Health and Safety Advisor

The Council is actively supporting businesses by successfully bidding for funding to develop and improve the local environment including the marketplace and the renovation of the historic winter gardens.  The Council also successfully supports the local offshore industry which is central to the local economy.

This is an opportunity to join a busy, friendly and professional Corporate Health and Safety Team ensuring the health, safety and welfare of Council employees and those affected by the Council’s activities.

We are looking for an experienced, dynamic and forward-thinking Health and Safety Advisor to join the team. Your main responsibilities will include managing your own caseload, providing health and safety advice to all elements of the authority, investigating incidents, near misses and concerns, carrying out inspections and audits of a variety of sites, promoting best practice in health and safety, and helping build a robust health and safety management system and culture in the organisation. 

We are interested in receiving applications from people who are persistent, determined, patient, thorough, pay attention to detail, and can remain calm in stressful situations.  You will need to be an excellent communicator and have both a professional and personable manner.

Applicants will already hold a diploma level qualification in health and safety or the equivalent. You will have experience in a health and safety advisor role or in a regulatory environment.

If you feel you can offer all the above and more, then we can offer you fantastic training and a career for life. The Council operates an agile working environment with hybrid working. We offer a friendly working environment with attractive terms and conditions, including generous holiday entitlement, flexible working, relocation package (where applicable) and membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.

If this sounds like the role for you, we look forward to hearing from you.

How to apply

To apply please complete the application form and attach your CV and covering letter, any information requested through the application form that is present in your CV, please enter "see CV".

Please ensure you evidence in your application/covering letter how you meet the requirements of the role as set out in the Job Description and Person Specification. CV’s and applications should include current/most recent salary. 

Please also state if you are applying on the basis of working full time or part time.  Please note that applications via agencies will not be accepted.

The Council operates an equal opportunities policy, and we welcome applications from all parts of the community.

If you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Ivan Brooke, Health and Safety Manager on 07900 179929

Closing date:  Midnight 17 August 2025

Interviews: TBC

1. Self-awareness
2. Openness and honesty
3. Personal resilience
4. Ability to work under pressure
5. Probity and integrity
6. Fairness and consistency
7. Highly developed political acumen and astuteness
8. Ability to challenge self and colleagues constructively and sensitively.

1. Trust and Respect
2. Communicate and Connect
3. Lead and Inspire
4. Ownership and Accountability

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has the goal to achieve excellence for the Borough. We don’t just say we are ambitious; we mean it. We are always looking at the ways in which we can improve and be the best that we can, providing the best for the people who live, work, visit and operate businesses in the Borough.

We have big plans for the future and massive opportunities ahead. We are one of the most successful enterprise zones in the country, Great Yarmouth is England’s offshore energy hub and Norfolk’s biggest seaside resort at the edge of the Broads National Park. The challenges we face in the borough are wide, but our commitment to achieving more has never been so focused.

We know that our team members are our most valuable asset, working hard to achieve our short and long term goals. Find out more about the people who work with us, and if you are as ambitious as we are, apply now and be part of our team.

We offer a range of exciting benefits as an employer and are committed to a policy of equal opportunity in employment and the services we provide.

There is more information on the Jobs page of the Great Yarmouth Borough Website, with details of how to apply and the recruitment process. You will also be able to find more details regarding DBS checks (if relevant for the job role), Right to Work checks, along with details of our values and behaviours, agile working and our Privacy Notice.