Corporate Health & Safety Advisor

Corporate Health & Safety Advisor - Belfast

Location: Housing Centre, Belfast (with travel across Northern Ireland)
Salary: £19.32 per hour
Hours: 37 hours per week (Monday to Friday)

Staffline is recruiting on behalf of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive for a Corporate Health & Safety Advisor to join their Corporate Services - Health & Safety team.

You will play a central role in promoting a strong health & safety culture, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, and supporting staff and management through expert advice, inspections, and training.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and review Health & Safety policies and procedures
• Conduct workplace inspections and audits, producing reports and action plans
• Deliver and support health & safety training programmes
• Provide expert advice on legislation, compliance, and best practice
• Support risk assessments across a range of work activities (e.g. COSHH, manual handling, DSE)
• Investigate incidents, including RIDDOR reporting and liaison with HSENI
• Monitor performance data and contribute to reports and KPIs
• Produce guidance materials, bulletins, and safety communications
• Support audits, business cases, and tender processes
• Engage with internal teams, trade unions, and external stakeholders
• Represent the Health & Safety function at meetings and committees

Candidate Requirements

Essential Criteria:

• Degree (Level 6 or higher) in Occupational Health & Safety
  (or currently working towards completion within 12 months)
• Minimum 3 years' experience in a Health & Safety Advisor/Officer role
• Membership of IOSH (or working towards Chartered status - CMIOSH)
• Demonstrable experience in:
  • Developing H&S documentation (risk assessments, policies, procedures)
  • Incident reporting and investigation (including RIDDOR)
  • Conducting inspections and audits with action planning
  • Designing and delivering H&S training
• Strong organisational, communication, and influencing skills
• Full driving licence or access to transport

Desirable:

• Experience working within a large, multi-site organisation

Apply Now

If you are interested and available for this position, please upload your CV to the link or contact [email protected]

To be shortlisted for this role, all applicants MUST meet the essential criteria. Please note that these roles may be filled quickly; however, your CV will be kept on file for future similar roles. Due to the high volume of applications, unsuccessful candidates may not be contacted.

Successful candidates may need to apply for an Access NI Certificate with Staffline regardless of whether you already hold a valid certificate. This will be at a cost of between £16 - £32, depending on the level of clearance required.