A national role with the opportunity to shape health and safety across Cornerstone.
We have a great opportunity for an experienced health and safety professional to influence
practice at a national level.
Working with colleagues across our organisation you'll strengthen governance, improve consistency and develop
practical approaches to managing risk.
Based at our Glasgow, Dundee or Aberdeen office, this role offers hybrid working alongside regular
travel across our services and locations. You'll work closely with teams across Cornerstone, building
relationships and providing visible, practical health and safety leadership.
About the role
At Cornerstone, our purpose is to enable the people we support to live valued lives in their communities.
As our Health and Safety Lead, you'll play a key role in ensuring our approach to health
and safety supports this purpose while meeting our legal and regulatory responsibilities.
You'll be Cornerstone’s competent person for health and safety, helping colleagues understand
legal requirements, manage risk effectively and embed a positive, proportionate safety culture.
This is a broad and influential role, combining strategic oversight with practical support. You'll help shape and
continuously improve Cornerstone’s health and safety framework, providing assurance that our policies, systems
and practices are effective, proportionate and compliant.
You'll help translate legislation and good practice into approaches that work in the context of our services and
play an important role in using data, audit findings and incident learning to identify risks and drive
meaningful improvement.
Key responsibilities
- Act as Cornerstone’s competent person for health and safety, providing expert advice and guidance across the
organisation.
- Maintain and continuously improve health and safety policies, systems, procedures and
guidance.
- Develop and deliver audit, inspection and assurance programmes, identifying areas for
improvement.
- Provide practical advice on risk assessments, safe systems of work and legal
compliance.
- Analyse health and safety performance data and produce clear reports, trends and
recommendations.
- Support incident investigations, root cause analysis and organisational
learning.
- Work with managers to implement effective, proportionate and sustainable health and safety
practices.
- Support engagement with regulators, inspectors, insurers and professional
advisers.
- Contribute to the development and delivery of health and safety training and
capability-building programmes.
What we're looking for
You'llbe an experienced health and safety professional with the knowledge and
confidence to balance legal compliance, effective risk management and operational requirements.
We'll need you to be comfortable working at both a strategic and practical level, providing clear advice and
building effective relationships with colleagues across a large, multi-site organisation.
Essential qualifications and experience
- Relevant occupational health and safety qualification, such as a NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent (SCQF
Level 10).
- Strong knowledge of UK health and safety legislation and regulatory
requirements.
- Experience in a health and safety advisory, assurance, compliance or risk management
role.
- Experience of audits, inspections, investigations and risk assessments.
- Ability to
interpret legislation and translate complex requirements into clear, practical guidance.
- Strong
communication, influencing and relationship-building skills.
- Strong analytical skills, with experience
using data to identify trends, risks and areas for improvement.
- Experience working across a dispersed,
multi-site organisation.
- Experience within social care, health, housing, the third sector or another
regulated environment.
Desirable
- Certified or Chartered membership of IOSH or an equivalent professional body.
- Experience working with
regulators, inspectors, auditors, insurers or external advisers.
Why Cornerstone
Our values, Caring, Person-Centred, Professional and Pioneering underpin how we work and the
services we provide.
This role provides you with an opportunity to influence health and safety practice across a national organisation,
strengthen our approach to risk and assurance, and support the delivery of safe, high-quality services across
Scotland.
So, if you are an experienced health and safety professional looking for a role where you can use
your expertise to influence practice across a large organisation, we would like to hear from you. Apply
now!