Health and Safety Adviser

UK Ministry of Defense • Lyndhurst, NJ

363d • £39,135 - £42,133

About The Position

Are you looking for a new challenge? We have an exciting opportunity to join our Health, Safety and Technical Training Team as a Health and Safety Adviser. The Health, Safety and Technical Training (HSTT) team has a focus on managing risks to our staff, volunteers, contractors and visitors. Ensuring competence at all levels including operator, management and leadership skills. HSTT work closely with function heads, team leaders and staff groups to evaluate compliance, health and safety priorities and training needs across the organisation. Forestry England manages the public forest estate on behalf of the Forestry Commission in England. The 254,000-hectare estate is the largest single landholding in the country, comprising over 15,000 separate properties, including some of the finest woodlands, forest and open land in England, a wide range of housing and commercial property and a variety of recreation/leisure businesses. The properties are spread across England with management centred on 6 Forest Districts, supported by specialist business units and the National Office teams. You would be joining a family of approximately 1,200 colleagues and approximately 3,000 volunteers working across a broad range of roles to help us manage the estate, spanning forestry and land management, timber harvesting, property development, recreation and events and the management of 27 visitor centres.

Requirements

• Experience of leading a team and demonstrating strong health and safety commitment.
• Experience of building strong working relationships to support problem solving, working through challenges and developing alternative strategies to overcome concerns.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in health and safety practice.
• Ability to use a range of Microsoft Office software packages.

Nice To Haves

• A good understanding of technical forestry, land management and countryside recreation.
• Experience of working closely with stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes.
• A minimum of 2 years experience working in forestry or similar outdoor settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide competent health and safety advice and support across the organisation.
• Help ensure Forestry England staff and partners meet relevant duties and legislation.
• Apply best practice and support improving our health and safety culture.
• Support line managers embedding health and safety arrangements with their teams by attending/holding regular support visits, demonstrations, toolbox talks, problem-solving and coaching, ensuring solutions are implemented quickly for hazards identified.
• Work with national teams to support applying health and safety policy, procedures, systems, and processes.
• Support developing and implementing corporate risk assessments.
• Develop and review new and existing health and safety policies, procedures and guidance by consulting managers and staff involved in relevant tasks and processes.
• Support line managers to have good quality incident investigations, identifying lessons learned for sharing and implementing.
• Provide coaching and support to managers and staff to implement health and safety systems including Airsweb, Peoplesafe, WorkRite, CoSHH and others where necessary.
• Develop and introduce ways of communicating and engaging people on health and safety matters relevant to different audiences, using a range of techniques that are inclusive.
• Support developing and implementing new initiatives.
• Support health and safety governance arrangements by contributing to relevant groups, committees, and networks.
• Develop and conduct health and safety audits, providing recommendations for improvement and identifying best practice.

Benefits

• Salary of £39,135 - £42,133.
• Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
• 25 days holiday a year, raising by one day every years service, up to 30 days (pro-rated for part time employees) plus additional days off such as bank holidays.
• Employee benefits scheme offering discounts on everyday supermarket shopping, hotel stays, clothes, mobile phones, medical and car insurance, holidays, gym discounts, household bills, Headspace wellbeing app.
• Free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury.
• Commitment to lifelong learning through career development, including continual professional development, support for individual learning plans and sponsored membership of professional bodies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees