Head of Health, Safety and Fire Safety
20 days ago
City of London
Head of Health, Safety and Fire Safety\n Circa £70,000\n London \n\nAre you looking for an opportunity to lead and influence Health and Safety strategy across a complex academic estate, embedding a positive and proactive safety culture?\n\nIrwin and Colton are proud to be working with a well-established and leading educational institution to recruit a Head of Health, Safety and Fire Safety. This role offers the opportunity to lead health and safety across a large and diverse academic environment, supporting a thriving community of thousands of students, academics and professional staff. With responsibility for a varied estate that includes around 80 buildings across a 16 acre campus, the role will play a key part in embedding a practical, risk-based approach to health and safety and strengthening a positive safety culture across the organisation.\n\nKey Responsibilities of the Head of Health, Safety and Fire Safety Include:\n\nDevelop and oversee university-wide health, safety, and fire safety policies and procedures\nLead investigations into incidents, ensuring appropriate corrective actions are implemented.\nProvide expert advice and guidance to senior management and staff on safety compliance and risk management.\nManage fire safety protocols, including evacuation procedures, drills, and records.\nLead, mentor, and support the health and safety team, fostering a proactive safety culture across all departments.The Successful Head of Health, Safety and Fire Safety will have:\n\nRelevant Health and Safety qualification and ideally NEBOSH fire as a minimum. \nExperience in leading a health, safety and fire safety function and team for a large and complex organisation\nExcellent communication and interpersonal skills with experience in influencing and engaging with a wide range of senior stakeholders\nStrong knowledge of health, safety, and fire safety legislation, including risk assessments and incident investigation. \n\nFor more information on this opportunity or to discuss your next career move, please contact Alex Lee on (phone number removed) or Job Reference AL 4435\n\nIrwin and Colton are a specialist Health, Safety and Environment recruitment company, based in the Southeast of England we recruit across the UK. We recruit all roles in the health and safety industry from Health and Safety Manager, Health and safety Director through to Environment, Health and Safety advisor positions. \n\nIrwin and Colton Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job, you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at our website (url removed)