HSE Partner

Job Title: HSE Partner
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £51,339.92 per annum (£56,570.23 is achieved after 12 months successful performance in the role)
Working Hours: full time 35 hour per week
Working Pattern: Monday To Friday
Location: Speke, Liverpool

If you share our values and are excited about making a significant impact at Riverside, please ensure you attach a current CV and covering letter. At Riverside we recruit to potential not just on skills and experience, so we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all the essential criteria on the job description.
Please note that whilst we will accept applications based on any form of valid legal permission to work in the UK, we will be surrendering the Riverside Sponsorship licence, so for the avoidance of doubt, we are unable to apply for any further sponsorships whether on behalf of existing colleagues or candidates.

The difference you will make as a HSE Partner

You will champion Health, Safety, and Environment across the Group, ensuring HSE risks are effectively managed to protect our People, our Customers, and our Homes. This role plays a critical part in delivering safety within a strategic risk area, supporting the Group's ambition to create safe, sustainable environments for colleagues and customers, while safeguarding the places our customers live in and promoting responsible, sustainable practices.

About you
We are looking for someone with:

• Demonstrable experience in HSE governance, audit, and assurance within a large, dispersed organisation.
• Lead Auditing Qualification and substantial experience conducting HSE audits and assurance reviews.
• Major Incident Investigation Experience.
• Strong ability to analyse and report on HSE performance to governance bodies, driving accountability and continuous improvement.

Why Riverside?
At Riverside, we're a housing association with a difference - enhancing the everyday for all our customers. For 90 years, we've been revitalising neighbourhoods and supporting communities by providing the homes they need to live full, fulfilling and rewarding lives.
We have a portfolio of over 75,000 affordable residential and retirement homes across the UK. Our work ranges from homelessness services to social care, employment support to retirement living, and we need the best people on board to help us.

Working with us, you'll enjoy:
• Competitive pay & generous pension
• 28 days holidays plus bank holidays
• Flexible working options available
• Investment in your learning, personal development and technology
• A wide range of benefits

Diversity and Inclusion at Riverside:
We are inclusive. At Riverside, we value diversity in all its forms. We foster a workplace where all individuals are respected, empowered, and heard. Our commitment to inclusivity drives our success and enriches the lives of our customers and colleagues.
Riverside is a Disability Confident Employer and operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicant who declares they have a disability. If the applicant meets the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or person specification) they will be guaranteed an interview.

This role also falls under our Ethnic Diversity guaranteed interview scheme. If you are Ethnically Diverse and demonstrate you meet the minimum criteria for the role you will be guaranteed an interview. If required

Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

Role Profile

• Champion Health, Safety, and Environment across the Group, ensuring HSE risks are effectively managed to protect our People, our Customers, and our Homes. This role plays a critical part in delivering safety within a strategic risk area, supporting the Group's ambition to create safe, sustainable environments for colleagues and customers, while safeguarding the places our customers live in and promoting responsible, sustainable practices.
• Be the HSE support to colleagues at all levels in the assigned risk area to ensure they operate safely and understand their personal responsibility for themselves and their direct reports.
• Ensure all parts of the Group follow the Safety-First philosophy and adopt the Riverside safety operating model of Accountable Risk Leads (ARLs).
• Support Accountable Risk Leads in delivering against their risk framework.
• Support the delivery of assurance and audit frameworks both internally and externally to ensure that our HSE management system meets the highest standards.
• Regularly monitor the groups online accident book (SAW-IT system) and ensure business areas understand how to use it and adhere to the groups incident reporting policy. Ensure major incidents are escalated to the HSE Lead immediately and lead the oversight and response to major HSE incidents across the Group, ensuring robust investigations are conducted to identify root causes and drive continuous improvement.
• Deliver assurance reviews that confirm compliance with Group standards and regulatory requirements.
• Support the group in meeting its Legal obligations and that Group policies and procedures are known and adhered to.
• Provide ARLs with targeted HSE performance data to drive improvements, enable scrutiny, and hold risk owners to account, ensuring safety plans are in place and delivering impact
• Ensure that Risk Assessments are in place to protect our colleagues and customers.
• The role will report directly to the HSE Lead and will work across the designated risk area to develop and assist in the implementation and governance of all HSE strategies, plans, policies, procedures, guidance, KPIs, reports, records, and actions.

Role requires you to:

• Drive our Safety-First Culture across all parts of the