Health & Safety Assistant

B Division, C Division
Force Headquarters, Camden, London, Birmingham - Outbased, Cardiff - Outbased, Leeds - Outbased, Manchester - Outbased
A004
Full Time
Permanent
£21,558.98
£3,033.56
N/A

British Transport Police (BTP) are looking to recruit a Health & Safety Assistant on a Permanent Contract paying £21,558.98 plus £2,700.10 London Allowance (if applicable) per annum based at any BTP Headquarters, including London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and Cardiff.

 

BTP is the national police force for the rail network throughout Great Britain, including London Underground, across which we ensure the safety and security of nearly 3 billion passenger journeys and over 100 million tons of freight every year. The world in which we work is fast-paced, operationally and commercially demanding, and constantly changing. As Health & Safety Assistant with BTP you will provide professional, efficient, proactive and comprehensive administrative support and carrying out general office duties across the SHW remit.

 

As Health & Safety Assistant you will be required to:

  • Provide a full administrative service to the Deputy Director of Wellbeing, Health and Safety Team (W, H&S) including typing, email, processing general accounts, invoices, data entry, and creating and maintaining files and databases to track activities and workloads, and other general office duties.
  • Schedule management of audits, risk assessment reviews, inspections with Safety Advisors and business areas.
  • Coordinate full administrative process of various Boards in the Safety remit, (for example, Central Health and Safety Committee, Clinical Governance Board, Level 3 investigation Board).

 

Further information about this vacancy can be found in the attached job description.

 

The successful Health & Safety Assistant will be required to evidence the following skills:

  • The ability to present information in an accurate and appropriate format
  • Experience of delivering a high level of customer service and dealing with a range of queries/concerns in a professional manner
  • Experience of prioritising workload to meet competing deadlines.
  • Minimum GCSE grade C in English Language and Mathematics, or equivalent qualification or experience
  • Fluency in welsh language, written and verbal is desirable

 

If you are interested in applying to this Health & Safety Assistant role then please do not delay as interviews will be held as soon as appropriate candidates are highlighted. In return for your experience, we can offer you:

  • Salary £21,558.98 plus £2,700.10 London Allowance (if applicable) per annum
  • 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Competitive Pension
  • Other benefits include a bespoke BTP rewards platform and various salary sacrifice schemes such as cycle to work as well as many high street and online retail discounts

We want our organisation to be as diverse as the community it serves and welcome applicants from all sections of the community. In order to apply, you must have the permanent right to live and work in the UK and have been resident in the UK for the previous 3 years. You will be asked these and other questions to determine your eligibility to work for British Transport Police when you start your application and you must answer honestly.

Candidates internal to BTP must confirm that they are not subject to formal action plans for sickness/complaints/discipline or poor performance, that all mandatory training courses have been attended and are in ticket/up to date, that a ‘Competent’ rating, or above, was achieved on the last reporting year PDR and they have completed their tenure period for current substantive posting.

This opportunity is closed to applications.