The Health & Safety Officer known at Guide Dogs as a Health, Safety and Business Continuity Officer helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by supporting the day-to-day work of the Health, Safety and Business Continuity Team by providing training, support, compliance reviews and guidance for the organisation in related subjects. For this role you’ll be working 35 hours per week, worked 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday with some hybrid working. This role has a national remit which means you will be required to travel regularly to Guide Dogs sites across the UK. We offer a generous pension scheme, annual leave, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people. To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include; Essential NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health or equivalent. Experience in health and safety. Successful track record of planning and achieving quality outcomes. Have proven IT skills and an experienced user of Microsoft Office software. Up to date knowledge of health and safety legislation and best practice. Can demonstrate the ability to collate and communicate complex health and safety and business continuity information in an easy and accessible manner, both written and verbal. For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description available on our careers page We offer a generous pension scheme, annual leave, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people. Diversity Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity, and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job. Safeguarding Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.