Safety Adviser

Join us in a role where your expertise directly shapes safer workplaces and stronger communities. As a Safety Adviser, you will play a vital part in delivering proactive, competent and comprehensive safety services across Birmingham City Council and its partner organisations. Your work will help protect employees, residents and stakeholders, while supporting a positive, pragmatic safety culture throughout the organisation. You will collaborate with managers, directors, safety committees and external bodies to identify risks, influence decision-making and drive continuous improvement. From shaping policy and delivering training to leading audits, investigations and major-incident support, this is a role with real variety, visibility and impact. What you will do

• Provide expert advice on legislation, safe working practices and compliance
• Support leaders in identifying risks, prioritising actions and developing safety plans
• Shape policy and guidance through toolkits, procedures and best-practice frameworks
• Lead audits, inspections and investigations to identify trends and root causes
• Deliver engaging training to staff at all levels
• Work collaboratively with trade unions, emergency services, HSE and legal teams
• Respond to major incidents and support organisational resilience
• Champion sensible, proportionate and cost-effective risk management
  
  Strong technical knowledge of H&S legislation, ACOPs and best-practice management
• Practical advisory experience in a complex, multi-disciplinary environment
• Training design and delivery skills that engage and motivate staff
• Confidence to challenge while offering pragmatic, solution-focused advice
• Excellent communication and the ability to build trust at all levels
• Flexible, proportionate approach to safety management
• Political awareness and the ability to operate effectively in a local-authority setting
• Strong organisational and analytical skills with a proactive mindset
• Teamwork and independence - able to collaborate widely while working autonomously
• IT competence including Microsoft Office, SAP and other relevant systems
• Trained to at least NEBOSH Certificate standard or equivalent
  
  Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city., The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence.
There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:
• A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
• An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
• A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
• A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
• A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.
We see the Council's role as providing strategic leadership - that's being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making. We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision. We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.

In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.