About the job

Job summary

What the organisation will expect:

• Ability to manage own and others work and prioritise to ensure that objectives are met to time and to standard, using own initiative and decision making, managing risks as appropriate. 
• The ability to solve problems and make operational/policy decisions and/or recommendations by choosing between a number of options which may involve researching, organising and analysing facts and data 
• You will be adaptable, flexible, open to, and accepting of change affecting you and your area of work and deal with that change efficiently and professionally. 

What your team will expect: 

• Work independently on day-to-day issues which may include providing advice to more senior grades and supporting policy, digital, legislation or operational development work; whilst being the lead official to engage with a wide-range of stakeholders both internally and externally. 
• Line management of individuals or a team. Management responsibilities may include supporting team members on more difficult cases, managing work allocation and prioritisation. Responsibility for performance management, coaching, mentoring and development of staff from all backgrounds to ensure they are able reach their full potential, helping to create a culture of inclusion; making sure that any development opportunities are accessible and inclusive for all. You are proactive in exploring your own developmental needs and take action when required 

What key stakeholders will expect 

• Provide sound judgement with the ability to interpret information where issues are complex or conflicting with the ability to weigh up a number of factors to produce constructive ideas and solutions. 
• Required to communicate information, to provide advice to senior colleagues on the effects of policy or operational changes and influence outcomes. 
• Ability to grow strong professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders, effectively collaborating to share information, resources and support. 

The Health & Safety Advisor plays a key role within the Welsh Government in terms of promoting, educating, and ensuring compliance on a range of Health and Safety matters.

The role supports the Senior Health and Safety Advisor in providing information to the Safety Advisory Board, on how the Welsh Government is discharging its duty in providing a safe working environment and safe systems of work for employees, visitors and contractors.

The post contributes to the delivery of the Health, Safety and Wellbeing Strategy and Action Plan as part of the WG2025 Organisational Change Initiative. 

Job description

What the organisation will expect:

• Ability to manage own and others work and prioritise to ensure that objectives are met to time and to standard, using own initiative and decision making, managing risks as appropriate. 
• The ability to solve problems and make operational/policy decisions and/or recommendations by choosing between a number of options which may involve researching, organising and analysing facts and data 
• You will be adaptable, flexible, open to, and accepting of change affecting you and your area of work and deal with that change efficiently and professionally. 

What your team will expect: 

• Work independently on day-to-day issues which may include providing advice to more senior grades and supporting policy, digital, legislation or operational development work; whilst being the lead official to engage with a wide-range of stakeholders both internally and externally. 
• Line management of individuals or a team. Management responsibilities may include supporting team members on more difficult cases, managing work allocation and prioritisation. Responsibility for performance management, coaching, mentoring and development of staff from all backgrounds to ensure they are able reach their full potential, helping to create a culture of inclusion; making sure that any development opportunities are accessible and inclusive for all. You are proactive in exploring your own developmental needs and take action when required 

What key stakeholders will expect 

• Provide sound judgement with the ability to interpret information where issues are complex or conflicting with the ability to weigh up a number of factors to produce constructive ideas and solutions. 
• Required to communicate information, to provide advice to senior colleagues on the effects of policy or operational changes and influence outcomes. 
• Ability to grow strong professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders, effectively collaborating to share information, resources and support. 

The Health & Safety Advisor plays a key role within the Welsh Government in terms of promoting, educating, and ensuring compliance on a range of Health and Safety matters.

The role supports the Senior Health and Safety Advisor in providing information to the Safety Advisory Board, on how the Welsh Government is discharging its duty in providing a safe working environment and safe systems of work for employees, visitors and contractors.

The post contributes to the delivery of the Health, Safety and Wellbeing Strategy and Action Plan as part of the WG2025 Organisational Change Initiative. 

Person specification

Health & Safety advice and governance:

• Working in Partnership with other Government Bodies, Departments and Trade Union Officials to promote Health & Safety best practise. to attend meetings as deputy as appropriate and to work collaboratively to build a network of contacts, sharing and identifying best practice.
• Provide advice and guidance to staff on complex Health & Safety issues.
• Help in the development and compliance of related policies, ensuring that they are reviewed and updated as required.
• Support the managing of the internal auditing and review process, undertaking reviews and preparing audit schedules.
• Attend Group H&S coordinator network meetings and undertake secretariat role.
• Helping to provide updates, recommendations, and drafting progress reports for the Health Safety and Wellbeing Advisory Board.
• Investigations and Case Handling
• Scrutinise all accident/incident/near miss reports that are received and liaising with key stakeholders to ensure suitable and timely accident investigations have taken place. Identifying reportable accidents in line with RIDDOR regulations and providing accident data to relevant parties upon request.
• Deal with the personal injury compensation cases, liaising with relevant parties to ensure that legal advisors are provided with all relevant information to assist in case defence.
• Monitor cases generated from the online DSE risk assessments training system and H&S queries from our Case Reporting System and provide H&S advice and guidance for staff needing further support.

First Aid:

• Identify and maintain a network of trained First Aiders across the Welsh Government estate. This includes the ordering and distributing of first aid equipment across the estate and ensuring best value for money.
• Provide the administrative support function for first aid courses across the estate. Maintaining database of trained staff in Emergency First Aid and using the database in order to facilitate the scheduling of timely courses across the estate. Distributing First aid certificates to staff upon satisfactorily completion of courses.

Learning, Development and Communications:

• Assist H&S manager with monitoring and reviewing H&S training material to ensure its fit for purpose. Working closely with the Learning and Development team on training requirements for WG staff.
• Plan and prepare a schedule of news page articles around HS & Wellbeing matters for publication. Assist with preparation of first draft of articles, promotional events and ensuring our intranet pages are up to date.

Benefits

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Technical skills.

Welsh Government, like all other Government Departments use Success Profiles when we recruit. For each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job. It raises performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.

The selection process and stages are:

Number of Stages:	2 stage process
Stage 1	Application Form
Stage 2	Interview

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.