Occupational Safety Adviser

Overview

As an Occupational Safety Adviser, you will support the Assets and Facilities Management department to safeguard staff and services through compliance, risk management, and proactive safety improvement. You’ll advise managers on policies, drive safe working practices, and promote a positive safety culture across council services and SLAs. Your work helps ensure robust risk assessments, incident investigations, and continuous safety standards. This role offers visibility across departments and opportunities to influence safety policy and training.

Responsibilities

• Stay updated on health and safety legislation and advise on policy updates
• Act as competent person under statutory requirements and support council provision
• Provide health and safety guidance to managers, staff and contractors
• Develop safe codes of practice and safe working procedures in partnership with stakeholders
• Promote positive safety culture and risk management across the council
• Monitor standards via visits, inspections, audits, and incident data
• Prepare reports and advisories for management
• Raise the profile of the health and safety service and seek more SLAs
• Participate in accident investigations and coordinate remedial actions to prevent recurrence
• Liaise with unions, insurance/legal teams and the Employee Health and Wellbeing team
• Identify training needs and help develop and implement training programmes

Key requirements

• Minimum of NEBOSH Certificate at SO2 level or NEBOSH Diploma at PO1 level or equivalent
• experience in health and safety advisory roles in complex organizations
• familiarity with RIDDOR reporting, risk assessment and incident investigations
• ability to communicate with managers, staff and external bodies effectively
• competence in producing concise safety reports and guidance

• communication and stakeholder management
• proactive problem solving
• team collaboration
• risk assessment and management
• RIDDOR reporting and accident investigation
• policy and procedure development

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