Safety Advisor

Corporate Safety Adviser x 2 – North & South West Region

Join a team that makes a real difference.

Barnardo's Corporate Safety Team is growing, and we're looking for two passionate, forward‑thinking Health & Safety professionals to help keep our people, services and communities safe.

If you're driven, adaptable, and excited by the idea of shaping safer environments across diverse services, this could be exactly the challenge you're looking for.

Why this role matters

You'll be joining a highly respected, multidisciplinary team that partners with colleagues at every level of the organisation. Your expertise will directly support Barnardo's mission and strategic objectives — ensuring that safety is at the heart of everything we do to improve children's lives.

Every day looks different in this role. One moment you might be advising on operational risks, the next delivering engaging training, investigating incidents, or supporting managers to embed a positive safety culture. You'll be a trusted specialist who helps our teams feel confident, supported, and empowered.

What the role looks like

• A flexible, dynamic working style with regular visibility across your region — typically up to 3 days a week of travel, including occasional overnight stays.
• Mandatory team meetings (around four per year), which may require travel outside your region and additional overnight stays.
• Work that is varied, meaningful and full of opportunities for professional growth.

Where we work

Our current activity spans:

• North Region: Cumbria, the Northeast, the North West, Yorkshire, and the North Midlands
• West Region: Midlands, Birmingham, and Wales

(Exact locations may evolve as our commissioned work develops.)

What we're looking for

You will need to demonstrate:

• NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent)
• Certified IOSH status, with ambition to progress to Chartered (and evidence of your journey)
• Strong knowledge of health & safety legislation
• Ideally, experience within health & social care
• A full UK driving licence — a company car is provided
• Excellent communication skills, confidence with IT systems, and the ability to work independently
• A genuine passion for supporting teams and promoting a proactive, positive safety culture
• Experience delivering engaging training both virtually and in person

Why join us?

At Barnardo's, you'll be part of something truly meaningful. You'll grow as a safety professional, collaborate with brilliant colleagues, and contribute to work that transforms children's lives. The variety in this role guarantees ongoing learning and keeps things fresh.

If you're motivated, curious, committed, and ready for the next step in your safety career, we would love to hear from you.

For an informal chat about the role, please contact rebecca.warnes@barnardos.org.uk.

Please note: due to high application volumes, this advert may close early. We recommend applying as soon as possible.

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values.  We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people. 

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay. 

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours.  More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application. 

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

• Reference number:22416
• Job Title:Safety Advisor
• Location:Workplace offer: Hybrid working, Barnardo's hub/office or home address
• Contract type:Permanent
• Hours:36.25
• Salary:39,642 - 43,392 per annum (include office at home allowance £312 per annum)
• Closing Date:13 February 2026
• Interview Date:TBC