Health & Safety Advisor - Chilton

The Corporate Health & Safety team is 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 H&S culture and managing the overall implementation and governance of the organisation’s H&S Management System.

The team delivers training, undertakes assurance activity, and provides support to the organisation through the provision of competent H&S advice. In addition, the corporate team supports interactions with the regulator, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

The H&S Advisor role undertakes advice and support activities across specified areas of the business, supporting the implementation, improvement and assurance of H&S arrangements. As part of their role, they will shadow and support Lead H&S Advisors and Managers.

Reporting to a H&S Manager and working alongside other H&S colleagues, the role includes contributing to corporate objectives and providing any relevant specialist knowledge as part of the corporate team.

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.
- Providing general H&S advice and support to specified areas of the business, as needed:

- attending operational meetings & providing briefings/updates and other communications
- responding to staff and operational manager queries
- support with any H&S incidents reported; assist the reporting process, help identify corrective action and carry out assurance of reports made to ensure clarity of information and proportionate investigation
- support with audit recommendations and associated action plans
- support the implementation and assurance of H&S arrangements
- Shadowing and supporting Lead H&S Advisors and H&S Managers, as required
- Delivering H&S Training to staff, and developing/reviewing training content, including the use of training development software for e-learning packages
- Contributing to corporate H&S objectives, programmes and improvement activities (for example, communication & engagement; H&S culture; continual improvement to the management system)
- Interacting with our software systems used for H&S records (such as DSE training and assessments, risk assessments, and incident reporting) and contributing to the management of the information asset
- Attend and contribute to corporate H&S team meetings
- Receiving and analysing assurance information and submitting reports to groups and committees.
- Undertake corporate H&S audits according to audit schedule
- Undertake personal learning and development activities and maintain Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is responsible for planning, preventing and responding to external health threats, and providing intellectual, scientific and operational leadership at national and local level, as well as on the global stage. UKHSA ensures that the nation can respond quickly and at greater scale to deal with a range of health threats, including those of a future pandemic.

You will be working with a highly motivated and passionate group of people and will be working alongside them in an exciting and fast pace environment with the opportunity to make your mark and influence government policy and delivery.

As a corporate H&S Advisor, you will assist UKHSA staff and managers with making reasonably practicable decisions as regards H&S risk by providing competent H&S advice to specified areas of the business and in the topic areas of your existing knowledge and skills. This involves making decisions autonomously within those work areas, however management colleagues will provide support as required.

The role will contribute to the delivery of corporate H&S team objectives and corporate programmes, referring to other colleagues in the team and across the organisation when additional knowledge, skills or experience are needed.

You will be supported to deliver projects and personal objectives to the timescales and standards required, which will be reviewed throughout the year via the H&S improvement plan progress, and quarterly performance conversations.

We encourage cross-team collaboration and you will need to demonstrate inclusive behaviours, delivering effective H&S input to develop and maintain working relationships with internal stakeholders across UKHSA.

Whilst in the role, you will be encouraged to pursue learning and development opportunities, identifying key competence gaps and proposing a ran