Senior Health & Safety Manager

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.**Honing a safe place. Smooth operations. Impacting the future.****Senior Health & Safety Manager**£55,000- £60,000 +**Reports to:** Head of Assurance**Grade:** P3**Directorate**: Chief Operating Office**Contract**: Permanent**Hours:** Full time 35 hours per week**Location:** Stratford, London . Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office)**Visa sponsorship:** You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is **not** able to offer visa sponsorship.**External closing date:** 09 October 2025, 23:55**Internal closing date:** 10 October 2025, 23:55This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications is received or once a suitable candidate is found, therefore we strongly recommend that you apply early to avoid disappointment. If you require more time to apply as part of a reasonable adjustment, please contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk as soon as possible.**Recruitment process:** One to two competency-based interviews**Interview date:** 15 & 16 October 2025We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to fully complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly, and objectively.**At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.**We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That’s why we’re looking for someone talented, someone who wants to develop their skills, someone like you.The Chief Operating Office is at the heart of engaging and inspiring Cancer Research UK’s people by delivering operational transformation and an employee experience that enables us to be an inclusive and agile organisation. We aim to become the hub for operational management ensuring we govern, prioritise, and are effective and efficient in all we do.Our Health & Safety team is crucial to this mission by creating a safe and healthy environment for our staff and volunteers. With a presence spanning over 600 stores, 40 superstores, 4 distribution hubs, online marketplaces, 4 scientific research institutes (laboratories), and 2 head offices across the UK, the team provides expert health, safety, and wellbeing support. This involves responding to c. 1,000 accidents and c.3.000 incidents reported per annum while ensuring compliance with regulations and best practices and collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders.We’re searching for a Senior Health & Safety Manager to lead Cancer Research UK’s Health, Safety & Welfare Strategy & Framework, ensuring a safe, compliant, and supportive environment that protects our people and all those impacted by our work from health and safety risks. In this leadership role, you’ll be the driving force behind our health and safety culture, acting as our designated ‘’ and providing expert guidance across a diverse range of environments—from retail shops and offices to fundraising events and scientific laboratories. From shaping and overseeing risk management and continuous improvements to leading a high-performing team and partnering with stakeholders and senior leaders to ensure legal compliance and operational excellence, you’ll play a critical role in embedding safety into everything we do.If you're a NEBOSH Diploma-qualified Health & Safety Manager with experience leading safe and compliant operations in line with UK legislation and best practices within large, complex, and hybrid organisations (both onsite and remote-based), we would love for you to join our mission.* Leading, owning, managing, and governing Cancer Research UK’s organisation-wide Health, Safety & Welfare Strategy & Framework.* Building and maintaining a shared understanding and ownership of safety practices across all activities and , ensuring a compliant safety culture is embedded and understood at every level, from shops and offices to events and laboratories.* Acting as Cancer Research UK's designated ‘’ under the , providing expert guidance, leadership, and support to ensure legal compliance and a safe working environment.* Developing, maintaining, and monitoring the health & safety management system to ensure it remains effective and fit for purpose for the team, function, and wider organisation. + This includes overseeing safe systems of work, risk assessments, policies, training, communications, monitoring, assurance, and reporting; ensuring compliance with all relevant, current, and emerging health & safety legislation, regulations, and best practices.* Leading, developing, and motivating the Health & Safety team of 3-4 direct reports, helping them to: + Maintain collaborative stakeholder relationships across the charity. + Deliver continuous improvements in health and safety practices and drive a culture where health, safety, and welfare are considered in all activities.* Developing and delivering Cancer Research UK’s Annual Operating Plan, including: + Ongoing hazard and risk identification. + Supplier due diligence and management. + End-to-end accident and incident management and monitoring. + Budget management. + Providing management information, reporting, and analysis. + Running health and safety forums and committees.* Providing professional advice, guidance, and support, partnering with key internal stakeholders and teams (including Risk, Property, Inclusion & Wellbeing, and ), and external third parties (such as enforcement agencies).* Exercising sound judgment in health, safety, and welfare matters—making timely decisions, escalating issues when necessary, and providing strategic recommendations to senior leadership to support operational excellence and regulatory compliance.* Providing relevant management information, including data analysis, trends, and actions to address risks and issues through verbal and written reports to the Head of Assurance and other stakeholders (e.g., Executive Board and Trustees as required).* Undertaking other tasks as necessary to contribute to the wider success of the Health & Safety team, the wider Assurance department, and Cancer Research UK’s strategy.* NEBOSH Diploma level+ qualified Health & Safety Manager who has led on health and safety management in large, complex, and hybrid organisations (both onsite and remote-based).* Expert knowledge of UK Health & Safety legislation, requirements, and best practices with experience applying this knowledge across a diverse range of environments.* Has successfully built credible and collaborative cross-functional stakeholder and senior leadership relationships with demonstrable interpersonal, influencing, and negotiating skills with a proven ability to communicate effectively with a wide-ranging audience.* Demonstrates strong prioritisation and organisation skills, with a track record of working independently with minimal supervision, managing multiple priorities and projects from initiation to completion, and consistently meeting deadlines while delivering high-quality outcomes.* A proactive approach to problem-solving with a continuous improvement mindset for identifying and implementing continuous improvements and interventions, encouraging innovation, promoting best practices, and challenging conventional organisational approaches and thinking.* Some experience in either direct line or matrix management, or supporting more junior members of a team, with the ability to lead, empower, motivate, and coach others and drive high performance.* Ability to work as part of a team and senior leadership team, contributing towards the team’s collective success.* Demonstrable leadership skills with experience supporting stakeholders and teams in driving change and health and safety compliance.* Able to occasionally travel across #J-18808-Ljbffr
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Location:
Stratford-Upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom
Salary:
£80,000 - £100,000
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Other

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