An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within our Health and Safety Team.  The Health & Safety Business Partner will be the lead for the Adults, Health & Commissioning and Children's, Education & Families Services.  You will be responsible for supporting the Council’s arrangements for complying with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and provide expertise in all health and safety related matters

For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Stuart Wood stuart.wood@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or 07789397291

As a Health and Safety Business Partner you will provide health and safety advice, guidance, and training to enable the organisation to ensure that statutory obligations are met. You will support a pragmatic health and safety agenda and to support management to ensure that the council has arrangements in place for the effective management of health, safety, and welfare, contributing to a strong and positive health and safety culture and awareness across the Council.

This role will build effective stakeholder relationships which encourage collaboration and inform decision making. Understanding and responding to stakeholder needs and delivering a service which makes a real difference to how the organisation manages health and safety risks.

The Experience you will bring

• Educated to NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent
• Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area.
• Has experience of working in a health and safety related role within a complex organisation.
• Excellent customer service skills with experience of building collaborative relationships by engaging with services and influencing decision making.
• Proven track record of carrying out risk assessments, inspections, audits and writing reports.
• Experience of delivering health and safety training.

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:

• Flexible working
• Flexible Bank Holidays
• A comprehensive wellbeing package
• Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
• A comprehensive pension scheme.
• IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
• Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
• An employee recognition scheme

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off.   We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered.  We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. 

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers