Lead Health & Safety Officer

Job Title: Lead Health & Safety Officer Rate of Pay: ?19.85 Hours: 37 hours per week Location: Sandwell Council House, Freeth Street, Oldbury, B69 3DE / Hybrid Start Date: ASAP Contract type: Agency

Job Description and Personnel Specification are attached, which also provides more information above the role.

Brief description:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead Health and Safety Officer to join the Quality and Safety Team in Adult Social Care at Sandwell Council. This is a time-limited role and will be to support and work alongside the existing Lead Health and Safety Officer on assessing and promoting health and safety compliance in commissioned social care provision, for example, in care homes and day centres.

Applicants with the necessary qualification are encouraged to apply. Please see the Job Description & Personnel Specification for more details.

Post requirements: o N.E.B.O.S.H Certificate, N.E.B.O.S.H. Diploma (or studying towards) or NVQ in Occupational Health and Safety Practice (Level 4). o Minimum 3 years as a practising health and safety adviser. o Able to demonstrate good written and verbal communication skills. o Experience of delivering health and safety training courses. o Experience of developing health and safety policies and procedures. o A detailed knowledge of health and safety legislation, and its impact/implementation. o Sound knowledge of auditing health and safety management systems.

This post requires an Enhanced Adults DBS.

Please can agencies send over a CV, 2x up to date references and a copy of Terms and Conditions. You must include your agency on cost details to each submission. Stated rates must be inclusive of all known costs. Please note this advert is also out with our Master Vendor You will receive further information regarding invoice terms if your candidate is appointed to this role. Invoices must be sent electronically on a weekly basis to [email protected] along with your workers authorised timesheet supplied by your agency. Payments are then released 14 days from the date of the invoice. The Council will be using the In-tend e-Tendering System for this Procurement opportunity, please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc to access the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal. From here you will be able to register your company, express an interest in the opportunity, and gain immediate access to the related documents. To submit your documents, you will be required to opt in. For a Step by Step user guide to the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal please click on the `Guidance for Suppliers` section of the website. All procurement responses must be carried out via the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal. If you require further assistance in respect of the system, please contact the In-tend support team on 0844 272 8810.

Closing Date: Friday 8th September ...

Additional information: The Quotation Document(s) will be made available to suppliers who Express Interest on the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Tendering Portal. To access the portal please click the following link https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc

You will be required to log into an existing account or register a new one. Once logged in, from the top menu bar click on 'Tenders' to list all the current opportunities. Once you have found the relevant opportunity you should click on 'View Details' in order to Express Interest.

Closing date for submission of quotations is Friday 8th September 2023 at 17:00pm

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No