SHE Business Partner - London Underground Assets

Salary: circa. £55,000

Grade: Band 3

Contract type: Perm

Location: Palestra/Hybrid/Onsite (at least 50% will be site/office based)

Application closing date: 3rd July at 23.59

All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory right‑to‑work checks. Candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK. At the present time TfL is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50 per cent of time split between the office and home over a 4-week period. Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements.

The Opportunity

We're looking for a confident and influential SHE professional to support the safe delivery of one of the UK's largest and most complex transport asset portfolios. This role sits at the heart of London Underground Assets, partnering with Heads of Department, managers and operational teams to drive high standards of Safety, Health and Environment performance across a diverse and technically challenging environment. This is a genuine business partnering role. You'll be trusted to provide practical advice, challenge where necessary, influence decision-making and ensure SHE considerations remain embedded in both strategic and operational activities. You'll play a key role in incident investigations, assurance activities, audit programmes, procurement processes and regulator engagement, helping leaders understand risks and implement effective controls that support safe and efficient delivery. We're looking for someone who is equally comfortable in a leadership meeting, conducting assurance activities in the field, analysing performance trends or coaching managers through complex SHE issues.

What You'll Be Doing

• Acting as the SHE Business Partner to London Underground Assets teams.
• Building trusted relationships with Heads of, senior managers and key stakeholders across the business.
• Supporting business leaders to identify, manage and reduce SHE risks.
• Conducting and supporting incident investigations, ensuring robust learning and improvement actions are implemented.
• Delivering second‑line assurance activities and providing independent challenge where required.
• Supporting the audit programmes.
• Analysing SHE performance data, identifying trends and producing high‑quality reports that support informed decision‑making.
• Providing SHE input into procurement and supplier management activities.
• Supporting regulatory inspections and maintaining positive relationships with regulators.
• Coaching and developing managers to strengthen SHE leadership, accountability and ownership.
• Supporting the development and implementation of effective SHE management systems and governance arrangements.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen SHE culture and performance across the asset portfolio.

Who We're Looking For

You will be a credible and adaptable SHE professional with strong communication and collaboration skills and the confidence to influence stakeholders at all levels.

Essential Experience & Skills

• Significant experience in a SHE Advisor, Business Partner or SHE Management role.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and challenge constructively.
• Excellent communication, relationship‑building and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience supporting managers and leadership teams with a wide range of SHE matters.
• Experience conducting or supporting incident investigations.
• Experience delivering assurance activities, audits or compliance reviews.
• Ability to develop, implement or improve SHE management systems.
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills, with a focus on building capability within operational teams.
• Experience analysing data, identifying trends and producing insightful reports.
• Strong understanding of risk management and assurance principles.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and adapt within a complex operational environment.
• Experience within transport, infrastructure, engineering, utilities, construction or asset‑intensive environments.
• Knowledge of London Underground, rail or operational asset management environments.
• Experience supporting regulator inspections or regulatory engagement activities.
• Knowledge of procurement and supplier assurance processes.
• Experience working with the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM).
• IOSH, IEMA or equivalent professional membership.

Application Process

Please apply using your CV only. Think carefully about the skills, knowledge and experience in the advert and cover this in your CV. PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs to make the process fair.

Benefits

• Final salary pension scheme.
• Free travel for you on the TfL network.
• Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home.
• 29/30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays.
• TfL is committed to work‑life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow.
• Private healthcare discounted scheme.
• Tax‑efficient cycle‑to‑work programme.
• Retail, health, leisure and travel offers.
• Discounted Eurostar travel.

We will make every effort to give you as much notice as possible, however some interviews or assessments could be organised at short notice.

Vetting Process

At Transport for London, safety, trust and fairness sit at the heart of how we recruit. Our Vetting Charter explains the checks we carry out before you join us, helping ensure we create a safe, inclusive and reliable network for everyone who depends on our services. We simply ask that the information you provide is honest and accurate so we can progress your application smoothly. If something doesn’t match or can’t be verified, we may not be able to move forward with your application, but we’ll always treat you with transparency, respect, and clear communication throughout.