Corporate Health & Safety Manager

Job Description

Discover yourself in Lewisham where what you do makes a difference to our vibrant and culturally diverse communities!

We have a rich history of welcoming people from all over the world and are proud to be recognised as the UK’s first Borough of Sanctuary, for our work in championing the rights of refugees and migrants.

Keep people safe. Drive compliance. Strengthen our safety culture.

Lewisham Council is seeking a Corporate Health & Safety Manager to lead our approach to health, safety, wellbeing, and statutory compliance. You will ensure the Council meets all legal duties, codes of practice and regulatory expectations across a diverse operational environment.

This is a key strategic role, responsible for shaping and delivering a comprehensive corporate health & safety service and providing trusted professional advice to senior leaders, managers, members.

What’s the role?

The postholder will lead the development and delivery of the Council’s Health and Safety policies and management system, ensuring statutory compliance across the Council. This will include overseeing inspection regimes, managing risk assessment programmes, and ensuring that remedial actions are implemented effectively and within agreed timescales. The role will also lead audits to promote continuous improvement and a strong health and safety culture.

Acting as the Council’s principal source of expert advice, the postholder will provide guidance on health, safety, wellbeing and statutory compliance to management and Members. The role will attend Council committees and deputise for the Head of Assurance when required. You will lead a team of four corporate health and safety officers to support service delivery.

What’s in it for you?

Excellent training and development opportunities, plus a range of benefits including:

• Generous holiday allowance
• Local Government Pension scheme
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Season ticket and bicycle loans
• A range of staff discounts including local subsidised gym memberships
• Supportive staff networks

What we’re looking for

You will bring a strong understanding of health, safety, welfare and statutory requirements, with experience of applying these across large, complex organisations. Using your expertise, you will shape and deliver effective corporate health and safety strategies, policies and management systems, ensuring compliance while driving continuous improvement.

You will be a confident and influential leader, able to engage credibly with senior officers, Members, Trade Unions and a wide range of stakeholders. With a proven track record of managing teams and delivering results under pressure, you will communicate clearly, build strong relationships and use your professional qualifications (IOSH or NEBOSH Diploma) and experience to make a tangible difference to organisational performance

Location

The job is primarily based in Laurence House, 1 Catford Road, London SE6 4RU,, but we operate a hybrid approach where you will be required to work both in the office and from home on a regular basis.

Applicant handbook - please read the guidance in this handbook when applying. It is essential that you complete the application fully and that your supporting statement covers how you meet each of the person specification criteria listed.

For an informal discussion about this job, please contact Richard Benjamin (richard.benjamin@lewisham.gov.uk)

Please click here to view the Job Description and Person Specification

Salary

£60,633 - £62,742 per annum (P07)

N.B: All appointments will be offered at the minimum spinal column point (SCP) for the grade of the role. The only exception to this will be when matching current salary (up to the maximum of the scale), which is subject to evidential proof.

Diversity

Lewisham Council is a Disability Confident employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme, further details are available at www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply

The Council has a dedicated employment support service, Lewisham Works, which offers Lewisham residents guidance in relation to applying for jobs. If you want to join Lewisham Works, please email JobsAndSkills@lewisham.gov.uk and an advisor will be in touch with you.

The Council reserves the right to close adverts early if there is a large response.

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