Workplace Health & Safety Manager

Workplace Health & Safety Manager

Location: Watford (with regular travel to multiple UK office locations)
Contract: Permanent

The Bukola Group is partnering with a well established UK financial services organisation to appoint a Workplace Health & Safety Manager. This is a key role responsible for shaping and embedding a robust health & safety, workplace risk and physical security framework across a multi site corporate environment.

This opportunity would suit a proactive and pragmatic Health & Safety professional who enjoys working at both strategic and operational levels, influencing senior stakeholders and driving continuous improvement.

The Role

As Workplace Risk & Safety Manager, you will own and continually improve the organisation's health & safety and workplace risk framework, ensuring offices provide a safe, secure and compliant environment for employees and visitors. You will advise leaders and colleagues, reduce risk and disruption, and enable the effective delivery of business objectives.

Key responsibilities include:

• Developing, implementing and maintaining Health & Safety and workplace risk policies, procedures and standards across all UK offices

• Identifying, assessing and managing workplace risks, including risk assessments and workstation/workplace needs assessments

• Overseeing Health & Safety and physical security incident reporting, investigation, escalation and follow up

• Monitoring compliance with internal policies and external legal, regulatory and professional requirements, including leading internal audits

• Leading workplace emergency preparedness, including evacuation and lockdown procedures and drills

• Designing and delivering Health & Safety and physical security training, inductions and awareness activities

• Maintaining statutory and compliance records (e.g. COSHH, training logs, inspections, budgets)

• Working closely with internal stakeholders and external suppliers/contractors, including effective contractor control and Permit to Work processes

• Applying enterprise risk management frameworks to workplace risks, with appropriate controls, monitoring and reporting

About You

To be successful in this role, you are likely to bring:

• Proven Health & Safety experience within a corporate or office based environment

• Strong knowledge of UK Health & Safety legislation and best practice

• A solid understanding of physical security principles and controls

• Experience implementing and maintaining Health & Safety and workplace risk frameworks across multiple sites or complex organisations

• Excellent prioritisation and problem solving skills, with the ability to provide pragmatic, balanced advice

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including producing policies, reports and delivering training

• The ability to build relationships and influence at all levels of the organisation

• Strong IT skills, particularly Microsoft Office and SharePoint, with an interest in evolving ways of working

Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised Health & Safety qualification (e.g. NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent)

• Evidence of ongoing professional development in Health & Safety and/or risk management

Desirable

• Higher level Health & Safety qualification (e.g. NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent)

• Professional membership (or working towards) IOSH, IIRSM or similar

• Training or certification in physical security, security management or business continuity