HSW Business Partner: Drive Proactive Safety & Wellbeing

Environment Agency; England; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Environment Agency is seeking an experienced Health, Safety and Wellbeing Business Partner to lead HSW support across designated teams. You will be the main HSW contact, provide expert advice, conduct site visits, risk reviews, and guide managers on safe systems of work.

You will collaborate with HSW groups and Trade Unions to set local priorities, promote a proactive safety culture, and drive continuous improvements in incident investigations and training delivery.

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of Health, Safety & Wellbeing law, standards and guidance.
• Able to communicate and collaborate with teams, managers and safety reps to convey information and influence them or gather intelligence.
• Experience in conducting investigations into accidents, incidents and near misses, draw conclusions and making recommendations for corrective actions and improvements.
• Able to build and sustain effective relationships, recognising good practice and providing challenge where necessary.
• Able to deliver results, taking the initiative, making decisions, and solving problems.
• Focused on customers and partners, understanding their differing and conflicting needs, providing rapid and effective responses.
• Valid UK Driving Licence.

Responsibilities

• Acting as the main HSW contact for designated teams, providing timely, expert advice and guidance.
• Supporting managers through site visits, work shadowing, risk assessment reviews, and safe systems of work. Use insights from these activities to identify high-risk activities, recurring issues, and emerging hazards.
• Collaborating with HSW consultation groups and Trade Unions to understand local priorities and address key risks.
• Promoting a proactive HSW culture by engaging leaders and helping them deliver their responsibilities.
• Support managers in accident and near-miss investigations, ensuring lessons learned are identified, recorded, and embedded, including serious incidents.
• Contributing to continuous improvement projects that reduce adverse events and enhance HSW performance.
• Assisting with the design and delivery of HSW training, particularly for inductions and line manager development.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Investigation skills

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate

IOSH membership

Job description

Environment Agency is seeking an experienced Health, Safety and Wellbeing Business Partner to lead HSW support across designated teams. You will be the main HSW contact, provide expert advice, conduct site visits, risk reviews, and guide managers on safe systems of work.

You will collaborate with HSW groups and Trade Unions to set local priorities, promote a proactive safety culture, and drive continuous improvements in incident investigations and training delivery.