Commercial
National Health and Safety Manager Permanent NEW
Join one of the UK’s leading charities and make a real difference.
We’re recruiting an experienced Operational Health & Safety Manager for a national charity supporting people through employment, education, health and wellbeing, children’s services and community programmes.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work across a genuinely diverse organisation, with environments ranging from offices and community services to residential settings and charity shops.
The charity has been recognised as one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2026 and offers excellent benefits, including generous annual leave, an enhanced pension scheme and a health cash plan.
The Role
Working closely with operational managers across multiple locations, you’ll help embed a positive health and safety culture, ensuring services are safe, compliant and continually improving.
You’ll be home-based when not visiting sites, with regular travel across locations including the Midlands, North East, Yorkshire, East of England, South East, London and South West. You’ll therefore need to be based somewhere that allows practical access to these regions and be comfortable with extensive travel and occasional overnight stays.
Responsibilities include:
- Conducting site inspections, audits and risk assessments.
- Investigating incidents and implementing improvements.
- Coaching and influencing operational managers to improve H&S standards.
- Monitoring compliance and identifying opportunities to strengthen processes.
- Supporting safe working practices across a diverse range of services.
About You
We’re looking for an established Health & Safety professional, rather than someone looking to move into the profession.
Essential requirements:
- NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent qualification.
- Significant H&S experience within a medium or large multisite organisation.
- Experience conducting audits, risk assessments and incident investigations.
- Experience within charities, healthcare, housing, education, retail or other multisite environments would be particularly relevant, although other sectors will be considered.
Interested?
Apply today to find out more about this opportunity to use your H&S expertise within an organisation making a genuine difference to people’s lives.
Apply via this advert, and we aim to respond to all applications. If you haven’t heard from us within 72 hours, please use the “Send Us A Message” form on the Red 5 People website, and a team member will get in touch. Alternatively, you can call the office and ask for James (contact details are on our website).