Health and Safety Officer, L'Arche UK

Health and Safety Officer, L'Arche UK

ABOUT THE ROLE

Hours of work: 22.5 hours per week (flexible hours)

Salary: £28,998 FTE - £17,398.82 (pro-rata) per year, plus London weighting (if applicable)

Reports to: Head of Housing and Health and Safety

Place of work: London or within commuting distance to one of L’Arche’s Communities. The role also involves some travel to L’Arche Communities UK-wide, and to national meetings

Contract type: Permanent, Part-Time

Closing date: Sunday, 15th of March at midnight

Notes: Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this role. You will need to hold the existing right to work in the UK to apply. 

Main purpose of the role

This role is key to maintaining and promoting best practice in health and Safety within L’Arche. The role will provide help and support to communities within L’Arche, to ensure the organisation meets its legal and regulatory health and safety obligations across all housing servces.

The role is responaible for supporting the Head of Housing in developing, implemeting, monitoring and continuously improving health and safety management systems within L’Arches communities and associated services.

Key essential criteria

• Support Community Leaders and other responsible people within Communities to complete and maintain Health and Safety records 
• Responsible for reviewing and auditing Health and Safety files to ensure they are accurate and up to date 
• Work with community leaders to ensure fire risk assessment actions and recommendations are completed within recommended time scales 
• Review and categorize COSHH assessments on Sharepoint in partnership with the health and safety leads

This role is subject to an enhanced DBS criminal record check. 

Additional details about L'Arche can be found here.

Discover what makes L’Arche a rewarding place to work—explore our employee benefits here.

A full job description and person specification can be found in the Recruitment Pack. 

To apply, please submit your CV and answer the questions from our online application form. 

The closing date is Sunday, 15th of March, at midnight.

We encourage you not to wait until the closing date to submit your application, as we may begin interviewing strong candidates before then.
We also reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive enough suitable applications.

Please also read our privacy notice for job applicants.

Apply for this job