Health and Safety Adviser

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job title Health and Safety Adviser Job reference  Date posted 13/10/2026 Final date to receive applications 21/10/2026 Working Pattern Blank Salary Grade H £38,510 - £41,177 a year Contractual hours Blank Basis Blank Job category/type Health & Safety Attachments Blank Job description

Salary:
Health and Safety Adviser
Location:
Council House
Hours: 37 hours a week
Working hours:
Full time
Closing Date: 21/10/2026
Contract Type:
Permanent

At Derby City Council, we are committed to ensuring the health and safety of all our employees and customers.

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Council’s Corporate Health and Safety Team. You will play a key role in delivering ‘safety beyond compliance’ by supporting services to manage their health and safety risks in a proactive way by delivering impactful change and assurance that services are managing their H&S responsibilities.

Reporting to the Corporate Health and Safety Team Manager you will work closely with health and safety team colleagues and all council services.

• Provide strong, bold, visible, proactive, and functional health and safety leadership
• Deliver high quality, professional advice and proactive support
• Influence and empower services to shape and implement robust health and safety plans that drive performance improvements where required
• Develop policies and processes to assist and enable the council to comply and achieve improved outcomes
• Undertake health and safety audits and inspections ensuring that preventive actions are implemented
• Undertake accident /incident investigations

• Progressive and forward thinking
• Highly engaging and have a compelling communications style
• Demonstrate experience of managing risk
• Ambitious and results driven
• Take ownership of health and safety issues and empower others to do the same
• Able to work supportively in a team environment and able to effectively work independently
• Demonstrate you care about what we want to achieve

Applicants must hold at least the minimum of the NEBOSH Diploma or an equivalent level qualification in Health and Safety and current membership of a relevant health and safety professional body such as the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) or the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM).

At Derby City Council, we're proud to deliver over 250 essential services that support our residents, communities and businesses. Guided by our vision to create an Inclusive, Green, Growing and Vibrant City, we put people at the heart of everything we do.

Our values shape how we work every day. We believe in Great People, One Team, we're Bold in embracing change, Strong in delivering for our communities, and We Care about making a positive difference.

Join us and you'll be part of an ambitious, collaborative organisation where you can develop your career while helping to shape Derby's future.

At Derby City Council, you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference while building a rewarding career in an organisation that values, supports and invests in its people.

Alongside the opportunity to help shape the future of Derby, you'll benefit from a comprehensive range of employee benefits, including:

• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) – a secure, defined benefit pension with life cover
• Team Derby Rewards – discounts across a wide range of retail, leisure and lifestyle brands
• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme – a salary sacrifice scheme for leasing a brand-new, fully maintained and insured vehicle

• Generous annual…