Head of Corporate Health and Safety

You will be the corporate lead for health and safety across the while Council estate – including council buildings, leisure facilities and schools.

You will lead on the planning, development, implementation, monitoring and review of the Council’s health and safety strategy, policies, standards and management systems. And you’ll ensure effective leadership for the operational activity and performance of the Corporate Health & Safety Service.

Working in collaboration with colleagues across the organisation, you will ensure a proactive and accountable approach to managing health and safety in all departments, and that colleagues have access to the professional advice and training that they need to meet their obligations. It demands the ability to affect operational and cultural change, as we look to embed good practice into people’s behaviours.

You’ll keep fully up to date on current legislation and good practice / industry guidance to ensure a well-informed and current understanding of how to enable a safe working environment and practices. The development of a corporate system to measure and report on health and safety performance will be an early priority.

It’s an opportunity that will suit someone with proven experience of managing health and safety in a public sector environment, and who appreciates the diversity of estate and working practices that a multidisciplinary council setting presents. We’re looking for someone with practical experience of planning, developing and implementing health and safety management systems. You should be professionally qualified and be a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (CMIOSH). It’s also important that you have experience of managing change programmes and of leading and motivating a high performing team – developing and enabling talent to build capacity.

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