Health and Safety Manager
London - Hybrid
£56,000 pa
Are you a Health and Safety Manager looking for a wider range of experience in a complex but very rewarding environment?
The St Mungo's Safety and Quality team are committed to maintaining high levels of health and safety (H&S) standards, ensuring the organisation meets its legal, regulatory, and contractual obligations while fostering a culture of safety and wellbeing for all stakeholders.
We are now looking for someone to join us as Health and Safety Manager, where you will play a crucial role in ensuring the organisation meets its legal, regulatory, and contractual obligations while fostering a culture of safety and wellbeing for all stakeholders. Key responsibilities will include:
- Oversee relevant policy and procedure, training and advice service across St Mungo's, ensuring these are reviewed and maintained to meet requirements.
- Organise a programme of audits, investigations, reviews and monitoring against health and safety standards in both a planned and reactive manner and lead a team of Officers and Advisors to effectively deliver this programme of work.
- Facilitate engagement with health and safety activities across the organisation through various channels such as briefings, presentations, and training sessions.
- Provide line management, support and supervision to a small H&S team.
In this role you will be required to work flexibly for at least 2 days per week from our Central Office in Tower Hill, London. This allows for in person collaboration, team building, and other relationship building opportunities. We support a flexible approach to work with opportunities for agile working for the rest of your week; from home, or other St Mungo's London or regional locations.
About you
We are looking for a proactive, detail-oriented individual who will demonstrate a strong commitment to health and safety standards, possess the ability to effectively engage and train others, and exhibit sound judgment in handling complex situations. You will have:
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to build relationships and influence a variety of different people at different levels.
- Experience of leading health and safety programmes, carrying out audits, investigations, reviews, and monitoring in terms of health and safety.
- Experience of leading and managing staff and motivating them to provide a high standard of service.
- Understanding of the issues faced by people experiencing homelessness and an interest in working for a homelessness charity.
Above all, we are looking for someone who is dedicated to supporting our mission of ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all stakeholders at St Mungo's.
Closing date: 10am on 12 August 2024
We are working hard to create a diverse and fully inclusive culture where everyone feels valued and we welcome applications from all under-represented groups, particularly Global Majority candidates who are underrepresented at this management level.