Corporate Health and Safety Adviser

Overview

In this role you will provide expert health and safety guidance across Islington Council, starting with the Community Wealth Building and Resources directorates. You will help embed a strong safety culture, develop practical safety systems, and advise managers while contributing to performance reporting and incident reviews. You’ll lead safety training, support senior leaders, and be involved in the council’s drug and alcohol testing programme. This is a chance to shape safety across a large organisation within a values-driven, public-sector team.

Pay / Benefits

• up to 31 days leave
• flexible working arrangements
• 35-hour week
• London Living Wage
• pension scheme
• Cycle to Work

Responsibilities

• Embed a strong safety culture across services
• Develop and implement safety systems and policies
• Conduct audits and risk assessments, provide expert advice
• Deliver training and build staff competency
• Advise senior leaders and collaborate with stakeholders
• Contribute to the council’s drug and alcohol testing programme

Key requirements

• Qualified to NEBOSH National General Certificate or equivalent, working towards higher qualifications (Diploma/ NVQ level 5 or 6)
• Technical IOSH membership while progressing to graduate level
• Experience developing and delivering safety policies across a large organisation
• Experience in health and safety roles, ideally in local government
• Strong knowledge of legislation and risk management
• Excellent communication, influencing, and training skills
• Ability to work flexibly, including occasional out-of-hours work

• communication
• influencing
• training
• risk assessments
• safety policy development
• auditing

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