Purpose of the post
•Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
•Supporting Health and Safety Advisors to ensure that departments comply with health and safety legal requirements by advising, audit work and inspections. Also to work on other projects for the Service Manager as required.
Responsibility for functions
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Main duties
•Contributing towards the development and revision of departmental Health and Safety policies as needed.
•Operating as a member of Health and Safety Forums as needed.
•Conducting work place visits to monitor compliance with health and safety requirements.
•Assisting Health and Safety Advisors in ensuring that the service provided by departments comply with health and safety legislation and the council’s health and safety policies.
•Assisting in developing, verifying and maintaining health and safety management systems for relevant departments in accordance with the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) guidelines.
•Assisting with inspections in accordance with the HSE’s guidelines.
•Preparing and maintaining information, correspondence, minutes and reports in a timely manner, in accordance with health and safety legislation requirements.
•Assisting in preparing and developing plans for specific contracts.
•Contributing towards corporate projects / work in other departments as required by the Health and Safety Manager (such as health and safety systems; audits; risk assessment database; lone working system).
•Providing guidance and support in relation to identifying and assessing risks by:
oProviding generic models of relevant assessments.
oContributing to relevant training (on risk assessment procedures).
oChecking risk assessments created by services/units.
oAssist with the implantation and monitor the risk assessment database.
oContributing towards establishing and operating a system to monitor risk assessments.
•Assisting in identifying health and safety training needs for staff where relevant and undertake staff training.
•Assisting the relevant Health and Safety Advisor in investigating accidents and dangerous occurrences.
•Recording detailed information on the accident reporting procedure for Statutory Bodies and to draw up accident statistics as requested.
•Co-ordinate and organize meetings such as Health and Safety Forums.
•Set agendas, prepare minutes and distribute relevant information for various meetings.
•Work on behalf of the relevant Health and Safety Advisor in his/her absence
•Responsibility for self-development.
•Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council’s Health and Safety Policy.
•Operate within the Council’s policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality.
•Responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council’s information management guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
•Commitment to reducing the Council’s carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council’s Carbon Footprint.
•Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
•Responsibility to report any worry or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused
Special circumstances
•On some occasions there will be a need to work unsociable hours.