Location : East Molesey Salary : £33,200 Contract : Full-time, 36 hours per week - Monday to Friday (there may be some late evening/weekend work on an infrequent basis) About the role Our client is a team of people who love and look after six of the most wonderful palaces in the world. They create space for spirits to stir and be stirred. The Safety Team provides professional, qualified advice to colleagues on all aspects of fire prevention and emergency planning, health and safety, and environmental compliance. They pride themselves on achieving pragmatic and realistic solutions to enable their charity to succeed. They welcome millions of visitors each year, staging spectacular events, and blockbuster exhibitions and engaging in complex construction and conservation projects. They strive to do these things safely, all the while preserving the essential character and appearance of their palaces and the environment in which they exist. In this role, you will be supporting the Senior HSE Advisor, monitoring the safety inbox, providing general health and safety advice and support across Palaces Group sites and warehouses, assisting with, or leading investigations, and inspections and delivering safety training. You will also assist with regulatory and insurance inspections of their sites. A strong focus of this role is on innovation, of simplifying and automating existing paper-based safety systems to maximise the potential of our client's recent transition to SharePoint. An interesting aspect of the role will be learning about environmental compliance across all sites (including the Tower of London), responding to and investigating potential pollution incidents, and supporting a programme of environmental compliance audits. Although based at Hampton Court Palace, the role will require travel to other Palaces Group sites (Kensington Palace, Kew Palace, the Banqueting House, and Hillsborough Castle and Gardens in Northern Ireland). Benefits include : • Hybrid working • Enhanced holiday entitlement • Generous Employer’s Pension Contributions (up to 11%) • Annual Pay Reviews & Bonuses • Critical Illness Cover & Life Assurance • Family-friendly policies and benefits • Staff discounts and membership to all palaces About you The successful candidate will demonstrate a willingness to learn new skills, be proactive, and pragmatic, and be enthusiastic about protecting their palaces and the people within them. Candidates will require a good knowledge of MS Office (Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and have very good written and oral communication skills, with the confidence to make presentations to colleagues, undertake training sessions, and represent our client to external parties. Discretion is important as you will be handling confidential data. You will be educated to at least A level standard or equivalent. Previous experience in the heritage and arts/ culture sector, knowledge of historic buildings conservation issues, and experience in visitor attractions or other public venues would be an advantage. Experience with implementing safe systems of work, emergency procedures, conducting investigations and analytical report writing, as well as managing databases would also be useful. If you do not already hold the NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety, you will be expected to obtain or be fully working towards this qualification within 6 months of appointment. This will involve studying and revision. They expect the successful candidate to be open to further training and development, and to wish to work towards professional memberships in the safety and environmental sectors. They have adopted a hybrid model of part working from home and part working from site, they are open to discussing what best works for individuals and their work-life balance whilst also delivering the business requirements. Our client is an equal opportunities employer and truly values a diverse workforce. Applications are welcome from candidates regardless of their background.