Job Introduction

Job Title:  Health and Safety Trainer

Salary: £28,000 - £30,000

Job Location: Agile

Duration:  Permanent

Hours (weekly):  35 (Monday – Friday)

Are you looking for an opportunity to use your passion for empowering others to be the best, that has variety and job satisfaction in abundance? 

Due to continued growth, Your Housing Group has a fantastic opportunity for another Health and Safety Trainer to join a developing Learning & Development team, where you will have the opportunity to influence this development.

As Health & Safety Trainer, you will be part of a wider team of Learning and Development and Health and Safety experts (based at our Head Office in Warrington), responsible for the design and delivery of a suite of Health and Safety training courses and materials across the organisation.

Alongside a very competitive salary you will receive fantastic benefits including up to 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) pension scheme and other great rewards.  We will also consider part time hours (no less than 3 days per week) for the right person.

This is an ‘agile’ role – so what does that mean? You’ll will manage your own diary in line with business requirements and will be out and about delivering training at our various office locations, which are predominantly based in the North West with some trips to Staffordshire and Yorkshire, so you’ll need to be able to travel to these locations and you will be paid mileage from/to home. 

The role of H&S Trainer is a role your sleeves up, hands-on role, where you will be challenged to deliver a wide range of Health and Safety topics to staff of all different levels in a thriving business.

Responsibilities:

• Responsibility for the design and delivery of a suite of in-house Health and Safety training courses which support our colleagues across the business.
• Create engaging training content (face to face, online etc.) that inspires and enables significant shifts in ability, knowledge and behaviours.
• Use new technology to ensure the best delivery method of Health and Safety training.
• Where face to face delivery might not be the most efficient way, recommend or design alternatives.
• With support from the wider team, ensure the development and maintenance of H&S training profiles for employees across the organisation.
• Support the wider Learning & Development Team to produce a robust H&S training plans which are aligned to the needs of the business.

Requirements:

• Learning and Development experience gained delivering topics such as Health and Safety for managers, Manual handling, Sharps, Legionella Awareness, Fire Marshall and Personal Safety.
• Experience of informing training needs analysis.
• Ability to engage at all levels, connecting with and inspiring your colleagues
• NEBOSH General Certificate
• PTLLS/DTLLS or similar training qualification

In addition to the above you will embrace the culture of continuous improvement to support Value for Money throughout the organisation and have a passion for doing things right first time.

Your Housing Group is a new generation of housing provider, working efficiently and effectively to build as many quality houses as possible, thereby playing its part in solving the national housing crisis. With over 28,000 homes across the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands, the business has a large portfolio of retirement living developments and an innovative private rental offer in Nuvu.

Prior to completing your application, please review the attached Role Profile to better understand the role and key responsibilities.   

Closing date:    24th September 2019

We may close this vacancy earlier than the date indicated above, therefore, you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible.

Your Housing Group values diversity and encourages applications from all communities. Your Housing Group operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for tenants or anyone who resides in a Your Housing Group property.  It also operates the scheme for any applicants who declare they have a disability. Those applicants who meet the minimum requirements for the role as set out in the role profile will be guaranteed an interview.  Some roles may be subject to probity checks which will override the scheme where a potential conflict of interest or a probity matter has been identified.  YHG1

Your Housing Group