ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

It is essential that the candidate should be able to demonstrate the following criteria. Candidates will only be shortlisted if they can demonstrate that they meet all the essential requirements.

• Experience of working with senior managers and other key stakeholders across a range of service areas and / or organisations.
• Excellent communication skills using a range of media, with experience of communicating effectively and appropriately to a wide range of people to positively influence and support change.
• Experience of developing and implementing strategies, policies, procedures and decision making a large organisation, including the use of health, safety and wellbeing organisational data.
• Experience of effectively managing staff / a team (s) of staff at different levels with the ability to ensure work is carried out efficiently and effectively and that deadlines are met.
• Experience of effectively developing the skills and knowledge of others.
• Extensive knowledge of relevant legislation, guidance, policies and the ability to interpret and apply them consistently.
• Experience of analysing and interpreting varied and complex information or situations and producing appropriate health, safety and wellbeing solutions or strategies to difficult problems.
• Experience of interpreting and applying health, safety and wellbeing legislation and / or best practice in a large, complex organisation.
• Knowledge and experience of working with a range of IT systems.
• A good understanding of the legal, financial, political, and social factors affecting LCC and the organisations we support.
• Experience of reactive and pro-active monitoring in a large, complex organisation – including serious accident/incident investigations.
• Experience of developing and delivering training to a range of stakeholders.
• Experience of working within and interpreting financial policies and procedures ensuring value for money.
• Able to communicate appropriately with a wide range of people, through a variety of different methods.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As our next Health, Safety and Wellbeing Manager you’ll be a key part in helping us deliver and realise our ambitious Health, Safety, Wellbeing and Fire vision across Leeds. You’ll be part of something bigger and join us in achieving the Best City Ambition, working together as a Team for Leeds.
The role is integral to our HSWF Team, that is part of the Human Resources Team. We support over 24,000 staff (based in 5 Directorates and over 100 Leeds City Council schools) and have a traded service to over 150 other organisations. Our remit also covers protecting the people of Leeds who use over 500 different Leeds City Council services.
In this role you will work closely with directorate management/leadership teams, chief officers, service managers, leadership teams of schools and external organisations to identify issues and provide appropriate health, safety, and wellbeing solutions through strategic planning.
You will enable them to improve and ensure compliance with health, safety and wellbeing legislation and good practice, through the provision of effective guidance, advice, monitoring, review and challenge.
We are a caring and supportive Team, who want the best for and from our colleagues, and we are committed to developing each other to achieve the full potential of the Team and individuals within it.

THIS ROLE IS BASED IN THE UK. HOME OFFICE GUIDANCE STATES THAT CANDIDATES MUST EVIDENCE THEIR RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK PRIOR TO COMMENCING EMPLOYMENT, EITHER AS A UK OR IRISH CITIZEN, UNDER THE EU SETTLEMENT SCHEME OR HAVING SECURED ANY OTHER RELEVANT WORK VISA.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you’ll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying.

JOB PURPOSE:

The role of a Health, Safety and Wellbeing Manager is a varied one and includes providing the lead on Health, Safety and Wellbeing advice, support and strategies for one or more of our key workstreams. This includes, but is not limited to, the Directorates in LCC, Risk Management and Compliance across LCC, Training (internally and externally), LCC Schools, Traded Services, and Wellbeing.
In this role you will work closely with directorate management/leadership teams, chief officers, service managers, leadership teams of schools and external organisations to identify issues and provide appropriate health, safety and wellbeing solutions through strategic planning.
You will enable them to improve and ensure compliance with health, safety and wellbeing legislation and good practice, through the provision of effective guidance, advice, monitoring, review and challenge. Most importantly, this role fulfils that of one of the organisation’s ‘competent people’, pursuant to the statutory requirement to have access to professional and technical health, safety and wellbeing advice.

