Health and Safety Adviser

Are you looking for a new challenge? We have an exciting opportunity to join our Health, Safety and Technical Training Team as a Health and Safety Adviser.
The Health, Safety and Technical Training (HSTT) team has a focus on managing risks to our staff, volunteers, contractors and visitors. Ensuring competence at all levels including operator, management and leadership skills. HSTT work closely with function heads, team leaders and staff groups to evaluate compliance, health and safety priorities and training needs across the organisation.
Forestry England manages the public forest estate on behalf of the Forestry Commission in England. The 254,000-hectare estate is the largest single landholding in the country, comprising over 15,000 separate properties, including some of the finest woodlands, forest and open land in England, a wide range of housing and commercial property and a variety of recreation/leisure businesses. The properties are spread across England with management centred on 6 Forest Districts, supported by specialist business units and the National Office teams.
You would be joining a family of approximately 1,200 colleagues and approximately 3,000 volunteers working across a broad range of roles to help us manage the estate, spanning forestry and land management, timber harvesting, property development, recreation and events and the management of 27 visitor centres., The post holder will be covering out East and South Forest Districts plus other business units and districts as required. Ideally you will be based in our South or East district offices, which include Lyndhurst (The New Forest) Hampshire, Bucks Horn Oak Hampshire, Bedgebury Kent, Wendover Buckinghamshire or Santon Downham Suffolk.
Frequent travel will be required to locations across at least two forest districts to support teams and attend meetings. Occasional overnight stays will be required.
The duties of this post require the applicant to have a full current driving licence that enables them to drive in the UK. However, the FC is willing to consider any proposals put forward by applicants that would allow them to do the job by other means.
• provide competent health and safety advice and support across the organisation.
• help make sure Forestry England staff and partners meet relevant duties and legislation.
• apply best practice and support improving our health and safety culture.
• support line managers embedding health and safety arrangements with their teams by attending/holding
regular support visits, demonstrations, toolbox talks, problem-solving and coaching, making sure solutions
are implemented quickly for hazards identified.
• work with national teams to support applying health and safety policy, procedures, systems, and
processes.
• support developing and implementing corporate risk assessments.
• develop and review new and existing health and safety policies, procedures and guidance by consulting
managers and staff involved in relevant tasks and processes.
• support line managers to have good quality incident investigations, identifying lessons learned for sharing
and implementing.
• provide coaching and support to managers and staff to implement health and safety systems including
Airsweb, Peoplesafe, WorkRite, CoSHH and others where necessary.
• develop and introduce ways of communicating and engaging people on health and safety matters relevant
to different audiences, using a range of techniques that are inclusive.
• support developing and implementing new initiatives.
• support health and safety governance arrangements by contributing to relevant groups, committees, and
networks.
• develop and do health and safety audits, providing recommendations for improvement and identifying best
practice.
And any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager., You will be asked to upload your CV and to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form.
Interviews will be held in person at the Kings House, Lyndhurst.
The Behaviours being assessed at interview are –
+ Communicating and Influencing
+ Changing and Improving
+ Working Together
+ Managing a Quality Service
+ Delivering at Pace
This role is full time only. Applicants who wish to work an alternative pattern are welcome to apply however your preferred working pattern may not be available and you should discuss this with the vacancy holder before applying.
Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check.
If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk.
Read more about our application process and working with us on the Forestry England website.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Essential professional and technical experience
• experience of leading a team and demonstrating strong health and safety commitment.
• experience of building strong working relationships to support problem solving, working through challenges
and developing alternative strategies to overcome concerns.
• a minimum of 2 years of experience in health and safety practice.
• ability to use a range of Microsoft Office software packages.
Desirable professional and technical experience
• a good understanding of technical forestry, land management and countryside recreation.
• experience of working closely with stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes.
• a minimum of 2 years’ experience working in forestry or similar outdoor settings., + Communicating and Influencing
+ Changing and Improving
+ Working Together
+ Managing a Quality Service
+ Delivering at Pace

Alongside your salary of £39,135, Forestry Commission contributes £11,337 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Alongside your salary, Forestry England contributes an average of 28.97% towards your pension. You will become a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.
+ 25 days holiday a year, raising by one day every year’s service, up to 30 days (pro-rated for part time employees) plus additional days off such as bank holidays.
+ STaR is our employee benefits scheme offering discounts on everyday supermarket shopping, as well as other things such as hotel stays clothes, mobile phones, other electrical items, medical and car insurance, holidays, gym discounts, household bills, Headspace wellbeing app.
+ free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to our National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury.
+ a commitment to lifelong learning through career development. Forestry England will support your career development in a variety of ways, including continual professional development, support for individual learning plans and sponsored membership of professional bodies.
Read more about the benefits on the Forestry England website.