Venue Health & Safety Adviser

Job summary

We are looking for a Venue Health & Safety Adviserto join us to provide competent, pragmatic and enabling health & safety leadership across the QEII Centre, ensuring that risks are effectively identified, assessed, controlled and assured across; Building infrastructure and plant systems, Contractors and supplier activities, Statutory compliance systems (H&S, fire, water hygiene, incident reporting, emergency planning and Event operations (including complex and high-profile events).You will act as a trusted adviser to all teams, balancing legal compliance, building safety integrity and client experience, while supporting the delivery of a busy live-events environment.

Job description

Key Tasks

Building & infrastructure safety (core focus)

• Provide oversight of safety across building systems, plant and infrastructure. Work closely with hard services and soft services teams to ensure safe operation of plant and equipment, robust maintenance and statutory inspection regimes, and risks associated with ageing infrastructure are identified and controlled. Support compliance with building-related statutory requirements and good practice and ensure safe integration between event activity and building operations

Health & safety management system

• Lead and continuously improve the QEII Centre’s health and safety management system, provide practical advice to managers on risk assessments, safe systems of work, training, and legal compliance. Maintain proportionate, accessible policies embedded in practice, monitor and report on risk trends, incidents, audit findings, and compliance performance and escalate material risks to senior leadership

Event safety & operational assurance

• Provide hands-on safety support for event planning and delivery, review event documentation (e.g. RAMS, safety plans) and undertake onsite assurance during build, live, and breakdown phases. Work with Event Managers to manage key risks including crowd safety, temporary structures, work at height, lifting operations, electrical and contractor activities and attend higher-risk events in a senior safety capacity as required

CDM & project safety (where applicable)

• Advise on application of CDM Regulations 2015 to events, projects, and refurbishments, promote clarity of duty holder responsibilities, high-quality RAMS, and safe build and dismantling practices

Contractor & supplier assurance

• Support the contractor assurance programme across all service areas, ensure effective onboarding, competence checks, inductions, and safe systems of work. Manage permit-to-work systems for high-risk activities (e.g. hot works, work at height, electrical isolation) and monitor performance and escalate non-compliance

Fire safety governance

• Support Responsible Person(s) in maintaining effective fire safety arrangements, ensure fire risk assessments are suitable and actions progressed. Conduct assurance checks on fire doors, escape routes, and evacuation procedures and coordinate with multiple duty holders within the building

Water hygiene & legionella control

• Oversee water hygiene arrangements in line with ACOP L8, ensure appropriate controls, monitoring, and documentation are in place and work with specialists to maintain compliant water systems

Incident management & learning

• Manage incident, hazard, near miss reporting and investigation, ensure RIDDOR compliance where applicable, produce clear investigation outputs, including root cause analysis and lessons learned and promote a positive reporting culture.

Emergency preparedness & response

• Support emergency planning, exercises, and procedure updates. Provide leadership during incidents and coordinate post-incident reviews

Training & engagement

• Maintain training matrices and records, deliver or commission targeted safety training and support managers to take ownership of safety responsibilities and promote a proactive safety culture

Systems, documentation & audit readiness

• Maintain accurate, auditable records (risk assessments, inspections, permits, incident logs). Ensure effective document control and up-to-date safety guidance for staff, clients, and contractors

Budget responsibility

• Support delivery within agreed budgets, and recommend proportionate investment where risk controls require strengthening

Decision-making authority

• Authority to stop or pause work where there is serious and imminent risk, reject inadequate RAMS or permit applications and require corrective actions and ensure close-out

Additional information

This is a primarily site-based role due to the requirements of a live events venue. Flexible working requests will be considered in line with QEP policies and flexible working rights and rules for employees and employers in the UK.

The above is not exhaustive and other duties not outlined may form part of the employees’ job description.

QEII Values

• Team – Work as one team, treating everyone equally
• Quality – Focusing on high standards and attention to detail
• Exceptional – Go beyond expectations in everything we do
• Innovation – Daring to be bold in everything we do
• Integrity – Supporting each other, speaking up and learning from mistakes to grow as one team
• Collaboration– Ensuring integration across all departments

Person specification

Experience:

• Demonstrable H&S experience in a complex, public-facing operational environment (e.g., venues, events, hospitality or estates)
• Experience of contractor management and permit-to-work systems
• Experience of audit and inspection programmes
• Experience of supporting fire safety and emergency preparedness
• Strong written skills for reports, investigations and guidance
• Experience in live event environments or multi-use venues
• Experience supporting CDM compliance
• Oversight of water hygiene / legionella controls
• Experience using digital reporting or safety systems

Technical Skillsand Qualifications:

• NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent)
• NEBOSH Construction Certificate
• IOSH membership (TechIOSH / GradIOSH / CMIOSH)
• Degree-level qualification in H&S or related discipline

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £40,000, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre contributes £11,588 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

QEII benefits will include:

• Bonus scheme (discretionary) calculated on corporate and individual
• Membership of the Civil Service Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Death benefit nominee could receive at least 2 years’ salary
• 25 days' annual leave with an additional day per year to a maximum of 30 days & 1 privilege day
• Subsidized staff restaurant/coffee bar
• Interest free season ticket loan
• Cycle to work scheme
• 3 days paid volunteering
• Participation at staff events; celebratory, educational, team
• Access to learning and development tailored to you
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• Regular employment engagement activities
• You will be required at times to work evenings and weekends as necessitated by the business and Overtime/TOIL would be payable.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

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

Candidates should apply by submitting:

• a tailored CV to hr@qeiicentre.london setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements, of no more than two pages. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years.
• a personal statement – in no more than 500 words showing how you meet the criteria of the person specification evidence.

The closing date for applications is 24th June 2026 @ 23.59

We will be sifting applications using Experience from your job history, qualifications and personal statement week commencing 29th June 2026.

Interviews will take place week commencing 6th July 2026.

For candidates invited for interview, this vacancy is using the Civil Service Success Profiles Framework, and we will be assessing Strengths, Experience, Behaviours and Technical Skills.

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

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Medical

Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.

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.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : HR Department
• Email : hr@qeiicentre.london
• Telephone : 02077984012

Recruitment team

• Email : hr@qeiicentre.london

Further information

The QEII Centre's recruitment processes are underpinned by the recruitment principles of the Civil Service Commissioner, which outline that selection for appointment be made on merit on the basis of fair and open competition. If you feel at any time your application has not been treated in accordance with the values in the Civil Service Code and/or you feel that recruitment has been conducted in such a waythat conf;icts with the Civil Service Commissioner's Recruitment Principles, you may make a complaint, by contacting the HR Department hr@qeiicentre.london in the first instance.

https://qeiicentre.london/about/join-the-team/

Attachments

Venue Health & Safety Adviser JD June 2026 Opens in new window (pdf, 118kB)