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About the Role

As a Health & Safety Standards Development Lead, you will make a significant contribution to people across Westminster by reviewing and improving the Council’s existing Health & Safety management systems. You will develop, design, and implement improvements to foster a positive safety culture for over 3,600 staff. This role involves collaborating with senior colleagues to design a training, learning, and development matrix, setting occupational standards, and ensuring compliance with ISO 45001, ISO 31000, ISO 22320, and ISO 43001. The focus is on risk reduction and fostering an organization-wide culture of learning, development, and continuous improvement through a human-centered approach to safety.

Responsibilities

Reviewing the Council’s existing Health & Safety management systems.
Developing, designing, and implementing improvements to health and safety management systems.
Driving meaningful change and contributing to a positive safety culture.
Collaborating with senior colleagues to design a comprehensive training, learning, and development matrix for Council staff.
Setting occupational standards to facilitate management engagement and commitment.
Ensuring the requirements of ISO 45001, ISO 31000, ISO 22320, and ISO 43001 are met.
Balancing complex health & safety risks and compliance obligations.
Facilitating an organisation-wide culture of learning, development, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

Substantial experience implementing ISO 45001 and other relevant ISO systems.
Knowledge of ISO 22320 Emergency management requirements.
Ability to identify, assess, and prioritise Health & Safety risks.
Understanding of strategic organisational and employee wellbeing issues within a large, complex public sector organisation.
High standard of integrity to ensure unbiased and impartial audit findings.
Excellent communication, attention to detail, and presentation skills.
Passion for supporting the Council’s drive to develop a modernised and resilient Health & Safety function built on trust, innovation, and care.

Skills

Health & Safety management systems
ISO 45001 implementation
ISO 31000 implementation
ISO 22320 implementation
ISO 43001 implementation
Risk assessment
Risk management
Training development
Learning and development
Occupational standards setting
Management engagement
Compliance management
Human-centered approach
Continuous improvement
Communication skills
Attention to detail
Presentation skills

Location

Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW1E 6QH

Work Type

Permanent
36 hours per week

Experience Level

Substantial experience implementing ISO 45001 and other relevant ISO systems
EQF level 6 or higher qualification

Education Level

Occupational Health & Safety qualification equivalent to EQF level 6 or higher
Chartered Member of the Institute of Occupational Health & Safety
ISO 45001 Occupational Health & Safety Lead Auditor
Lead auditor 45001 Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems

Salary/Compensations

£56,436 - £76,872 per annum
Salary negotiable depending upon experience

Benefits

Flexible working patterns
Agile working

About the Company

Corporate Services in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories, where passionate and expert professionals go above and beyond for their colleagues every day.
Westminster is an amazing place, home to over 200,000 residents, 50,000 businesses, and where 750,000 people work.
Westminster City Council is committed to putting communities at the heart of decision-making.
We build an inclusive city where residents, workers, and visitors from all backgrounds feel welcome and safe.
We pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice.
We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds.
We aim to have a workforce that represents the communities we serve at all levels.
We champion equality, diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing.
We aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging, and is empowered to be their best.
The Council is a Disability Confident Employer.

Equal Opportunity

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace.
Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.
The Council is committed to achieving diverse shortlists to support our desire to increase the number of staff from underrepresented groups in our workforce.
We especially encourage applications from a Global Majority (GM), people who are Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and or have been racialised as 'ethnic minorities' (formally known as B.A.M.E, Black, Asian and multiple ethnic) background.
While the role is open to all applicants, we will utilise the positive action provisions of the Equality Act 2010 to appoint a candidate from a global majority background where there is a choice between two candidates of equal merit.
If you are from a Global Majority background you can self-declare this to the hiring manager as part of our positive action commitments.
If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job.
If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.