At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the development of Health & Safety standards and drive positive change for over 3,600 staff.
- Company: Join Westminster City Council, a diverse and inclusive workplace committed to community wellbeing.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: We encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and support Care Leavers into the workplace.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on safety culture while supporting a modernised Health & Safety function.
- Qualifications: Experience with ISO 45001 and strong communication skills are essential.
The predicted salary is between 56436 - 76872 £ per year.
Salary range: £56,436 - £76,872 per annum. Salary negotiable depending upon experience.
Work location: Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW1E 6QPHours per week: 36
Contract type: Permanent
Vetting requirements: Standard DBS Check
Closing date: 23 August 2026
Interview Date: Week Commencing 7 September 2026
The Role: As a Health & Safety Standards Development Lead, you can make your own powerful contribution to people across Westminster. Responsible for reviewing the Council’s existing Health & Safety management systems, you’ll develop, design and implement improvements that drive meaningful change and contribute to a positive safety culture for over 3,600 staff. Collaborating closely with senior colleagues, you’ll help design a comprehensive training, learning and development matrix for Council staff, setting occupational standards to facilitate management engagement and commitment. With a focus on risk reduction, you’ll ensure the requirements of ISO 45001, ISO 31000, ISO 22320 and ISO 43001 are met. Taking a human-centred approach to safety, you’ll balance complex health & safety risks and compliance obligations to facilitate an organisation-wide culture of learning, development and continuous improvement.
About You: An established professional with substantial experience implementing ISO 45001 and other relevant ISO systems, you’ll have the following qualifications and accreditations:
- Occupational Health & Safety qualification equivalent to EQF level 6 or higher.
- Chartered Member of the Institute of Occupational Health & Safety.
- ISO 45001 Occupational Health & Safety Lead Auditor.
- Lead auditor 45001 Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems.
You’ll bring knowledge of ISO 22320 Emergency management requirements, including the ability to identify, assess and prioritise Health & Safety risks. An understanding of strategic organisational and employee wellbeing issues within a large, complex public sector organisation is key, as is a high standard of integrity to ensure unbiased and impartial audit findings. On a personal level, you’ll be a true team player with excellent communication, attention to detail and presentation skills. Most importantly, you’ll be passionate about supporting the Council’s drive to develop a modernised and resilient Health & Safety function built on trust, innovation, and care.
This is a fantastic opportunity to lead an innovative, supportive service where your ideas are valued, and your professional growth is supported at every step.
Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.
The Council is committed to achieving diverse shortlists to support our desire to increase the number of staff from underrepresented groups in our workforce. We especially encourage applications from a Global Majority (GM), people who are Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and or have been racialised as 'ethnic minorities' background and, while the role is open to all applicants, we will utilise the positive action provisions of the Equality Act 2010 to appoint a candidate from a global majority background where there is a choice between two candidates of equal merit. If you are from a Global Majority background you can self-declare this to the hiring manager as part of our positive action commitments.
What We Offer: Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe. At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is Our Westminster Way.
To find out more about how we do this visit our website. As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.
The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.
We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.
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