Health and Safety Manager - #2136474

Goodman Masson is currently working with a social housing organisation in London to recruit for an Interim Health and Safety Manager

Pay - £350 - £400 per day INSIDE IR35

We are currently working with a leading housing organisation to recruit an Interim Health & Safety Manager to provide competent H&S leadership and advice across the organisation.

This is a key role responsible for managing and continually improving the organisation’s Health & Safety framework, ensuring legal and regulatory compliance while embedding a strong, proactive culture of health and safety across operational teams.

The Role

As Interim Health & Safety Manager, you will act as the organisation’s H&S subject matter expert, providing strategic and operational advice to colleagues, senior leadership and stakeholders.

You will be responsible for:

• Leading and continuously improving the organisation’s Health & Safety management framework, policies and procedures.
• Providing competent advice on statutory H&S and environmental requirements and ensuring appropriate compliance and assurance.
• Supporting the development and delivery of strategic and operational H&S plans.
• Working across the organisation to embed a positive and proactive health & safety culture.
• Monitoring H&S performance, identifying risks and driving corrective actions through to completion.
• Supporting and, where required, leading accident and incident investigations, including root cause analysis and preventative actions.
• Providing advice and oversight around operational H&S risks, including construction, building works and CDM requirements.
• Developing and reviewing risk assessments, method statements, construction phase plans and other H&S documentation.
• Maintaining accurate H&S data and producing high-quality management information, reports and recommendations for senior leadership, committees and Board.
• Developing and delivering H&S communications, presentations and training to managers and operational teams.
• Keeping abreast of changes to H&S legislation, guidance and best practice and ensuring these are reflected across the organisation.
• Working collaboratively with external agencies, partners and stakeholders to promote best practice.

About You

We are looking for an experienced Health & Safety professional who can operate confidently at both strategic and operational level and can influence stakeholders across an organisation.

You will ideally have:

• NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent as a minimum; NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent Level 5 qualification would be advantageous.
• IOSH membership/status at a minimum technical level.
• Proven experience working in a Health & Safety management role, ideally within housing, social housing, construction or a similarly complex operational environment.
• Strong knowledge and practical experience of CDM, construction health & safety and operational risk management.
• Experience developing and implementing H&S policies, procedures, risk assessments and method statements.
• Experience investigating accidents/incidents and implementing corrective and preventative actions.
• Strong understanding of H&S legislation, guidance and best practice.
• Experience producing management information, reports and presentations for senior stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage effectively from operational teams through to senior leadership.
• A proactive approach to identifying risk and driving continuous improvement.

If this role is of interest please email over your CV to