We’re looking for someone that brings service support experience, in Health and Safety, at a large, complex organisation. You’re familiar with working in the Public Sector and different departments in Health and Safety. From this, you will have gained an understanding of Health and Safety legislation and regulations, such as the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations.
It’s important that you can communicate clearly in English, including in writing, as this role involves conveying information effectively to all levels of the Council. As well as this, you’ll bring organisation and planning skills, with the ability to be diligent and accurate. You will be proficient at using MS Office Suite (incl. MS forms: Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint).
This role will involve working unsupervised in accordance with agreed work programmes. You’ll coordinate and deliver your own tasks and workload effectively to meet goals. As such, we’re looking for someone self-motivated, resilient, and level-headed.
A NEBOSH Certificate or Level 3 NVQ are useful for this role.
Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.
The Council is committed to achieving diverse shortlists to support our desire to increase the number of staff from underrepresented groups in our workforce. We especially encourage applications from a Global Majority (GM), people who are Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and or have been racialised as 'ethnic minorities' ( formally known as B.A.M.E, Black, Asian and multiple ethnic) background and, while the role is open to all applicants, we will utilise the positive action provisions of the Equality Act 2010 to appoint a candidate from a global majority background where there is a choice between two candidates of equal merit. If you are from a Global Majority background you can self-declare this to the hiring manager as part of our positive action commitments.
We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.
