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The Vacancy
(37 hours, Monday to Friday)
We are brave, we are ambitious, we are honest, and we are Citizen!
Citizen Housing is looking to appoint a highly experienced Health and Safety leader. This is an exceptional Health and Safety opportunity not to be missed.
Responsibilities:
Set the health and safety strategy and plans for all corporate and operational services.
Develop a world-class safety culture, support the implementation and on-going development of the health and safety management system.
Oversee the health and safety of all corporate sites and facilities.
Support the Health and Safety committees, conduct audits, investigate accidents and produce reports.
Oversee and maintain Citizen’s operational emergency plan.
Act as Citizen’s competent person for Health and Safety.
Experience, Skills and Qualifications:
NEBOSH Diploma or an equivalent level qualification
First-class leadership and stakeholder management experience
Property/Facilities/Construction experience (desirable)
Ideally, experience with ISO45001, H&S Governance and Contractor Management (CDM)
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
This is an exceptional opportunity to work together with two other Heads of Service (Fire Safety and Building Safety & Compliance) to ensure the safety of Citizen’s residents and staff. You will be reporting to the Director of Building Safety, leading the implementation of the group-wide Health and Safety strategy along with leading a team of H&S Advisors and Managers.
Our people are everything and we offer:
Opportunities for salary progression
IT equipment to allow some optional home working
‘Live work better’ scheme which actively encourages work-life balance
32 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays
Enhanced family leave
Company Pension – Citizen match up to 10%
AXA Private Health Care
BUPA health screening assessment biannually
Cycle to work
Annual leave purchase
Citysave financial support - savings and loans
MyPerks Benefits portal - Shopping and Discounts, wellbeing, Gyms, Cinemas, discounted days out
If part of the pension scheme you are entitled to Life cover (three times your annual salary)
Organisational Sick Pay (benefit increases with length of service)
EAP – a 24/7 service which gives free, confidential advice and support on a range of issues including telephone counselling
Medicash scheme -which includes digital Physiotherapy app, retail vouchers and discounts, discounted gym memberships and more!
Recognition through our Employee Excellence Awards
Representation opportunities on our Staff Consultative Forum
Access to Citizen’s Wellbeing platform
Occupational Health
We believe everyone has something to give and encourage everyone to be the best they can be to reach their full potential with extensive learning and development opportunities and Study Leave
Here at Citizen, our purpose is to provide homes that are a foundation for life.
With over fifty years of experience, we have grown to be one of the UK’s most trusted social housing providers, Citizen owns and manages 30,000 homes for diverse communities across the West Midlands, from urban tower blocks to rural villages and towns.
We adopt a proactive approach to safeguarding to ensure everyone accessing our services can do so without fear of harm, abuse or neglect.
Closing date: 26th April 2024
Interview date: 14th May 2024
Please note we will be reviewing applications throughout the campaign and may invite candidates to interview at any time. We reserve the right to close this position earlier than the published closing date should a suitable candidate be identified.
What We Do
This is a great opportunity for you to join one of the UK’s most trusted social housing providers.
Citizen owns and manages 30,000 homes across the West Midlands, including diverse communities from urban tower blocks to rural villages and towns; but we provide more than housing – our homes are a foundation for life.
We are proud to be an organisation which deals directly with the consequences of our housing crisis by providing homes for people who can’t access them on the market.
We are a not-for-profit organisation and a registered charity. All the money we make goes back into improving our homes and services and building new homes so that we can help more people.
Working for Citizen not only offers you the chance to work for an award-winning, big-hitting organisation in the West Midlands, it gives you the opportunity to work for an organisation with a heart and a clear social purpose.
It doesn’t matter which function you work in, being part of our team will give you the chance to play your own part in making a very real difference to people’s lives.
Watch our video to find out more about our work:
Our Benefits
Flexible working hours
Annual leave of at least 25 days
Salary progression opportunities
Learning & Development opportunities
Employee Excellence awards
Staff Consultative Forum
Pensions
scheme
A defined contribution scheme where members benefit from Life Insurance cover of 3 times salary
Employee assistant programme
A free 24/7 service with confidential advice & support with access to telephone counselling
Discounts
& perks
Free health plan ,discounts on medical treatments, gym memberships, cinema tickets and restaurants
Live Work Better
People are happiest and most productive when they have balance.
We want everyone at Citizen to have the best balance they can between their personal life and their work, because we know this benefits both our colleagues and customers.
Every role at Citizen is unique, but we believe every individual should be trusted and empowered to make decisions about the way they work within the scope of their role.
Live Work Better is our commitment to all Citizen colleagues. It sets out principles that guide how we work to achieve the best results for our colleagues and customers.
These principles are aligned with our values and behaviours and are based on what our colleagues told us about how they want to work.
Watch our animation to find out more:
Our Commitment
Equality, diversity and inclusion:
We are committed to doing everything we can to make sure every colleague and customer has an equal chance to learn, work and live free from discrimination.
When You Look at Me is the product of a collective effort by our colleagues to challenge people to think about what they can do every day to make a difference.
Watch our colleagues explain our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion:
Recognising Excellence
We are proud to celebrate the people that make our organisation great.
Our Excellence Awards celebrate the people who help to make our organisation so special.
Our 2020 ceremony was part of our staff conference and was hosted by impressionist Jon Culshaw.
Watch the story of the ceremony:
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