Trainee Health, Safety and Wellbeing Officer

The Corporate Health, Safety and Wellbeing Team provides professional advice, guidance and assurance across Stockport Council services including social care, leisure and schools. We work closely with managers, employees and partners to help them understand and meet their legal responsibilities, manage risk effectively and create safe, healthy and supportive workplaces.

Our work is varied, practical and influential. The team supports services with audits, inspections, incident investigations, training, policy development and health and safety improvement activity. We aim to provide advice that is clear, proportionate and solution-focused, helping services to improve standards while continuing to deliver important public services for Stockport's communities.

You will join a supportive and collaborative team where your professional judgement will be valued and your development encouraged. As part of Stockport Council, recognised as Best for Inclusion at the Greater Manchester Good Employment Awards 2026, you will benefit from flexible and hybrid working, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, generous annual leave and ongoing professional development.

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We're keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Ann-Marie McCullough on ann-marie.mccullough@stockport.gov.uk an informal discussion about the role.

The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme

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Stockport Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce culture - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities to join our workforce.

We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce. We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.