Job Description

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours x 1 Post

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £47,665 (Level one) rising to £50,908 (Level four) per annum (Pro rata for part time)

Location: Eastcroft Depot, London Road, Nottingham NG2 3AH

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for?

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

• You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

Are you passionate about workforce development, training and compliance? Nottingham City Council is seeking a SHEQ Lead - Workforce Training & Compliance to provide professional leadership and assurance across Resident Services, ensuring employees have the knowledge, competence and support required to work safely and effectively.

As the SHEQ Lead – Workforce Training & Compliance, you will provide senior professional leadership and assurance across Resident Services operational portfolios, with a primary focus on workforce training, competence and compliance assurance. Working under the strategic direction of the Divisional SHEQ Manager, you will act as the delegated lead for SHEQ-related training and operational compliance, supporting managers to embed safe systems of work through assurance, challenge and continuous improvement.

The role is responsible for overseeing training governance arrangements, compliance monitoring, competence frameworks and workforce assurance activity, ensuring that training provision aligns with operational risk and statutory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide senior professional oversight of SHEQ training governance across operational service portfolios.
• Lead workforce training governance arrangements, including training needs analysis, competence frameworks and compliance monitoring.
• Develop and continuously improve divisional training frameworks aligned to operational risk and statutory requirements.
• Act as the delegated lead for compliance and assurance activity, ensuring workforce competence arrangements are effective and proportionate.
• Provide authoritative SHEQ advice and professional challenge to managers and Heads of Service.
• Act as technical lead for ISO 45001, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 management systems.
• Lead and support audits, inspections and assurance reviews, ensuring corrective actions are implemented.
• Prepare assurance reports, compliance summaries and performance information to support governance and risk management.
• Line manage SHEQ and training staff, supporting performance, wellbeing and professional development.

About You

You will have experience of:

• Significant experience within a SHEQ, health and safety, training or compliance leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 45001, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 management systems.
• Experience of designing, implementing or overseeing workforce training programmes and competence frameworks.
• Experience of audits, inspections and assurance reviews within operational environments.
• Knowledge of health, safety, environmental and quality legislation and its application in operational services.
• Experience of monitoring performance, analysing compliance data and identifying improvement opportunities.
• The ability to provide clear, proportionate advice and challenge to managers and operational leaders.
• Excellent communication, report writing and stakeholder management skills.

You will hold a relevant qualification, or be able to demonstrate substantial equivalent experience in Health & Safety, SHEQ, training or competence management.

You can find the job description for this post here.

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact:- Jenny Knight by email at jenny.knight@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Closing Date: 13th October 2026

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: TBC

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support

By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working – to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair, inclusive and Disability Confident Employer, welcoming applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

If you are a disabled candidate and wish to be considered under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this within your application. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment journey.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from serving personnel, veterans, reservists and military families.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the LGBTQ+ community, or are disabled. These groups are currently underrepresented in our workforce, and we are committed to better reflecting the communities we serve.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and encourage candidates to discuss this with us during the recruitment process.