Salary £49,791 - £54,708

This is an exciting time to join Sheffield City Council with a real leadership focus on health, safety and wellbeing. In this role, you will oversee Health, Safety and Wellbeing to all corporate services and maintained schools to enable managers and Head Teachers to comply with appropriate Health and Safety requirements, council policies and procedures. 

You will work with senior stakeholders, including Executive Directors and the Chief Executive Officer to help services reduce incidents and lost days and take action to improve employee health and wellbeing at work.

As a minimum, you will be a Graduate Member of IOSH and are ideally working towards CMIOSH, or you will have equivalent experience.  In addition, you will need to have knowledge and experience of occupational health. A successful track record in developing and implementing strategy and proven ability to influence senior level Directors and external senior stakeholders is also essential.

Join us and you can expect a rewarding career with a range of attractive benefits, a friendly, supportive work environment and the chance to be part of a dedicated team, which is continuing to make Sheffield a successful city

To find out more about this exciting opportunity please visit

https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/job-vacancies/Joblistings/hr-manager-health--safety---wellbeing

Or for an informal discussion about this role please call Sharon Lilley, Head of HR Business Services on 07768 383548

Closing Date for Applications: Sunday 6th December 2020

Selection will be a 2-stage process over 2 days. The first stage technical interview will be on the 14th or 15th of December 2020. Applicants successful at the first stage will be invited to final interview on Monday 21st December 2020, all of these will be completed over video due to Covid -19.  

We particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented in this service.

This is a politically restricted post.

We are committed to fairness and social justice and welcome applications from everyone. We value our diverse workforce and aim to work together to make the most of our differences. Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities, which benefit you and the Council.

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