Assistant Director - Health, Safety, Facilities & Fleet - #64909

About The Role

We’re looking for a senior and credible Health & Safety expert to set, monitor and maintain health and safety strategy and policy throughout the organisation. You will be a trusted source of advice and support to all areas of the business including the Board and Executive and will provide assurance to the Board and CEO on matters relating to Paradigm’s management of H&S related risk. Just as importantly, you will approach H&S in a collaborative way, with credibility and exceptional business partnering skills.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Leading the Health & Safety function; setting monitoring and maintaining H&S strategy and policy
• Acting as the Competent Person for the organisation
• Leading and motivating the H&S, Facilities and Fleet teams
• Being the voice of H&S to the Board, Audit & Risk Committee and the Executive
• Promoting a safety culture and best practice in safety management, offering practical guidance, expert advice and support to managers and team members
• Providing assurance to Executive and Board for property, employee and customer H&S related areas on a programmed and ad hoc basis to ensure compliance with all appropriate legislative and other standards
• Staying up to date with new legislation, analysing the impact this may have on our operations and Corporate Risk rating
• Providing assurance on organisational compliance, ensuring that the CEO and Board are alerted to any issues which might be a cause for concern or a source of organisational risk
• Leading Facilities management across the business
• Leading the Fleet team responsible for ensuring the roadworthiness of around 200 light commercial vehicles
  
  

Our Ideal Candidate

We are looking for a candidate with extensive experience of H&S policy, strategy setting and oversight along with an appropriate qualification such as CIMIOSH or equivalent and considerable experience in an H&S environment.

We Are Looking For Someone Who Can Demonstrate

• The ability to inspire, develop and motivate a team and create a culture of effective collaboration and excellence across the business
• Strong relationship management skills and ability to exercise positive influence at all levels in the organisation
• The ability to think strategically in order to provide assurance on overall systems and processes to Executive team and Board members
• Sound professional judgement in decision making employing risk management principles
• High level of numeracy and experience of using systems to generate high quality management information
• Experience of managing complex risk frameworks including establishing effective controls
• Exceptional communication skills with an appreciation of our diverse customer group
• A positive approach to improving processes
  
  

Please note this vacancy is being managed by our partner Signet Resources and all direct applications will be forwarded to the Signet team for consideration.

Candidates should take the time to read all the elements of this job advert carefully Please make your application promptly.

We are Paradigm Housing Group.

We manage more than 15,000 homes across the South East.

We know that house prices in the areas where we work are high, both to buy and rent. We want to help more people have a safe and sustainable home that they can afford.

As a charity, the money we make goes into building new homes and providing an excellent service for residents.