Health and Safety Business Partner

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Health and Safety Professional to lead a team of H&S advisors and make a strategic impact at Hampshire County Council.

The Health and Safety Business Partner will join the Organisational Resilience Service, which delivers the Council’s key risk and resilience activities. You will manage a team of experienced and qualified H&S advisors tasked with embedding Health and Safety (H&S) best practices across business areas by partnering with senior leaders. This is a newly created role, with the opportunity to shape the H&S systems and culture across a large organisation.

What you'll do:

• You will build relationships with key stakeholders to embed H&S practices, partnering senior leaders to understand challenges and drive improvements.
• You will focus on driving positive H&S cultural change through engagement and influence.
• You will provide sound H&S professional advice drawing on your extensive experience in industry, using data analysis to understand trends and risk profiling for H&S risks.
• The role includes leading H&S/Risk working groups to address challenges and develop improvement procedures.
• You will lead and manage the Corporate Health and Safety Team to ensure success across all H&S areas, delivering on a new team structure and way of working.
• You will ensure team practices are consistent with corporate direction and H&S regulations.
• You will drive team innovation by leveraging technology, AI, and automation within a new Corporate Model.
• You will improve internal H&S communications and develop strategies to ensure key messages are understood by all staff, using evidence to design solutions, measure impact, and continuously improve.

What we’re looking for:

Qualified to NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent level, you will bring a blend of H&S knowledge and experience with the ability to take people with you. You will use your strong stakeholder management skills to encourage ownership of H&S, your in-depth industry experience to provide professional advice and ability to drive change through innovation and continuous improvement.

Why join us:

Hampshire County Council is recognised nationally as one of the highest performing local authorities in the UK. A modern, forward-looking local authority, it offers a pleasant, supportive, and collaborative working environment.

There are many reasons why we are a great choice for your next career move:

• Hybrid working: This role is based in Winchester with a hybrid working arrangement consisting of office and home working, all to suit operational requirements. Currently most teams work in Winchester a minimum of one day a week.
• We are committed to inclusion, diversity and wellbeing. Staff are encouraged to get involved in a variety of internal Networks (BME, staff disability, Carers and working parents, and LGBT+) - see our Inclusion Strategy for further information.
• Flexible and family friendly working patterns such as compressed hours, flexi leave, accrued extra working hours and part time.
• Generous annual leave plus bank holidays and paid sick leave.
• Discounts for gyms, retailers, car hire, insurances, holidays, hotels, theatres, theme parks, restaurants, and eyecare.
• Generous Employer Pension Contribution.
• Opportunities to develop your skills and experience, informally, or formally.
• The support of a wider team who will value you and what you achieve.