Safety, Health and Workspaces Assistant
| Posting date: | 11 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £23,582 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 February 2026 |
| Location: | S1 4EB |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | South Yorkshire Housing Association |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 10592 |
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Safety, Health and Workspaces Assistant to join our Safety, Health and Workspaces team at South Yorkshire Housing Association, based at our main office in Sheffield City Centre.
We are looking for someone who will bring excellent customer service, strong collaboration skills, and a proactive, organised approach to their work. This is a key role in keeping our main office running smoothly and safely, supporting our team, employees, contractors, and visitors.
Alongside day‑to‑day facilities support, this role will also play an important part in our health and safety work including accurate minute taking, maintaining files and records, and helping us stay compliant.
Our wider benefits:
Salary: 3CDE £23,582 per annum
Working hours: 37 hrs per week
Generous holiday entitlement: 27 days annual leave, statutory bank holidays plus an additional 4 SYHA days, pro rata.
5% pension contribution
Excellent flexible working options including Flexi Time, Condensed Hours, Part Time, and Job Share.
Excellent benefits including:
SYHA Rewards - employee discount scheme, which offers cash back and shopping discounts. Plus advice and resources on health eating, financial wellbeing, exercise and mastering your mental health
Westfield Health (employer paid)
Counselling
Discounted Gym membership
Cycle to work scheme
Access to a wide range of programmes to train and develop you.
For more information about our range of benefits, please visit the Your Wellbeing and Feeling at Home.
More about the role:
The role will report to the Workspaces Lead to ensure that our Rockingham Street Main Office is well managed and maintained. Working alongside a collaborative, friendly, and enthusiastic team to provide a great service.
Responsibilities will vary day to day depending on the needs of the office, contractors, and ongoing projects.
For Workspaces, this will look like supporting with facilities tasks, managing supplies within the office, and responding to department requests. You will provide support by responding to ad‑hoc requests, taking responsibility for tasks such as fire safety checks, room setups, contractor coordination, and completing a range of other administrative duties.
For Health and Safety, this will include supporting with H&S documentation, collecting important data, and minute taking. You will also provide support when urgent documents or reports are received, help gather information needed for ongoing projects, and assist with maintaining accurate records to ensure compliance.
Who you are:
We are looking for someone who is passionate about supporting others and creating a brilliant impact on customer service.
You will be adaptable when faced with challenges, using problem‑solving skills to achieve the best outcomes for our people. You’ll collaborate with your team and other departments with compassion, and you will strive to create positive, successful interactions with everyone who visits or contacts our Welcome Point.
Who we are:
At South Yorkshire Housing Association, our purpose is for our customers to settle at home, live well and realise their potential.
Feeling settled and living well means different things to the people and families that live across South Yorkshire. So, we work with people in different ways – from our extra-care housing, to providing services and opportunities that individuals can access in their home, workplace and community, to creating houses for affordable rent.
Our employees enable us to create the best services, support, and experiences for our customers. We believe that difference makes us better, and that our services are made stronger by having a diverse workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
Please note that we may remove this advert prior to the advertised date, dependent on the level of response received. Please apply at your earliest convenience.
At SYHA, we value the incredible contribution and talent that people with disabilities can and do bring to our workplace and we are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. As part of our commitments, we will ensure that disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role will be guaranteed the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.
To be considered under the scheme, disabled applicants must disclose their disability (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) on the Equal Opportunities section of the job application.
SYHA does not hold a sponsorship license and are unable to provide visa sponsorship.
Please click here to apply – https://careers.syha.co.uk/vacancy/safety-health-and-workspaces-assistant-605193.html
For more information about our application and interview process, plus answers to our frequently asked questions, please click here to go to our Candidate Toolkit.
For an Informal Discussion Contact: Shannon Jedrzejczyk, 07393462633
Closing Date: 22 February 2026
Interview Date: 10 March 2026
We are looking for someone who will bring excellent customer service, strong collaboration skills, and a proactive, organised approach to their work. This is a key role in keeping our main office running smoothly and safely, supporting our team, employees, contractors, and visitors.
Alongside day‑to‑day facilities support, this role will also play an important part in our health and safety work including accurate minute taking, maintaining files and records, and helping us stay compliant.
Our wider benefits:
Salary: 3CDE £23,582 per annum
Working hours: 37 hrs per week
Generous holiday entitlement: 27 days annual leave, statutory bank holidays plus an additional 4 SYHA days, pro rata.
5% pension contribution
Excellent flexible working options including Flexi Time, Condensed Hours, Part Time, and Job Share.
Excellent benefits including:
SYHA Rewards - employee discount scheme, which offers cash back and shopping discounts. Plus advice and resources on health eating, financial wellbeing, exercise and mastering your mental health
Westfield Health (employer paid)
Counselling
Discounted Gym membership
Cycle to work scheme
Access to a wide range of programmes to train and develop you.
For more information about our range of benefits, please visit the Your Wellbeing and Feeling at Home.
More about the role:
The role will report to the Workspaces Lead to ensure that our Rockingham Street Main Office is well managed and maintained. Working alongside a collaborative, friendly, and enthusiastic team to provide a great service.
Responsibilities will vary day to day depending on the needs of the office, contractors, and ongoing projects.
For Workspaces, this will look like supporting with facilities tasks, managing supplies within the office, and responding to department requests. You will provide support by responding to ad‑hoc requests, taking responsibility for tasks such as fire safety checks, room setups, contractor coordination, and completing a range of other administrative duties.
For Health and Safety, this will include supporting with H&S documentation, collecting important data, and minute taking. You will also provide support when urgent documents or reports are received, help gather information needed for ongoing projects, and assist with maintaining accurate records to ensure compliance.
Who you are:
We are looking for someone who is passionate about supporting others and creating a brilliant impact on customer service.
You will be adaptable when faced with challenges, using problem‑solving skills to achieve the best outcomes for our people. You’ll collaborate with your team and other departments with compassion, and you will strive to create positive, successful interactions with everyone who visits or contacts our Welcome Point.
Who we are:
At South Yorkshire Housing Association, our purpose is for our customers to settle at home, live well and realise their potential.
Feeling settled and living well means different things to the people and families that live across South Yorkshire. So, we work with people in different ways – from our extra-care housing, to providing services and opportunities that individuals can access in their home, workplace and community, to creating houses for affordable rent.
Our employees enable us to create the best services, support, and experiences for our customers. We believe that difference makes us better, and that our services are made stronger by having a diverse workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
Please note that we may remove this advert prior to the advertised date, dependent on the level of response received. Please apply at your earliest convenience.
At SYHA, we value the incredible contribution and talent that people with disabilities can and do bring to our workplace and we are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. As part of our commitments, we will ensure that disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role will be guaranteed the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.
To be considered under the scheme, disabled applicants must disclose their disability (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) on the Equal Opportunities section of the job application.
SYHA does not hold a sponsorship license and are unable to provide visa sponsorship.
Please click here to apply – https://careers.syha.co.uk/vacancy/safety-health-and-workspaces-assistant-605193.html
For more information about our application and interview process, plus answers to our frequently asked questions, please click here to go to our Candidate Toolkit.
For an Informal Discussion Contact: Shannon Jedrzejczyk, 07393462633
Closing Date: 22 February 2026
Interview Date: 10 March 2026
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About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.