Safety Risk Analyst

Capita plc; Warminster; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits

Extra leave purchase

Volunteer/paid volunteering days

Job summary

Capita plc is seeking a Safety Risk Analyst in Warminster to maintain the risk register, analyse safety data and support a proactive safety culture across training establishments. The role requires working in a hybrid model with 2–3 days on site in Warminster and eligibility for UK security clearance at BPSS level.

You will collaborate with the Training Risk Lead, ensure policy coherence, and contribute to safer training outcomes within the Army collective training system.

Qualifications

• Experience in a safety, risk, compliance, quality or assurance role.
• Understanding of safety risk assessment and incident investigation processes.
• Strong analytical and investigative skills with high attention to detail.
• Ability to interpret safety legislation, policies, procedures and standards and apply them practically.
• Proficient with data and patterns to identify insights (Excel/BI desirable).
• Strong written communication, including report writing and presenting findings.
• Ability to prioritise competing tasks and meet deadlines in a structured way.
• Ability to challenge appropriately and maintain professional integrity.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the accuracy of the risk register across the full range of collective training establishments.
• Inform Training Risk Lead of changes to risk.
• Understand relevant training policy and safety management to provide coherence across the risk register.
• Support the Training Risk Lead in raising awareness and utility of the training risk register to reinforce a safety culture.
• Record short notice safety notifications.
• Collect, validate, and analyse safety data (accidents/incidents, near misses, hazards, audits, inspections, observations).
• Support incident and near-miss investigations by providing evidence and documenting findings.
• Support compliance with health and safety legislation, internal policies, and industry standards.
• Work with operational teams to promote safety awareness and encourage reporting of hazards and near misses.

Skills

Safety risk assessment

Incident investigation

Analytical skills

Legislation interpretation

Data analysis (Excel/BI)

Report writing

Prioritisation & deadlines

Professional integrity

Tools

Excel

BI tools

Job description

Help shape safer decisions and drive a proactive risk culture across a nationally important military training programme.

Play a vital role in safeguarding the British Army's collective training environment. As a Safety Risk Analyst, you'll be at the heart of identifying, assessing and managing training-related safety risks, ensuring leaders and stakeholders have the insight they need to make informed, risk-based decisions. Working across a diverse network of collective training establishments, you'll use centralised risk management systems to monitor emerging risks, maintain accurate and meaningful risk data, and drive continuous improvements in safety culture. Building trusted relationships, influencing key stakeholders and supporting safer training outcomes, you'll help ensure that risk management is embedded in everything we do.

Job title

Safety Risk Analyst

Job Description

Permanent role - 37.5 hours a week

Hybrid role with 2 or 3 days a week in Warminster

Due to the nature of this role, you must be eligible for UK Security Clearance at BPSS level.

What you'll be doing

• Maintain the accuracy of the risk register across the full range of collective training establishments
• Inform Training Risk Lead of changes to risk
• Understand relevant training policy and safety management to provide coherence across the risk register
• Support the Training Risk Lead in the awareness and utility of the training risk register to reinforce a safety culture
• Record short notice safety notifications
• Collect, validate, and analyse safety data (e.g., accidents/incidents, near misses, hazards, audits, inspections, observations).
• Support incident and near-miss investigations by providing evidence, analysing contributing factors, and documenting findings.
• Support compliance with health and safety legislation, internal policies, and relevant industry standards.
• Work with operational teams to promote safety awareness and encourage reporting of hazards and near misses.

Essential Skills/Experience/Qualifications

• Experience in a safety, risk, compliance, quality, or assurance role (or strong transferable analytical experience).
• Understanding of safety risk assessment principles and incident investigation processes.
• Strong analytical and investigative skills with high attention to detail.
• Ability to interpret safety legislation, policies, procedures, and standards and apply them practically.
• Confidence working with data (Excel/BI tools desirable) to identify patterns and produce clear insights.
• Strong written communication skills, including report writing and presenting findings clearly.
• Ability to prioritise competing tasks and meet deadlines in a structured way.
• Ability to challenge appropriately, escalations concerns, and maintain professional integrity.

Desirable Skills/Experience/Qualifications

• Experience working within a regulated, contract-led, or operational environment (desirable).
• Familiarity with safety reporting systems and maintaining risk/action logs (desirable).
• Knowledge of the military/Army

About ACTS (Army Collective Training Service)

The OMNIA® Training consortium brings together five leading UK defence training organisations: Capita, Raytheon, Rheinmetall, Cervus and Skyral. As the British Army's Strategic Training Partner (STP), OMNIA has a clear mission: to transform collective training over the next 15 years and deliver world‑class training for the British Army.

Working with the Land Warfare Centre (LWC), OMNIA will schedule, plan, design, deliver and assure collective training across the Army's Collective Training System (ACTS), while also delivering the Collective Training Transformation Programme (CTTP). This generational opportunity will enable more relevant, challenging and safe training, helping the British Army to fight and win. Central to this mission is the ability to set and measure training performance against requirements, assure operational readiness, and capture associated training and safety risks.

What's in it for you?

• Salary up to £50,000 depending on skills and experience
• Enjoy flexible benefits including extra leave purchase, paid volunteering days, enhanced family leave, lifestyle discounts, and access to inclusive employee networks - all designed to support your wellbeing and personal growth.
• Onsite, secure parking
• Rewarding role making a real difference to those joining and progressing within the British Army
• Flexible working

Equal Opportunities

Capita is committed to an inclusive, barrier‑free recruitment process. We're a Disability Confident employer and welcome applications from everyone. If you need adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact us at [e-mail] or call 07784 237318.

For more on equal opportunities and available adjustments, visit the Capita Careers website.

For general queries, email [e-mail].

Location

Warminster

United Kingdom

Time Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent