Health, Safety & Wellbeing Officer
Are you passionate about creating safer and healthier working environments?
In this solution-focused role, you’ll be part of the Trust’s Business Support Team, promoting a positive health, safety and wellbeing culture across the organisation, and ensuring that the Trust’s projects, facilities, sites and events are safe, compliant, and empowering for colleagues, volunteers and partners.
The role requires a consultative, collaborative and pragmatic approach to finding solutions and appropriate measures to support the Trust’s day to day activities, and ensure the organisation complies with its legal obligations.
Closing date Wednesday 3rd September 2025 at 9am.
Contact details
If you would like an informal discussion about this opportunity or have any specific questions, you can arrange a call with Becky Vernon-Clinch (Head of Business Support), by emailing recruitment@hmwt.org.
Please see our recruitment pack for more information and on how to apply.
About the role
To promote a positive health, safety and wellbeing culture and be responsible for the provision of advice, guidance and support for staff and volunteers on all health, safety and wellbeing related matters, including the implementation and application of new and updated legislation, codes of practice, and safe working procedures. To ensure that health and safety effectively contributes to the Trust’s strategic objectives, to embed best practice across the Trust’s operations, and drive compliance, identifying improvements, and creating a safe, sustainable workplace.
The role requires a consultative, collaborative and pragmatic approach to finding solutions and appropriate measures to support the Trust’s day to day activities and improve standards.
About the Trust
Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust is a local conservation charity working to protect wildlife and help people connect with nature. With a team of volunteers we care for wild places so that nature has a place to thrive. We help people experience the wildlife on their doorsteps and to take steps to protect it.
We believe that wildlife should have space to thrive alongside our everyday lives and that everyone benefits from having access to nature.
Our head office is based in the attractive setting of Verulamium Park on the outskirts of St Albans.
Our staff team are enthusiastic, friendly and committed to wildlife conservation and exemplifies our values of professionalism, valuing contributions by others and continuing to improve.
How do we support you?
The Trust strives to be a positive employer supporting our staff through flexible and hybrid working, and training and development. We recognise the importance of our staff team and looking after their health and wellbeing. Our values and expected behaviours reflect the culture which the Trust seeks to maintain to ensure productive, efficient, effective and pleasant workplaces and roles.
In support of this, we offer an excellent benefits package, ranging from office perks, generous leave entitlements and financial benefits. You can find out more here - https://www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk/jobs/benefits
As an employer we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health of all our staff.