Health and Safety Officer – Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service

About the role:
We are looking for an experienced Health and Safety Officer, who will be able to apply their health and safety expertise to controlling the wide range of hazards faced by RBFRS staff, which include frontline firefighting roles, office-based roles and staff working within our communities.
The Health and Safety Officer will be an integral member of the Health, Safety and Wellbeing Team, reporting to the Health, Safety and Wellbeing Manager they will provide competent health and safety advice, guidance and support to staff at all levels of the organisation and promote a positive health and safety culture.
The successful candidate is expected to work from service headquarters in Calcot, Reading weekly and to regularly visit fire stations across Berkshire. In line with our flexible working policy, this can be balanced with working from home, dependent on organisational and team requirements, to support a good work / life balance.

The key focus of this role (Key Responsibilities and Deliverables) is:

• Assists in the development and maintenance of the RBFRS Health and Safety Management System to ensure that RBFRS conforms to current and prospective health and safety legislation.
• Undertake and develop risk assessments when required and provide competent advice, guidance and support in the risk assessment process, to all members of the Service,
• Support the review of accident investigations and following up on recommendations with other department managers to completion
• To represent the department and give competent advice and solutions regarding organisational projects / activities.
• Maintain and analyse data and produce monthly and ad hoc reports.
• Write and review internal health and safety policies and documentation.
• Undertake and contribute to H&S projects.
• Take part in external Southeast Region peer review audits and internal audits

Key role requirements (knowledge, skills and experience):

• NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety or equivalent
• Technical Membership of IOSH (Tech IOSH)
• At least one year’s previous health and safety advisory experience within an organisation (a requirement of Tech IOSH membership)
• Excellent written communication skills, including reports and policy
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships and communicate with people at all levels
• Able to manage workloads to meet deadlines and be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities and needs