Health and Safety Advisor

VENUE HEALTH & SAFETY ADVISER

(1 Year Fixed Term Appointment with a view to extension or permanency)

Salary: £40-45,000K per annum & benefits

Hours: 37 hours per week (excluding breaks)

TO APPLY, please follow the How to Apply section below.

We are the QEII Centre – central London’s premier venue for domestic and international events. Located in the heart of Westminster, our award-winning Centre offers modern, flexible spaces for all types of events from conferences and exhibitions to award ceremonies, dinners and fashion shows. We host hundreds of events each year, ranging from high-profile international conferences to bespoke corporate meetings. At the heart of everything we do is a steadfast commitment to exceptional customer service. Our people are central to our success. From our acclaimed in-house caterers, QEII Taste by Levy – a sustainable catering partner that offers Michelin-star food to our expert AV and IT teams, every member of staff, play a vital role in delivering outstanding experiences. As of 2025, we’ve proudly achieved over 50 industry awards since 2014; an ongoing recognition of our excellence in the events sector. Most recently, we were awarded three Gold Eventex awards for Best Venue, Most Versatile Venue, and Best Event Space. These accolades reflect our unwavering commitment to delivering outstanding experiences for every client and delegate.

Venue Operations.

We are looking for a Venue Health & Safety Adviser to 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.

QEII benefits will include

• Bonus scheme (discretionary) calculated on corporate and individual performance.
• Membership of the Civil Service Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• 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.

How to Apply

Candidates should apply by submitting the following two documents via email to ***email_hidden***, with the email subject: Application for the Health and Safety Adviser - LinkedIn:

1. a tailored CV - 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.
2. a personal statement – in no more than 500 words showing how you meet the criteria of the person specification evidence.

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 for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

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.

Further Information

• The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
• The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed interview scheme (GIS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
• We recruit by merit based on fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.
• 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 way that conflicts with the Civil Service Commissioner's Recruitment Principles, you may make a complaint, by contacting the HR Department ***email_hidden*** in the first instance.
• Important Note: Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Counter-terrorist-check and the process can take up to 8 weeks to complete. Please note that successful candidates will need to pass the CTC security checks – this requires you to have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.