Health and Safety Business Partner – Development – Nottingham or London, EC1N 8JS
Health and Safety Business Partner (Development)Nottingham and Midlands: £59,232 – £62,350London: £66,068 – £69,545
Permanent, Full Time Opportunity (37.5 hours)
We’re looking for an experienced and self-motivated Health and Safety Business Partner to join our team for one year. This is a fantastic opportunity for a confident professional with broad health and safety knowledge and experience, particularly within the social housing and construction sectors.
In this role, you will provide support and guidance to our Development Directorate, ensuring they meet all regulatory requirements and adhere to our corporate health and safety standards. You’ll also bring the flexibility to support other areas of the organisation when needed.
The successful candidate will contribute to shaping a consistent and proactive approach to health and safety across MTVH.
What You’ll Do
- Provide hands‑on, professional occupational health and safety advice and support at all organisational levels
- Build collaborative relationships within the Health and Safety Team, your directorate, and across MTVH
- Coordinate and conduct audits and inspections, ensuring actions are communicated, tracked, completed, and escalated where necessary
- Ensure consistent application of CDM regulations
- Lead on serious accident/incident and near‑miss investigations and support others to identify the root causes and establish meaningful preventive measures
- Ensure risk profiling, prioritisation and assessment are conducted and managed
- Deliver health and safety training, workshops and coaching, where required
- Adapt to support other directorates as and when necessary to ensure continued competent health and safety support
- Attend and contribute to applicable health and safety meetings, steering groups, and assurance panels
- Prepare timely, accurate monthly health and safety performance reports
- Promote compliance with health and safety management system KPIs
- Develop, implement, monitor, and proactively communicate health and safety policy and procedures.
What You’ll Bring
- Experience in the Social Housing and Construction Sectors
- Appropriate health and safety qualifications with a minimum equivalent of a NEBOSH Construction Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety
- Extensive health and safety regulatory knowledge and experience to support your directorate with professional and accurate advice.
- Expert knowledge and practical application of the CDM Regulations 2015, especially client duties
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to champion health and safety discussion and positively influence behaviour
- Expertise in accident and incident investigation with a focus on preventive action and broader lessons learnt
- Experience of developing policies, procedures, and management systems
- Professional curiosity and diligence, particularly in relation auditing and inspection
- Competency in preparing timely, accurate health and safety performance reports and explaining complex legal information to a variety of audiences
- Additional Information: This is a national role, so a full driving licence and access to own vehicle for business use are essential.
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