Asbestos Compliance Officer (Health and Safety)

WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority is seeking an Asbestos Compliance Officer to ensure that all operational buildings comply with asbestos regulations. The ideal candidate must have a relevant qualification in asbestos and experience in managing compliance across a complex portfolio. Responsibilities include maintaining asbestos registers, managing contracts, and supporting the development of compliance systems. Competitive salary and flexible working patterns available.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

Support for Care Leavers

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in delivering asbestos survey programmes.
• Experience with the Construction, Design and Management (CDM) Regulations 2015.
• Skilled in managing asbestos data for reporting.
• Ability to work independently and manage workload.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update asbestos registers and databases.
• Manage asbestos survey and remedial contracts.
• Monitor and review risk assessments and method statements.
• Support development of compliance systems.
• Provide professional support across the directorate.

Skills

Managing compliance across a complex portfolio

Site audits and compliance inspections

Stakeholder management

Asbestos compliance knowledge

Education

Relevant qualification in asbestos (BOHS P405)

Job description

Overview

Salary range: £42,912 - £46,854 per annum. Salary negotiable depending upon experience.

Work location: Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW1E 6QP.

Hours per week: 36

Contract type: Temporary up to 12 months

Closing date: 22 September 2025

Role

As an Asbestos Compliance Officer, you will contribute to Westminster’s success as part of the Compliance Team. You will help ensure that all operational buildings across Westminster’s property portfolio meet their statutory obligations in relation to asbestos compliance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update asbestos registers and databases, working closely with consultants, analysts, contractors, and external bodies to ensure accurate and timely information management.
• Manage asbestos survey and remedial contracts – ensuring timely delivery, quality standards, and adherence to budget – as well as coordinating re-inspections and reviewing asbestos management plans to ensure actions are completed by the FM and Workplace Team.
• Monitor, audit and review risk assessments, method statements, permits to work and access, and ensure all documentation is up to date, consistent, and accurate.
• Support the development and maintenance of Westminster City Council’s compliance systems, ensuring all certificates and documentation are correctly uploaded and accessible.
• As a technical advisor, provide professional support across the directorate, ensuring compliance on all aspects of asbestos management and proactively identifying areas for improvement. Facilitate audits, inspections and validation checks, and collaborate with the Technical Assurance Lead to produce monthly statutory compliance KPIs and performance reports.
• Contribute to the review and development of asbestos-related policies, including facilitating work with the Corporate Health and Safety team, advising on legislative changes, and assisting in adapting service delivery. Manage the administration of quotations, orders and invoicing, and participate in incident investigations when required.
• This is a role that requires attention to detail, strong communication and organisational skills, and the confidence to engage with a wide range of stakeholders. You will thrive in a collaborative environment where your technical knowledge and proactive mindset will help drive safe, compliant outcomes for Westminster.

Qualifications

• With a background in managing compliance across a complex portfolio of buildings, you bring hands-on experience in delivering asbestos survey programmes, re-inspections, and remedial works.
• You have worked on projects under the Construction, Design and Management (CDM) Regulations 2015 and are confident in carrying out site audits and compliance inspections.
• Skilled in managing asbestos contracts, you are also experienced in analysing and monitoring complex asbestos data using IT systems for effective reporting and performance tracking.
• You are comfortable working both independently and as part of a team, with the ability to manage your own workload, meet deadlines, and escalate issues when necessary. You have strong stakeholder management skills and communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing. With a strong grasp of asbestos compliance requirements, you understand complex reports and know how to identify and follow up on required actions. Your ability to manage contractors and support contract administration makes you a reliable and solutions-focused team member. You also bring knowledge of compliance audits and contribute to continuous improvement in safety and service quality.
• You must require a relevant qualification in asbestos such as, BOHS P405

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.

What We Offer

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster.

Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.

At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this, visit https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/public-health-strategy-policies-and-reports/equality-duties

As a forward-thinking Council, we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore, our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.

The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning, subject to the volume of suitable applicants.