Health, Safety & Wellbeing Advisor

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: £39,939 - £42,699 per annum (Pro rata for part time)

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Fixed Term (12 months)

Closing Date: 6th February 2026

Interview Date(s): 19th February 2026 (TBC)

Are you a Health, Safety and Wellbeing professional looking for a varied role where you can really make a difference?

We’re looking for a Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor to join our Corporate Team on a fixed term contract to help back fill maternity cover.

This is a fantastic opportunity to build experience working in the public sector and join our friendly and dedicated Health, Safety and Wellbeing Team, part of a wider People Services Team awarded PPMA Public Sector Team of the Year in 2021.

The Corporate HS&W Advisor role involves working directly with a range of services within LCC. These services vary from social care, schools, libraries, offices, and to parks, highways, and recycling centres, the broad range of services creates an exciting opportunity for someone looking to expand their H&S experience.

You will carry out health and safety audits, inspections, and accident investigations across our sites and will provide advice to managers within dedicated departments to undertake their health and safety duties and responsibilities. You will also be involved in exciting project work such as developing and delivering health and safety training, health and safety campaigns, implementation of the Council’s health and safety management system and updating policies and documentation.

You will be supported by a Senior Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor and the Corporate Health, Safety and Wellbeing Manager, along with a team of other advisors.

The service, which is ISO
45001 certified, sits within People Services, winners PPMA Public Sector Team of the Year Award 2021, meaning we work closely with Human Resources, Organisational Development and Learning and Development teams. The corporate and traded teams work closely together creating a supportive environment for staff to develop their knowledge and experience from each other.

This is a great opportunity for you to develop your expertise through exposure to a broad range of work and a variety of work environments and challenges.

The post is available as a combination of office and home working and involves travel to Council sites across Leicestershire.

• You’ll have a NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (Level
  3) or equivalent qualification.
• You’ll have IOSH Technical Membership.
• You’ll have experience of undertaking health, safety, and wellbeing activities, including good knowledge and understanding of hazards, risks and control measures that can be applied to a broad range of service areas.
• You’ll have knowledge and understanding of ISO
  45001.
• You’ll be able to write accurate and concise health and safety reports using template documents.
• You’ll be a strong, concise, and effective communicator at all levels, including the ability to deliver Health and Safety training.
• You’ll be able to demonstrate a fluent understanding of ICT programmes, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.

This role will require regular travel across Leicestershire, so a valid driving licence, access to a vehicle and business use insurance is required. However, reasonable adjustments will always be considered for applicants with a disability.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equal opportunities, and the ability to apply this to all situations.

We would also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

In return, we can offer you an excellent benefits package including:

• a generous annual leave allowance (minimum of 26 days plus bank holidays)
• access to the excellent Local Government Pension Scheme
• Support with your ongoing professional development
• access to an employee wellbeing service
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