This will be done through;

• Building a rapport and establishing credibility with leadership teams and managers within allocated service areas on relevant health, safety, and wellbeing matters.
• Managing the delivery of allocated health, safety, and wellbeing services, as part of the wider HR team, to support leaders and managers - anticipating, influencing, and ultimately delivering against defined business needs;
• Providing advice, guidance and support to leaders and managers on health, safety and wellbeing and related matters including, well-being, occupational health and reducing sickness absence, identifying risks and opportunities, and working to produce creative and pragmatic solutions to issues raised.
• Supporting the Head of Health, Safety and Wellbeing to deliver excellent health, safety and wellbeing services across the council and to external organisations;
• Contributing to organisation-wide health, safety, and wellbeing (and related) projects and initiatives.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• To act as the lead, competent health, safety and wellbeing professional for one or more of our key workstreams working closely with senior managers to identify issues and provide appropriate solutions through effective planning. This includes, but is not limited to, Wellbeing, the Directorates in LCC, Risk Management and Compliance across LCC, Training (internally and externally), LCC Schools, and Traded Services.
• In your key work streams, to actively contribute to the development and achievement of LCCs Health, Safety and Wellbeing strategies and ensure the provision of proactive and positive intervention. This includes developing policies, procedures and systems that promote a best practice approach to Health, Safety and Wellbeing as part of embedding a robust, effective safety culture and safety management system across LCC and external organisations.
• Manage and ensure the provision of high-quality appropriate health, safety and wellbeing advice and support in your key workstreams, including ensuring the services provided are professional, effective and, where relevant, tradeable and competitive.
• To provide effective check, challenge and support to managers, stakeholders and external organisations to enable them meet legal, best practice and LCC standards and ensure continuous improvement.
• To provide high quality performance information to senior managers across LCC and external organisations, and the Head of Health, Safety and Wellbeing to enable assessment of compliance with health, safety and wellbeing in line with legal requirements, council standards and good practice.
• To manage and develop a team of health, safety and wellbeing advisors and support staff, and provide professional and technical support to council employees who are employed in a health, safety and wellbeing role outside of HR.
• To develop excellent relationships with key stakeholders, in particular managers at all levels, Trade Unions and external organisations. This would also include liaising with HM Inspectors of the Health and Safety Executive and other enforcement bodies as necessary.
• To ensure effective health, safety and wellbeing information and training is available to all stakeholders in LCC and relevant external organisations.
• To co-ordinate and/or contribute to council wide initiatives and projects, especially those that involve a health, safety and wellbeing agenda.
• To manage or support the management of the budget for the provision of services within your key work streams.
• To have excellent communication skills, with experience in building collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders including senior managers, Trade Unions, colleagues, and partner organisations to understand future challenges and to deliver effective workforce solutions.
• To keep abreast of legislation, case law and developments in health and safety and professional practice and communicate developments and relevant information within the Directorate as required.
• The duties outlined are not meant as an exhaustive list and will also comprise any other duties within the spirit of the post commensurate with the job evaluation outcome for this post.
  Qualifications NEBOSH Diploma Level 6, or equivalent level qualifications for at least one of the key workstreams, and significant relevant knowledge and experience within one or more of the HSW key workstreams.

As our next Health, Safety and Wellbeing Manager you will bring to the role:

• A NEBOSH Diploma Level 6, or equivalent level qualifications, and significant relevant knowledge and experience of managing and improving HSW performance in a large organisation.
• Experience of working with senior managers and other key stakeholders across a range of service areas and / or organisations.
• Excellent communication skills using a range of media, with experience of communicating effectively and appropriately to a wide range of people to positively influence and support change.
• Experience of developing and implementing strategies, policies, procedures and decision making a large organisation, including the use of health, safety and wellbeing organisational data.
• Experience of effectively managing staff / a team (s) of staff at different levels with the ability to ensure work is carried out efficiently and effectively and that deadlines are met.
• Extensive knowledge of relevant legislation, guidance, policies and the ability to interpret and apply them consistently in a large, complex organisation.
• Experience of analysing and interpreting varied and complex information or situations and producing appropriate health, safety and wellbeing solutions or strategies to difficult problems.
• Experience of developing and delivering training to a range of stakeholders