Job Details:

Salary range: £42,912 - £57,495 per annum. Salary negotiable depending upon experience.
Work location: Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW1E 6QP
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: 23 August 2026 
Interview Date: Week Commencing 7 September 2026 

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF HAYLEA’S UNBEATABLE SPIRIT

Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. Where people use their optimism and talent to achieve more than anyone thought possible.

Nobody personifies this more than Haylea Navarro. Born with cerebral palsy and paralysed down one side since birth, Haylea has been gleefully proving people wrong ever since. Now a project officer, she brings faster broadband connectivity to Westminster businesses, boosting the economy for all. Throw in her gong at the 2020 London Apprenticeship Awards, and it’s clear for all to see just what can happen when you never give in.

Please view the extraordinary story of Haylea’s Unbeatable Spirit here.

The Role:

As a Health & Safety Assurance Associate, you can make your own powerful contribution to people across Westminster. Responsible for conducting detailed reviews of workplace Health & Safety management systems, you’ll identify risks, benchmark performance, and investigate incidents to determine lessons learnt.

Your day-to-day will be varied and dynamic, including everything from carrying out data analysis of accidents to creating plans for managers to action. Through collaboration, training and engagement, you’ll help upskill staff across the council, facilitating a culture of learning, development and continuous improvement. Taking a human-centred approach to safety, you’ll balance complex health & safety risks and compliance obligations to deliver meaningful impact to over 3,600 staff. 

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

About You:

An established professional with a Level 6 NVQ or NEBOSH Occupational Health and Safety Diploma, or equivalent, you’ll have previously worked as a Health & Safety professional in a large, complex organisation. Confident conducting inspections and audits, you’ll also have in-depth knowledge of relevant Health & Safety legislation.

On a personal level, you’ll be self-motivated, resilient and level-headed, capable of building strong working relationships with colleagues at all levels of the Council and beyond. A strong communicator and true team player, you’ll be passionate about supporting the Council’s drive to develop a modernised and resilient Health & Safety function built on trust, innovation, and care. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team where your ideas are valued, and your professional growth is supported at every step.

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe. At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is Our Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/

As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working. 

The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.    

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.