Head of Health & Safety

Adecco's specialist Property Services Division are proud to have been commissioned to partner with Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (JRHT) to assist them in recruiting a permanent Head of Health & Safety for their Asset Management division on to work out of their offices located in York.

JRHT is a provider of housing and care, managing around 2,500 homes across York, North Yorkshire, and parts of the Northeast.

Together with their parent company The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), they are a charity that strives to inspire the delivery of social change, they form the JRF-JRHT Group with a proud history and heritage stretching back more than 100 years.

Job purpose

• Take the lead role developing and maintaining JRHT's approach to Health and Safety and compliance.
• To be JRHT's Competent Person in respect of Health and Safety matters.
• To develop and maintain a positive organisational culture in respect of Health and Safety including through effective training, relationships and promotion of the benefits of good practice.
• Provide the Board and any sub-committees with ongoing assurance (from a variety of sources) that Health and Safety risks are being managed well.

Candidate Requirements

• Provide the Board and any sub-committees with ongoing assurance (from a variety of sources) that Health and Safety risks are being managed well.
• Fully qualified membership of IOSH.
• At least 10 years' experience leading health and safety at strategic level in an organisation of comparable size and scope and similar levels of risk and regulation with a deep and evolving knowledge of developments in health, safety and wellbeing.
• Highly developed abilities in the management of risk and development of corporate, long-term solutions and governance structures.
• Considerable experience of reporting to, and working with, directors and senior managers with evidenced ability to persuade key stakeholders of the need for and the merits of improvement and change.
• A proven track record of delivering significant improvement.
• Evidence of successfully working with key stakeholders such as the HSE and local authority regulatory officers
• Experience of identifying and assessing the business need for, and leading on the delivery of, change programmes.
• Approachable with demonstrable coaching and mentoring skills.
• Customer-focussed and committed to providing a high-quality service.
• Proven leadership and team building skills with an inclusive, collaborative style.

Benefits of working here

• We strive to make everyone feel able to be themselves at work, feel supported and enjoy a healthy work life balance.
• £63,572 per annum
• Excellent defined contribution pension scheme with employer contributions of 6%
• Real living wage employer
• 33 days holidays (incl. bank holidays) - plus option to buy or sell more
• Discount packages with over 800 retailers eg shopping, utilities and leisure
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Health care cash plan
• Low cost employee loans & saving accounts with Leeds Credit Union
• Cycle to work schemes
• Employee Assistance programme (giving completely confidential care, support and advice when you need it 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.)
• Season Ticket Travel Loan
• Give as you earn scheme
• Eye care vouchers
• Free onsite parking
• Excellent training and development

To discuss the finer points of this fantastic opportunity please don't hesitate to contact me directly (see below) to book in a conversation.