At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead health and safety strategies, conduct audits, and promote employee wellbeing.
- Company: Wakefield Council, dedicated to professional development and organisational growth.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, generous holiday, hybrid working, and extensive training opportunities.
- Other info: Enjoy a supportive work environment with great career advancement potential.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in promoting safety and wellbeing across the council.
- Qualifications: Experience in health and safety, strong communication skills, and IOSH membership.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Wakefield Council’s Health & Safety Team now have an exciting opportunity for Health & Safety Adviser to join our service.
The role reflects our commitment to professional continuous development and organisational growth.
We are seeking an experienced and proactive professional to play a key role in developing and delivering council-wide health and safety strategies, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and promoting employee wellbeing across all directorates.
Key Responsibilities
- Undertaking Health & Safety Audits, workplace Inspections and compliance monitoring
- Contribute to the development and implementation of the Council’s strategic health and safety management systems
- Design and embed procedures that promote a positive health and safety culture at every level of the organisation
- Provide expert advice, guidance, and training to managers and employees across all services
- Ensure robust governance arrangements are in place, maintained, and regularly reviewed.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to lead on specialist areas, including fire safety and other key topics.
- Profile Requirements
You will be a confident and credible health and safety professional with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels. You will have:
- Proven experience in delivering health and safety advice within a complex organisation.
- Strong knowledge of health and safety legislation and best practice.
- Excellent communication and training skills.
- The ability to support a positive and proactive safety culture.
A working knowledge of outdoor education, CLEAPSS, and school governance would be advantageous, particularly in supporting our maintained schools.
Membership of IOSH at Technical level (Tech IOSH) or above.
Benefits
- A competitive salary
- Generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy up to 10 extradays of annual leave
- Hybrid working (subject to role suitability)
- Access to high-quality training programs to advance your career to the next level.
- We are committed to supporting the wellbeing of our staff. We recognise that resilient teams need good work life balance as well as supportive leadership.
- Discounted and subsidised public transport (Arriva Bus Annual Travel Ticket, Northern Trains Limited (NTL), Metro Card).
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and a Shared Cost Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVC) scheme providing a tax efficient way to increase our pension.
- Great range of benefits including an Employee Assistant Programme, discounted membership to our excellent leisure facilities with free 12 weeks exercise program, discounts for a range of retail, entertainment, health and leisure providers, a cycle to work scheme, and many more.
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Contact Details:
Kirklees Metropolitan Council Recruitment Team
