Health and Safety Advisor

Overview

East Suffolk Services Limited is a dynamic organisation delivering essential local services to support residents and businesses across our district. We are a new, growing organisation with energy, ambition, and purpose. This is an opportunity to support and give back to your local community.

• East Suffolk Services Limited

• Address: Lowestoft, Suffolk NR32 2EX
  or Ufford, Suffolk IP13 6ET

• Salary: Band 5/6 (Career Grade) £31,537 - £38,220 per annum. Placement within the Band is dependant on experience and qualifications held.

• Hours: 37 hours per week

• Contract: Permanent

We currently have an opportunity to join our Health and Safety team as a Health and Safety Advisor
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You will support the Health and Safety Manager by providing expert advice, guidance, and training on all health and safety matters affecting employees, activities, and workplaces. You'll monitor compliance with legal requirements and help shape policies, procedures, and practices that ensure East Suffolk Services meets its occupational health and safety obligations.

You will be enthusiastic, methodical and approachable, with strong investigative, analytical and communication skills.

You must have:

• previous health and safety knowledge and experience

• previous facilities management or waste experience would be desirable

• previous experience in identifying non-compliance and unsafe practices

• the ability to liaise with service leads and teams - supporting and coaching them to achieve continuous improvement

• experience of developing and implementing policies and procedures

• experience of undertaking complex health and safety incident investigations

• a NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent) qualification is essential at the entry point of the career grade, with NEBOSH Diploma Level 6 being the requirement for the higher career grade.

Do you have the skills, experience, or potential to succeed in this role? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

At East Suffolk Services, we truly value our employees. We understand that the backbone of any company's success will always be its people and that our continued success depends on recognising talented individuals, supporting their development, and retaining them within our organisation. That is why we are committed to making East Suffolk Services a great place to work.

We value our staff

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a comprehensive package of benefits designed to support your health, development, and lifestyle. These include:

• a top-tier health and wellbeing package through Canada Life, including online access to UK-based GPs and dentists, plus life insurance

• a competitive, matched pension scheme through Royal London

• access to a wide range of support networks and wellbeing initiatives
  , including mental health resources and specialist counselling

• learning and development opportunities tailored to your role and personal goals.

• exclusive discounts on the latest tech, holidays and travel, fashion, health and beauty, and more

• a car benefit scheme and cycle to work scheme to support your commute in a way that suits you.

For more information on our benefits scheme, see our employee benefits brochure
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For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact Danny Markham on .

Closing date: 11.30 pm, 1 February 2026.

Interview date: 10 February 2026.

Step 1 - Read the advert and the Job Description and Person Specification
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Step 2 - Complete the Supporting Statement template (docx). Please use the application template provided to show how you meet each of the criteria listed in the Person Specification. Unfortunately, we're unable to accept applications submitted in other formats.

Step 3 - Complete the online application and upload your statement. Please note, CVs are not accepted.

For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site (suffolkjobsdirect.org).