Health & Safety Officer

Herts Legal Service - Hertfordshire County Council; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Herts Legal Service - Hertfordshire County Council is seeking an experienced Health & Safety Officer to provide pro-active and reactive safety support across Council departments, schools and partner organisations. The role demands a high level of technical knowledge, strong interpersonal skills and robust risk management.

You will monitor compliance with legislation, deliver training, investigate incidents and contribute to the Council’s safety guidance.

Qualifications

• Successful track record in a similar health and safety role.
• Excellent time management and organisation to manage competing priorities.
• Ability to undertake proactive and reactive visits, investigations, audits and inspections.
• NEBOSH Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health or equivalent (minimum).
• NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Safety & Health or equivalent (preferred) with continuing professional development.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Microsoft Office applications including Word and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Monitor compliance with health and safety legislation and HCC policy via audits and inspections.
• Provide health and safety advice and support to managers, staff, schools and partner organisations.
• Build relationships at all levels of the organisation to deliver advice and support.
• Develop and deliver health and safety training and support Health and Safety Co-ordinators.
• Contribute to development/review of Health and Safety guidance and procedures.
• Monitor accident/incident reports and statistics; identify trends and assist investigations.

Skills

Time management

Organisation

Interpersonal skills

Report writing

Education

NEBOSH Certificate

NEBOSH Diploma

IOSH membership

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Job Title: Health & Safety Officer

Job Introduction

Starting Salary: £39,481 opportunity to progress to £43,149 per annum

Hours: 37

Location: Stevenage/Hybrid

Contract Type: Permanent

Directorate: Resources

About The Team

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated health and safety officer to join our team and provide competent health and safety support to managers and staff across Council departments, schools and partner organisations. We are looking for a high level of technical expertise and excellent interpersonal skills in order to deliver our proactive assurance programme as well as managing a reactive workload involving the provision of advice, responding to queries and dealing with incident reports.

About The Role

The post holder will:

• Monitor compliance with health and safety legislation and HCC policy and procedures via our audit and inspection programme, ensuring effective monitoring and reporting.
• Provide health and safety advice and support to managers and staff within HCC, schools and partner organisations.
• A broad and secure knowledge of H&S legislation and practice is essential, together with the ability to build good relationships at all levels of theorganisation
• Assist in the development and delivery of health and safety training and support our Health and Safety Co-ordinators across the organisation.
• Contribute to the development and review of the Council’s Health and Safety guidance and procedures.
• Monitor accident and incident reports and statistics identifying trends and assist with investigations / debriefs as required

About you

• You will have a successful track record of working in a similar role, working collaboratively in a small team and successfully providing health and safety advice and support to a range of clients.
• As the role requires competing priorities to be managed effectively,you will have excellent time management and organisation skills, enabling you to deliver a service focussed on effective risk management.
• As a key part of the role involves undertaking proactive and reactive visits, accident investigations, audits and inspections. Youso must be able to build good relationships and provide accurate advice both verbally and in written reports.
• You will have a NEBOSH Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health or equivalent as a minimum.
• The ideal candidate will be qualified to NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Safety &Health or equivalent. With a commitment to continuing professional development e.g., through membership of IOSH or similar.
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Microsoft Office Applications, Word, Excel

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

This job role is Level 10. Please locate the job profile here:

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Interview Date: 14th & 19th October 2026

Disability Confident

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Driving Required

You’ll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.

English Fluency

The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.