This is a remote position covering a large geographical area across the UK, so a clean driving license and car is essential.

We develop and run villages with the wow factor that enhance the lives of our owners, their family and their friends. Through our two brands, Mayfield Villages and Audley Villages, we offer stylish apartments and houses complete with the best facilities from bistros and bars, to health clubs and swimming pools. And, of course, exceptional service throughout. What's more, through our dedicated care teams we provide owners as well as customers out in the local community with the support they need to remain independent. It's retirement, but not as the UK has known it.

Role Purpose

The Health & Safety Advisor will be responsible for supporting the implementation the Health and Safety Strategy, under the ISO 45001 Occupational health and safety management system and culture within Audley. Work with our Operations Team and Facilities Managers to deliver safe systems of work, H&S solutions (including some training) consistency and visible support to the Villages and Care Teams.

The Health and Safety Adviser will support the Health & Safety Manager to create, communicate and drive a robust and interactive HSE culture through the business, positively impacting on preventing accidents and incidents, reducing insurance claims and contributing to the achievement of current objectives and targets.

Principal Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• Support the Health & Safety Manager in developing and maintaining all elements of the Audley Group Health and Safety Management System and ongoing compliance with ISO 45001 across the business
• Support the development and proactive HSE service throughout the business, with a focus on compliant, commercial, and practical cost-effective solutions
• Coordinate the activities of HSE FM Operations teams to support consistent local aims and objectives
• To undertake and revise operational risk assessments and introduce risk reduction strategies; and where required build these strategies into the Safety Management System
• Undertake an internal audit and inspection programme to ensure compliance to both HSE standards ISO Standard and group requirements, with the ability to demonstrate continual improvements in the business
• Support the implementation of change initiatives in relation to HSE where necessary and embed Audley values and propositions
• Maintain knowledge of all applicable legislation and industry standards and notify management of implications, trends, and best practice
• To provide information, technical specialist advice and guidance in line with current UK Health and Safety Legislation
• To liaise, on behalf of the Health & Safety Manager, with external enforcement agencies in relation to health & safety, food safety and fire compliance matters
• Promote HSE best practice and consistency within the Operations teams and across the business
• Contribute to the compilation of HSE Performance Management Reports, highlighting trends and issues, and support the Health & Safety Manager to devise improvement measures as appropriate
• Report and escalate any apparent deficiencies in management systems of work, work activities or equipment that may result in failure of service delivery or risk to health and safety or the environment to Health & Safety Manager
• To monitor and where necessary investigate accidents / dangerous occurrences. Actively seek measures to prevent reoccurrence, to produce a reduction in accident numbers.
• Collate and input data on the bi-annual fire risk assessment, evacuation, and training programme

Key Skills & Requirements:

• The ideal candidate will be an experienced Health & Safety Advisor within a multisite environment, with a NEBOSH Diploma with Technical or QHSE qualification at NVQ Level3 or above
• The candidate will Ideally hold or be working towards Tech IOSH level / CIEH
• Knowledge and experience of legislative requirements such as COSHH, Fire Safety, Food safety, Health & Safety, and Safeguarding of customers
• Strong communication skills including influential to organisation stakeholders, external partnerships, and internal teams
• Experience of developing a high compliance culture advising, coaching, and training individuals
• Must be able to write clearly and succinctly in a logical and structured way – incident and management reports
• Must have good analysis and IT skills to produce practical solutions to a range of problems

Other

• To capture and reflect the organisation values throughout by aligning workstreams and methodologies
• As this role covers a large geographical area you must be a car driver with a full clean driving licence with business travel insurance and be able to travel, with overnight stays where necessary

Audley Group is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. See also ‘DE&I policy/statement’ 

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