Hertfordshire County Council · England · £39k–£43k
This is a live UK-based role at Hertfordshire County Council, a UK Skilled Worker sponsor tracked by Sponsorly AI against the Home Office register. Posted 18 September 2026. Listed as open until 20 October 2026.
Job Title: Health & Safety Officer Starting Salary: £39,481 opportunity to progress to £43,149 per annum Hours: 37 Location: Stevenage/Hybrid Contract Type: Permanent Directorate: Resources About the team This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated health and safety officer to join our team and provide competent health and safety support to managers and staff across Council departments, schools and partner organisations. We are looking for a high level of technical expertise and excellent interpersonal skills in order to deliver our proactive assurance programme as well as managing a reactive workload involving the provision of advice, responding to queries and dealing with incident reports. About the role The post holder will: Monitor compliance with health and safety legislation and HCC policy and procedures via our audit and inspection programme, ensuring effective monitoring and reporting. Provide health and safety advice and support to managers and staff within HCC, schools and partner organisations. A broad and secure knowledge of H&S legislation and practice is essential, together with the ability to build good relationships at all levels of theorganisation Assist in the development and delivery of health and safety training and support our Health and Safety Co-ordinators across the organisation. Contribute to the development and review of the Council’s Health and Safety guidance and procedures. Monitor accident and incident reports and statistics identifying trends and assist with investigations / debriefs as required About you Essential: You will have a successful track record of working in a similar role, working collaboratively in a small team and successfully providing health and safety advice and support to a range of clients. As the role requires competing priorities to be managed effectively,you will have excellent time management and organisation skills, enabling you to deliver a service focussed on effective risk management. As a key part of the role involves undertaking proactive and reactive visits, accident investigations, audits and inspections. Youso must be able to build good relationships and provide accurate advice both verbally and in written reports. You will have a NEBOSH Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health or equivalent as a minimum. The ideal candidate will be qualified to NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Safety & Health or equivalent. With a commitment to continuing professional development e.g., through membership of IOSH or similar. Full UK Driving Licence Microsoft Office Applications, Word, Excel If you are a confident and experienced Health and Safety professional with strong collaboration and interpersonal skills interested in working across diverse areas of risk, then please get in touch. We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for …
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