Housing Health and Safety Business Partner
London Borough of LewishamLondon Borough of Lewisham, London
Overview
This is a local council role (full time) with London Borough of Lewisham based in London Borough of Lewisham. The advertised salary is £60,633 to £62,742 per year. Applications close on 11 September 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
Discover yourself in Lewisham where what you do makes a difference to our vibrant and culturally diverse communities!
We have a rich history of welcoming people from all over the world and are proud to be recognised as the UK’s first Borough of Sanctuary, for our work in championing the rights of refugees and migrants.
Introduction
To provide a health and safety advice, support to deliver housing service to ensure that London Borough of Lewisham can meet its legal obligations across all relevant statutory health and safety legislation and guidance.
The Housing Health & Safety Manager will provide strategic leadership and operational oversight across all housing‑related health and safety functions To contribute to a process-based best practice approach to health & safety and act as a subject matter advisor for managers within the housing directorate. To drive and enable suitable and sufficient risk assessment of tasks and activities within the Council housing directorate.
What’s the role?
This role is central to delivering safe, compliant, and accountable housing services, To foresee requirements for developments in Health, Safety, Statutory Compliance and Welfare practices to meet changing needs within the Council or in response to legal and legislative changes, working together with other Health & Safety Business Partners and the Council’s Corporate Health & Safety Team.
What’s in it for you?
Excellent training and development opportunities, plus a range of benefits including:
- Generous holiday allowance
- Local Government Pension scheme
- Flexible working and family friendly policies
- Season ticket and bicycle loans
- A range of staff discounts including local subsidised gym memberships
- Supportive staff networks
What we’re looking for
We are looking for someone that has an Understanding of the Health, Safety and Welfare Legal and Statutory requirements, responsibilities and obligations of a large, diverse and complex organisation.
Understanding of the Health, Safety and Welfare policies, strategies, practices, systems, audits, reviews, performance standards and targets needed to ensure compliance with Legal and Statutory requirements, responsibilities and obligations of a large, diverse and complex organisation
Understanding of Local Government structures.
Nebosh national diploma
Graduate Member of IOSH
Location
The job is primarily based in Laurence House but we operate a hybrid approach where you will be required to work both in the office and from home on a regular basis.
The recruitment process is anonymous and we don’t accept CVs.
Applicant handbook - please read the guidance in this handbook when applying. It is essential that you complete the application fully and that your supporting statement covers how you meet each of the person specification criteria listed.
For an informal discussion about this job, please contact (Peter Whittington via email peter.whittington@lewisham.gov.uk)
Please click here to view the Job Description and Person Specification
Salary
£60,633 - £62,742 per annum (P07)
N.B: All appointments will be offered at the minimum spinal column point (SCP) for the grade of the role. The only exception to this will be when matching current salary (up to the maximum of the scale), which is subject to evidential proof.
Diversity
Lewisham Council is a Disability Confident employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme, further details are available at www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply
The Council reserves the right to close adverts early if there is a large response.
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How this role compares
We hold 158 council vacancies in London that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £49,056. This role pays more than about 84% of them.
There are 4,945 council roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 232 of them in London.
You have 12 days left to apply. Council adverts we hold typically run for around 26 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
London Borough of Lewisham has 16 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
These figures are calculated from the vacancies GovJobs currently holds, not from official pay statistics. They are a guide to the market, not a valuation of this post.
How to apply
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