Provide Community
Health and Safety Manager
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Main area Health and Safety Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 828-PROVIDE4153
Employer Provide CIC Employer type NHS Site HQ Town Colchester Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 24/07/2026 23:59
Job Overview
Are you passionate about health and safety and looking to make a meaningful impact? Whether you bring experience from a range of sectors or are seeking a new challenge, Provide is looking to appoint a Health & Safety Manager to join our small, supportive team.
In this role, you will play a vital part in creating safe, supportive environments for staff and service users across our healthcare, social care, and operational services — including community equipment, logistics, and warehouse settings.
The Health & Safety Manager will lead the operational delivery of health and safety compliance across Provide Community’s services and estate. As a key source of professional advice, you will support the organisation in meeting its legal obligations while driving a proactive and positive safety culture.
The postholder will line manage a Health & Safety Officer (Band 5) and will be responsible for implementing policies, conducting audits, investigating incidents, and supporting continuous improvement across the organisation. You will also deputise for the Head of Estates and Health & Safety when required.
Main duties of the job
Health & Safety Leadership
- Provide expert advice and guidance, implement policies, and lead on risk assessments across a wide range of areas including manual handling (including complex handling within community equipment and warehouse environments), warehouse and storage operations, lone working, hazardous substances, and ergonomic risks.
Audit & Compliance
- Plan and deliver health and safety audits, monitor statutory compliance, and report on trends, risks, and performance to senior management.
Incident Management
- Investigate incidents and near misses, identify root causes, manage RIDDOR reporting, and liaise with external regulators where required.
Fire & Security
- Support the fire, evacuation planning, and the development of safe systems of work, including lone worker safety processes.
Training & Engagement
- Coordinate and deliver some health and safety training, coach and support managers, and promote a proactive, positive safety culture across all services.
Data & Reporting
- Maintain accurate records, analyse data, and produce reports and digital dashboards to support effective decision-making and governance.
Team Leadership
- Line manage the Health & Safety Officer, deputise for the Head of Estates & Health & Safety, and contribute to policy development, service improvement, and organisational initiatives.
Working for our organisation
Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.
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We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.
A Highly Respected, Award Winning Health And Social Care Provider. We Expect Our Staff To Demonstrate And Uphold Our Values At All Times
Vision: Transforming Lives
Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion
Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.
Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men’s Networks.
We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
In respect of greater detail, please see job description in documents and specification for the vacancy.
Provide H&S Team support the whole organisation
Provide support in relation to health and safety adverse incident investigation, along side proving independently investigation on their own.
Provide health and safety training when required
Undertake audits in respect of demand,
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- NEBOSH General Certificate or Equivalent
- Operational experience in health and safety in a multi-site environment
- Understanding of risks registers, incident management and compliance framework
- Working knowledge of H&S legislation (HASAWA, RIDDOR, COSHH), carrying out investigations and giving H&S support
- Membership of IOSH or similar body
Desirable criteria
- Line Management Experience
- Experience with incident reporting, tools
- Experience of working within, social care, healthcare and warehouse
- Experience of fire and security
- Delivering H&S training
Experience
Essential criteria
- A Health and Safety Professional with evidence of practice
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of continued CPD
- Manual Handling experience
Past Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of carrying out investigation
- Delivering H&S Training
- Manual Handling experience
- Risk assessment experience and training
Desirable criteria
- Warehouse experience
- Line Management Experience
- Experience with incident reporting,
Further Information
How will we contact you?
All correspondence for this post will be by email or text messaging. Please register for text messages on your TRAC account. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly to ensure that email filters are set to allow our mails. As we often have many applicants for jobs at Provide, we regret that we will only be able to contact those external applicants who are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion. Internal candidates who are unsuccessful can seek feedback from the recruiting manager. If you wish to contact the Recruitment Team, please do this via provide.recruitment1@nhs.net If you wish to contact the Recruiting Manager about the vacancy/role or for feedback after interview, their details are provided within the advert.
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Closing Date
Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date should it have an overwhelming response. We therefore encourage an early application to ensure consideration for this post.
Professional UK clinical registration required for the role?
If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment.
COVID-19 Vaccination
Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination.
We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.
Anti Fraud
Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents.
Disability
If you have a disability and need assistance or more time to complete your application or attending interview, please contact a member of the HR Services Team on 0300 3030 2661 or provide.recruitment1@nhs.net.
Work Trials
Please check with your local Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible for a Work Trial. If you are interested in trying this job first, please contact the HR Services team and we can help you make the arrangements with the Job Centre and the Recruiting Manager.
We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.
Successful Applicant
You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators.
The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.
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