Health & Safety Officer

Michael Page; Warwick; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Michael Page is recruiting a Health & Safety Officer for a public sector setting in Warwickshire. You will provide practical health and safety guidance, support day-to-day operations, and help teams work safely and efficiently.

You will conduct risk assessments and workplace inspections, investigate incidents, and maintain clear records to support consistent standards across the organisation. A collaborative approach with cross-team input is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering practical health and safety advice in a workplace setting.
• Confidence in completing risk assessments and workplace inspections.
• Experience reviewing incidents and near misses, with clear written records.
• The ability to explain health and safety guidance in a straightforward way.
• Good attention to detail when maintaining health and safety documentation.
• Experience of working with different teams to improve safe working practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide clear health and safety advice to colleagues, helping them apply safe working practices in their day-to-day work.
• Carry out workplace inspections and risk assessments, identifying practical actions to reduce hazards.
• Review health and safety arrangements and maintain accurate records to support consistent standards.
• Investigate incidents and near misses, documenting findings and helping to prevent similar events.
• Develop and update health and safety guidance, ensuring information is clear and easy to use.
• Work with teams across the Public Sector department to promote awareness of health and safety responsibilities.
• Monitor agreed actions following inspections and incidents, helping teams close actions within suitable timescales.
• Provide reports on health and safety activity, risks and actions to inform operational decisions.

Skills

Health & Safety

Risk assessments

Workplace inspections

Incident investigation

Documentation

Cross-team collaboration

Job description

As a Health & Safety Officer in Warwickshire, you will manage practical health and safety activity across a public sector setting, helping people work safely and keeping day-to-day operations on track. You will provide clear advice, review workplace risks and help embed safe ways of working across the organisation.shire

Client Details

The organisation operates within the Public Sector in Warwickshire.

Description

• Provide clear health and safety advice to colleagues, helping them apply safe working practices in their day-to-day work.
• Carry out workplace inspections and risk assessments, identifying practical actions to reduce hazards.
• Review health and safety arrangements and maintain accurate records to support consistent standards.
• Investigate incidents and near misses, documenting findings and helping to prevent similar events.
• Develop and update health and safety guidance, ensuring information is clear and easy to use.
• Work with teams across the Public Sector department to promote awareness of health and safety responsibilities.
• Monitor agreed actions following inspections and incidents, helping teams close actions within suitable timescales.
• Provide reports on health and safety activity, risks and actions to inform operational decisions.

Profile

• Experience of delivering practical health and safety advice in a workplace setting.
• Confidence in completing risk assessments and workplace inspections.
• Experience of reviewing incidents and near misses, with clear written records.
• The ability to explain health and safety guidance in a straightforward way.
• Good attention to detail when maintaining health and safety documentation.
• Experience of working with different teams to improve safe working practices.

Job Offer

Permanent Health & Safety Officer position based in Warwickshire.

Salary of £40,000 to £42,000 dependent on the level of experience.

Package included.

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