Job Description

Proposed interview date: Week Commencing 26 May 2025

Closing Date: Thursday 15 May 2025

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: 32,437.03 - 40,358.57 per year (pay award pending)

Working Pattern: 36 hours per week

Location: Fife House and Home Working

Supporting Statement

As part of your application, you must provide us with a

Supporting Statement

or CV which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. .

If possible, please indicate which post you are interested in.

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Without a Supporting Statement, your application may not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement or CV at the section marked 'upload resume'.

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Job Details

The post in the Human Resources Service is a full-time permanent position within the Health & Safety and People Analytics Team helping us to support those that are delivering essential services to the community. This includes supporting managers with the implementation of the Council's Health and Safety policies, processes, the Health and Safety Management Framework and legal obligations. You will be responsible for supporting the HR Service Manager and Lead Officers in influencing the health and safety culture and ensuring compliance with all aspects of health and safety legislation and encouraging industry best practice.


The Team supports a wide range of front-line services directly or in liaison with H&S colleagues in Education, Finance & Corporate Services, Health & Social Care Partnership, Communities (Housing, Communities and Neighbourhoods, Customer & online Services) Place, Roads, Building Services, Facilities Management to name just a few. You will take an active role supporting, enabling, and engaging with your nominated Service(s) and have the opportunity to lead on specific risk areas health and safety priorities and share your relevant experience.


Remits are flexible to respond to the Council priorities and the team work supportively to cover 'duty' roles. These experiences, in addition to opportunities you will be given, will enable and further your development.


You will:


provide professional health and safety advice to support Directorates/Services/Business units, working closely with managers and employees in avoiding, reducing, and managing health and safety risks and supporting with practical solutions.


conduct site visits.


provide support on incident investigations


pro-actively monitor, audit and review health and safety arrangements


lead and provide advice on specialist professional topic areas ensuring guidance is available and resources identified to enable compliance with statutory and where possible specific industry sector best practice


have experience in working with external stakeholders and other agencies (HSE, Care Inspectorate, Police Scotland, Scottish Fire & Rescue Service, SEPA)


Responsibilities

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To be successful in this role you will be a focal point, and take personal responsibility for H&S excellence, working with managers and non-specialists to facilitate informed decision making aimed at maximising H&S performance and minimising injury and ill-health. You will provide health and safety advice and direction, in a range of formal settings (e.g., Consultation Forums, H&S Service-level Working Groups, Management Team/Performance Monitoring and Review Groups, Corporate (cross service) Risk Assessment Groups or Task Groups. You will provide support and guidance promoting a culture where H&S is equal to other competing priorities.


You will be responsible for identification, development, design, implementation and introduction of initiatives, training, and solutions to deliver compliance and continuous improvement in health and safety performance.


Providing support to Directorates/Services/Business units in maintaining adherence to policy objectives, the requirements of the Council's Health and Safety Management (Framework) System and associated corporate and local performance objectives.


Reporting H&S performance to leaders and managers including the achievement of related targets and objectives ensuring that outputs are robust, functional and concise.


As an experienced H&S professional you will be supporting and mentoring less experienced colleagues and members of Working/Specialist Groups tasked with implementing improvements, introducing new methods or developing local action plans, etc

The Person

You will be enthusiastic, have good communication skills, good IT and report writing skills and be an effective and supportive team player. Your experience in devising, delivering, and implementing pragmatic and proportionate solutions, in compliance with statutory requirements and best practice will be shared willingly to support the development of colleagues.


You will evidence a comprehensive, practical knowledge and experience of health and safety risk in one or more industry sectors (e.g. construction, manufacturing, motor vehicle repair, education, engineering, social care) or in a related discipline (e.g. occupational hygiene, behavioural safety, ergonomics and human factors, occupational health provision, etc.)


You will be educated to at least SCQF level 7, which includes NEBOSH General Certificate. Ideally you will be educated to SCQF level 8, which includes NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent). Postholders who do not hold the NEBOSH Diploma, (or equivalent), on appointment will be required to obtain the full Diploma within 3 years of appointment to the role to fully enable generic and lead specialist working

Before confirming to your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.

Further Information

Role Profile -

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How We Work Matters -

Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters behaviour framework for more information.

Employee Benefits -

Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services

Directorate Information -

Council Department information

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We are currently shaping our future workstyles however, in light of current advice, we are introducing blended home/office working that will include office access days each week with homeworking for the remainder of your working time.

For more information, please contact: Graham Arnott, Graham.arnott@fife.gov.uk