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Head of Corporate Service

Employer
Hammersmith & Fulham London Borough Council
Location
Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater)
Salary
Up to £75,558 plus prp, per annum
Closing date
3 Mar 2019

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We want to be the best council.  We are proud of our achievements to date but our intention is to push the boundaries of convention, doing things with our residents rather than to them.  We will deliver new approaches to serve and support those who depend on us and we are looking for talented people to help us achieve our future ambitions.

This is an exciting opportunity to be a leader in the field of Corporate Safety.

A leader to drive the Corporate Safety agenda in Hammersmith and Fulham.

Strategic accountability and strong partnership capability to drive a high achieving safety culture.

Responsible for the effective leadership, management, and operation of Corporate Safety systems.

Role Responsibilities:

  • Profile the organisation’s health and safety risks, control measures, assurances and gaps to inform the business planning process and corporate risk register.
  • Act as the legally competent person and professional adviser to the Chief Executive and Strategic Leadership Team of all Council departments on all aspects of health, safety and welfare which may affect the Council’s services.  In particular, from a corporate and strategic management perspective, offer support and guidance to each department.  Propose and implement practical solutions to improve the Council’s health and safety performance.
  • Manage a team of Corporate Health and Safety officers to monitor health and safety compliance across the organisation.
  • Develop performance criteria and monitoring systems for corporate health and safety performance. Verify, monitor and analyse the results.
  • Undertake regular audits across all departments of all risk assessments and paperwork, ensuring corrective action is taken on any significant or uncontrolled hazards. 
  • Carry out quality assurance and consistency checks to ensure that systems are implemented uniformly throughout the Council.
  • Prepare routine health and safety reports to the Management Team on the Council’s overall health and safety performance.  Include an analysis of the performance of individual directorates as well as a corporate overview of achievements. Produce exception reports as required to relevant directorates and Senior Management Team.
  • Assume responsibility for ensuring that safety management systems in all directorates, Facilities Management and third- party providers (e.g. waste management) are suitable and sufficient by carrying out thorough safety inspections and audits of all Council activities, work-stations, equipment, working practices and premises.  Ensure that all investigations undertaken comply with good safety practice and statutory requirements.  Ensure there is effective co-ordination and document control for all safety audits and risk assessments.
  • Manage the gas safety warrant officer and safety management process to enforce access to ensure gas safety compliance in housing properties where entry is denied.
  • Co-ordinate and compile corporate statistics of accidents, including dangerous occurrences and violent incidents.  Ensure they are analysed, interpreted and reported to the Management Board and the Committee for Health and Safety (MCC), making appropriate recommendations for any action that may be required.
  • Ensure that departmental leads arrange for reportable accidents, dangerous occurrences and violent incidents to be investigated, engaging specialist advice as necessary.  Report the results, together with any recommendations, to the Safety Committee. 
  • Lead on the presentation of appropriate information for health and safety consultation purposes.  Encourage and advise Business Groups on suitable training programmes for the continuing education of staff on health and safety related matters.
  • Ensure that at appropriate intervals each directorate reviews its working practices and implements any necessary changes.  Ensure that operational and/or policy guidelines and other support materials are prepared to help ensure that compliance with all health and safety requirements is achieved.
  • Direct, advise, liaise and consult with directors, managers and staff on health and safety matters as necessary.

Contact details for an informal discussion: Joanna Robinson, Head of Technical Support on 020 8753 1514 or via email on joanna.robinson@lbhf.gov.uk

To discover more and apply, please click the 'apply' button below.

Closing date: 3rd March 2019.

Interview date: 22nd March 2019.

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