Health and Safety Officer

This is an exciting role within the Corporate Health and Safety (H&S) team in UKHSA.  As a Health and Safety Officer, you will be joining a well-established and friendly group of professionals whose common function is to support on matters relating to health and safety across UKHSA, working together towards achieving a positive health and safety culture and managing the overall implementation and governance of the organisation’s Health and Safety Management System.

The postholder will undertake coordinating activities towards the arrangements across workplace and laboratory H&S. As part of their role, you will support corporate H&S Advisors and Managers across the team to manage a programme of improvements and corporate projects.

UKHSA is a multi-site organisation and the corporate H&S team are required to travel to other sites on occasion for the purpose of auditing, training, investigations and meetings. As part of on-the-job learning activities where you will be working alongside H&S team members, the H&S Officer will need to spend time working at the different locations (especially the specialist scientific sites at Chilton, Colindale and Porton) as this is a role that supports all areas of the corporate team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to further develop or start out on a Health and Safety career path, whilst at the same time gaining knowledge and an understanding of all areas of UKHSA’s work, including the specialised microbiology and containment laboratories. As part of this, the post holder will be supported and mentored through varied development opportunities, using a combination of shadowing, on the job training and formal training, to support the competent advice function of the corporate team and fulfil the required knowledge and skills progression for the role.

The role supports corporate H&S team activities all areas of the corporate H&S team’s work, including the specialised microbiology and containment laboratories. This will include:

• H&S projects and programs, particularly those identified in the H&S Improvement plan.
• UKHSA H&S training workshops and training content
• Corporate H&S audit schedule

• Developing and maintaining working relationships with internal stakeholders throughout UKHSA
• Attending and contributing to corporate and H&S team meetings
• Promoting the health and safety policies
• Development and governance of policies, procedures and other H&S documents as required.
• Communication, events, and activities to support and promote H&S improvement.
• Maintaining H&S records and systems
• Developing personal and team competence

Please review the job description for a full list of the responsibilities.  

Essential Criteria:

It is important through your application and Statement of Suitability of 850 words that you give evidence and examples of proven experience of each of the essential criteria (for full details of all essential criteria please refer to the attached job description):

Essential

• Experience using a range of software and technology solutions.
• Experience coordinating, planning, and scheduling everyday business needs such as training and competence/audits/communication plans and so on
• Effective communication skills – presentation/active listening/negotiation and influencing.
• Able to work across large multi-disciplinary groups, in a small team and on own initiative.
• Good problem solver
• Flexible and adaptable

Desirable

• NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational H&S
• Microsoft 365 functions (SharePoint, forms, power automate, tasks)
• Experience of project management from planning through to implementation
• Experience of H&S in the workplace, especially using software and technology approaches for H&S management and H&S records.

Please review the job description for the full criteria.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Job contact :

• Name : Chantelle May
• Email : UKHSA.recruitment@reed.com

Recruitment team

• Email : UKHSA.recruitment@reed.com