Senior Health and Safety Officer

At Oldham Council we offer a great benefits package for our employees, which includes the following:

• 25 days annual leave which increases after 5 and 10-years' service
• The option to purchase additional annual leave.
• An attractive LGPS benefit pension scheme with the option to make shared cost additional voluntary contributions.
• Discounted gym membership with Oldham Active.
• Staff discount scheme for shopping, entertainment, eating-out, eating-in, travel, motoring and more.
• Salary sacrifice scheme for home and electronics and Cycle to Work.
• Wellbeing support, including a Mental Health First Aider network and an Employment Assistance Programme that provides 24 hours access to advice and support.
• Staff recognition and celebration events.
• Peer support groups

Role Overview

Working as part of Oldham's Integrated Child & Family Service the post holder will support the Family Hub Managers by providing a professional health and safety service.

This will support the Council's aims and objectives and facilitates in the effective management of health and safety across the 6 Family Hubs, in order to ensure governance, statutory compliance and best practice.

Key Responsibilities

• To assist the Family Hub Managers in the day-to-day running of the Family Hub Buildings, including evening and weekend.
• To lead on embedding processes and systems to meet council and statutory compliance.
• To build effective relationships with other partners to enable the delivery of projects and programmes of work, including any capital projects.
• Provide advice, guidance and support to all staff within the service and partner organisations on health and safety matters and where necessary undertake visits to investigate accidents and incidents and provide onsite support.
• Carry out and ensure completion of regular audit and inspection programmes within Family Hubs to determine the standards of compliance against the health and safety management framework, designated policies, procedures and relevant health and safety legislative requirements.

Ref: 001839

Contract: Fixed Term (18 months)

Salary: £40,444 - £44,253 per annum (Grade 7)

Hours: 36.66 per week to be based in Family Hubs across Oldham

Location: Family Hubs across Oldham

Closing Date: Friday 13 November 2026

Interview Date: TBC.

By driving innovation, investing in our people, and championing our communities, we will ensure that Oldham continues to be a place where everyone can live their best life. To support this, we have three core values which define who we are and how we operate. These are 'Proud, Ambitious, and Together', and they shape our culture, inform our decisions, and inspire us to deliver on our commitments to the people of Oldham.

We have translated these values into five behaviours which guide our actions and are the standards we hold ourselves to, day in and day out:

• Work with a resident focus
• Support local leaders
• Committed to the borough
• Delivery high performance
• Take ownership and drive change

You can find out more about our values and behaviours on our greater.jobs Oldham page

We work closely with employees to help them work at their best, including making adjustments such as flexible working, describing available working patterns, providing equipment or making changes to the workplace.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and therefore expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below for details for how to obtain your Certificates of Good Character. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme please indicate this within the 'About You' or 'Supporting Statement' section of your application.

If you're an applicant with disabilities and have previously been in or currently in care, a carer, someone who has served in the Armed Forces, or you've participated in the GM Elevate Programme, and you meet the essential criteria of the role, you are guaranteed to reach the first stage of assessment under our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme.

Please note that should a vacancy that has been released for internal or external recruitment be deemed suitable for a current employee at risk of redundancy, it can be pulled back at any point, up to the post being formally offered to a candidate who is not at risk of redundancy.

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