, development and repairs and maintenance. You will have a suitable qualification, such as Nebosh (or equivalent). We offer a 35-hour week, competitive salary, excellent contributory pension scheme, 25 days holiday increasing to 30 days and a host of other benefits including flexible working. Closing Date: 20 May 2024 Interview Date: w/c 3 June 2024 To apply please visit our website at (url removed)/about-us/jobs-careers/ For an informal conversation about the role please e-mail Matthew Maouati at Strictly no agencies. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from suitably skilled people from all sectors of the community. All applicants who have a disability or from an ethnic minority background or ex armed forces that meet the minimum essential criteria for the post will be invited to interview. If you have a disability or are ex armed forces, please tell us about this on your application form. Please let us know about any special arrangements you would like us to make if you are invited in for an interview. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from suitably skilled people from all sectors of the community. All applicants who have a disability or are ex armed forces that meet the minimum essential criteria for the post will be invited to interview. If you have a disability or are ex armed forces, please tell us about this on your application form and please let us know about any special arrangements you would like us to make if you are invited in for an interview