Health and Safety Adviser

TN United Kingdom; Winchester; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Hampshire County Council is seeking a Health and Safety Advisor to join their Corporate Health and Safety Team. This role offers an opportunity to make a strategic impact while ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations. Candidates should have a NEBOSH Certificate and a passion for driving change and innovation in health and safety practices.

Benefits

Hybrid working arrangement

Flexible and family-friendly working patterns

Generous annual leave plus bank holidays

Discounts for gyms and retailers

Opportunities for skill development

Qualifications

• Qualified to NEBOSH Certificate (Level 3) or equivalent.
• In-depth experience in Health and Safety preferred.
• Ability to drive change through innovation.

Responsibilities

• Deliver H&S management systems, policies, and procedures.
• Implement health and safety management systems across various council functions.
• Respond to and triage accident reports, undertake investigations.

Skills

Health and Safety Management

Incident Reporting

Policy Implementation

Investigation Skills

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

NEBOSH Certificate (Level 3) or equivalent

Job description

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Job Reference:HCC621211
Salary Range: £39,382- £43,679per annum
Work Location: Elizabeth II Court, Winchester (Hybrid Working)
Hours per week: 37
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 15 June 2025
Interview Date: w/c 30 June 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Health and Safety Professional to join a growing Corporate Health and Safety Team and play a part in making a strategic impact at Hampshire County Council.

The Role:

The Health and Safety Advisor is a key role within the Corporate Health and Safety Team, delivering the Council’s H&S management systems, policies and procedures.

You will join a small functional team of experienced and qualified H&S advisors, forming part of a wider Corporate Health and Safety Team tasked with embedding Health and Safety (H&S) best practices across the whole of the council. The successful candidate will use their industry knowledge and experience and their excellent judgement to ensure success within their functional area and the wider H&S team.

Qualified to NEBOSH Certificate (Level 3) or equivalent, you will use your professional judgement and experience to provide H&S advice to a wide range of senior leaders, as well as your ability to drive change through innovation and continuous improvement.

Although in-depth experience within the H&S profession is preferred, this could also be an excellent opportunity for an intelligent and motivated individual with the right qualifications to join a professional team working within an excellent organisation.

What you'll do:

The Health and Safety Adviser role will rotate around the four functional areas within the Corporate Health and Safety operating model. These functions include policy/procedure implementation, incident reporting, investigations and assurance activities. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate their ability to succeed across all functional areas.

The role will implement health and safety management systems and support on a range of topic areas across the council, including high-risk activities in highways, waste, schools and children’s services and adult’s health and care. This is a very varied role where you could find yourself responding to and triaging accident reports, undertaking formal H&S investigations, implementing and writing H&S policies, undertaking inspections and monitoring activities, as well as providing H&S advice to a wide range of stakeholders across all business areas.

Hampshire County Council is recognised nationally as one of the highest performing local authorities in the UK. A modern, forward-looking local authority, it offers a pleasant, supportive, and collaborative working environment.

There are many reasons why we are a great choice for your next career move:

• Hybrid working: This role is based in Winchester with a hybrid working arrangement consisting of office and home working, all to suit operational requirements. Currently most teams work in Winchester a minimum of one day a week.
• We are committed to inclusion, diversity and wellbeing. Staff are encouraged to get involved in a variety of internal Networks (BME, staff disability, Carers and working parents, and LGBT+) - see our Inclusion Strategy for further information.
• Flexible and family friendly working patterns such as compressed hours, flexi leave, accrued extra working hours and part time.
• Generous annual leave plus bank holidays and paid sick leave.
• Discounts for gyms, retailers, car hire, insurances, holidays, hotels, theatres, theme parks, restaurants, and eyecare.
• Opportunities to develop your skills and experience, informally, or formally.
• The support of a wider team who will value you and what you achieve.

To find out more about what we can offer you in return, please see our Benefits Package .

Additional Information:

Health and Safety Adviser Candidate Pack

Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:

Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.

We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.