Health and Safety Advisor

Job role: Health & Safety Adviser
Location: Hertfordshire with occassional travel to London
Salary: £40,528 to £51,470 per annum, including London Weighting
Working hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Hybrid working

Help shape safety across a complex and evolving estate

This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly varied organisation where you will play a key role in leading fire safety and built environment health and safety activities across multiple campuses and specialist facilities.

This is an ideal opportunity for a health and safety professional with strong fire safety expertise who is looking to take ownership of specialist work, influence organisational safety culture and make a visible impact. This role does require occasional bisiting

What you will do:

• Lead fire risk assessments and support Fire Marshals
• Deliver fire safety training and promote a positive safety culture across the campuses
• Advise on contractor safety, building safety and construction projects
• Carry out audits, inspections and incident investigations
• Support safety events, compliance reporting and guidance development
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across infrastructure and operational teams
• Contribute to governance groups, committees and compliance reporting
• Help develop meaningful performance measures and safety KPIs
• Reduce reliance on external consultants by providing in-house fire safety expertise

What we're looking for:

• NEBOSH General Certificate and Fire Safety Certificate
• Experience in fire safety, construction or built environment health and safety
• Strong fire risk assessment knowledge and practical experience
• Experience conducting audits, inspections and incident investigations
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to deliver training and influence stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills with experience of risk management and performance reporting
• IOSH membership (TechIOSH or working towards) desirable

Benefits:

• Competitive and attractive pension package
• Generous 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and concessionary days
• Access to free in-house CPD and funded external CPD
• Family friendly policies, including adoption, maternity and paternity pay and leave
• On-site café and restaurant
• Free membership to a modern Fitness and Wellbeing Centre, including gym facilities
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Hybrid working arrangements

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.