Director of Health, Safety and Operations

PRG; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 73,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in the UK is seeking an experienced Director of Health, Safety & Operations. In this pivotal leadership role, you will drive strategy and ensure compliance across health & safety standards. Ideal candidates will have a NEBOSH Diploma, significant senior-level experience, and strong knowledge of health & safety legislation. This position offers a salary of £87,000 plus benefits, with a hybrid working model.

Benefits

Excellent benefits package

Qualifications

• Proven senior-level experience leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong knowledge of health & safety legislation and compliance requirements.
• Experience with housing compliance frameworks, inspections, and audits.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership in health, safety, and operations.
• Champion continuous improvement and safety culture.
• Lead programmes of risk management and performance reporting.

Skills

Leadership

Health & Safety Compliance

Customer-Centric Approach

Risk Management

Relationship-Building

Education

NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent

Chartered IOSH status

Job description

Director of Health, Safety & Operations
Cheltenham Borough Council
Salary: 87,000 + benefits
Location: Municipal Offices & Hybrid

Panoramic Associates are proud to be working in exclusive partnership with Cheltenham Borough Council to appoint a highly influential Director of Health, Safety & Operations. As the borough continues to evolve, this is a key strategic leadership role with significant impact across the organisation and wider community.

As a senior and trusted member of the leadership team, you will shape and drive the Council's approach to health & safety, compliance, and core operational services, ensuring the utmost standards of safety, resilience, and service delivery for residents, tenants, staff and stakeholders.

You will lead and oversee Health & Safety, Compliance, Parks & Public Realm, Environmental Partnerships (Ubico) and Bereavement Services, ensuring a consistently high-performing, customer-focused operational framework.

The Role

In this pivotal role you will:

• Provide strategic leadership across all aspects of health, safety and operational service delivery.
• Champion a culture of safety, wellbeing and continuous improvement.
• Ensure full statutory and regulatory compliance across housing, including alignment with the Building Safety Act, Fire Safety Regulations and the Regulator of Social Housing's standards.
• Lead major programmes of risk management, audits, investigations and performance reporting.
• Represent the Council externally, engaging with regulators, partners and key stakeholders.
• Support senior leaders across the organisation to deliver service excellence.
• Drive efficiencies, improvement and customer satisfaction across Parks, Gardens, Bereavement Services and Environmental Partnerships.

About You

We're seeking an experienced, inspirational senior leader with:

• A NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent) and Chartered IOSH status.
• Proven senior-level experience leading multidisciplinary teams and advising at strategic level.
• Strong knowledge of health & safety legislation, compliance requirements and safety management systems.
• Experience working with housing compliance frameworks, inspections, audits and risk assessments.
• Exceptional relationship-building skills and a collaborative, customer-centric approach.
• The ability to drive improvement, innovation and performance across complex operational environments.

Why Join Cheltenham Borough Council?

This is a high-impact leadership role within a forward-thinking local authority. You'll shape strategy, lead transformation, and ensure that Cheltenham continues to deliver safe, compliant and high-quality services to its communities.

You'll be joining a collaborative, supportive organisation that values leadership, integrity and innovation.