Head of Health and Safety
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What you'll do
- Develop a customer-focused service that is responsive and flexible with regard to a variety of customer needs and delivered to a high standard.
- Identify clear objectives for service delivery, including management of risk, and develop and performance manage relevant action plans to ensure effective and efficient implementation
- Assess political pressures and agendas on service delivery and tailor plans/activity accordingly
- Pursue best practice and value for money within the Service through the establishment of effective systems of target setting, performance management and procurement
- Effectively manage the Service budget, ensuring spending within agreed limits
- Manage and develop a team of professional officers and/or supervisory staff
What they're looking for
- Leadership/management qualification and/or significant leadership/management experience
- NEBOSH certification or willingness to work towards.
- Chartered member of IOSH
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Full description from employer
Head of Health and Safety
Location - North East Wales
Duration - Interim for 3-4 months initially however this will be reviewed with the potential to extend further
Day rate - Negotiable depending on experience
Monday - Friday - 37.5 hours a week
Sellick Partnership are supporting a public sector organisation with the recruitment of a Head of Health and Safety to provide operational leadership and strategic oversight on Health and Safety, environmental and sustainability matters, ensuring the effective management of risk, compliance with statutory obligations, incident management, resilience planning and the delivery of a positive safety and sustainability culture across all activities.
Key responsibilities for the Head of Health and Safety
- Develop a customer-focused service that is responsive and flexible with regard to a variety of customer needs and delivered to a high standard.
- Identify clear objectives for service delivery, including management of risk, and develop and performance manage relevant action plans to ensure effective and efficient implementation
- Assess political pressures and agendas on service delivery and tailor plans/activity accordingly
- Pursue best practice and value for money within the Service through the establishment of effective systems of target setting, performance management and procurement
- Effectively manage the Service budget, ensuring spending within agreed limits
- Manage and develop a team of professional officers and/or supervisory staff
Key areas of Knowledge & Experience
- Demonstrable experience of successful partnership and multi-agency working
- Experience of applying risk management in setting strategy and in identifying and managing principal risks to achievement of objectives
- Experience of successful project management and delivering services to set standards
- Succesful track record of communicating with stakeholders and partners
Qualifications
- Leadership/management qualification and/or significant leadership/management experience
- NEBOSH certification or willingness to work towards.
- Chartered member of IOSH
If you feel you are well suited to the role or would like to discuss it further, please apply or contact Josh Meek at Sellick Partnership Ltd Derby office
Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website.
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