Group Health and Safety Manager

Valor Hospitality; Salford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Private medical insurance

Car allowance / company car

Job summary

Valor Hospitality is seeking a Health & Safety leader to own group-wide compliance across 41 properties in the UK and Europe. You’ll work with Operations Directors and hotel teams to embed practical safety standards that protect guests and staff.

You’ll audit hotels, manage risk assessments, investigate incidents, and drive training to ensure day-to-day adherence. Regular travel across the UK and Europe is expected, with a focus on influencing through credibility rather than formal authority.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Health & Safety management role, ideally in hospitality or another multi-site, customer-facing business.
• A NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent. A security qualification is a bonus.
• Strong knowledge of UK H&S legislation; familiarity with European frameworks is an advantage.
• Experience managing suppliers and contractors and holding them to account.
• The confidence to influence teams and leaders without direct line authority.
• A full driving licence and passport with willingness to travel regularly across the UK and Europe.

Responsibilities

• Owning group-wide Health & Safety compliance with policies reflecting current legislation.
• Leading and overseeing risk assessments across kitchens, housekeeping, maintenance and guest areas.
• Investigating accidents, incidents and near-misses and managing reporting such as RIDDOR.
• Ensuring practical H&S training is embedded and followed day to day.
• Auditing hotels, tracking actions to completion, and reporting to group leadership.
• Leading crisis planning and resilience across the group, including business continuity.
• Collaborating with Operations, Property and Procurement and managing safety partners.

Skills

H&S management

Security qualification

Influence skills

Contractor management

Driving licence

Travel readiness

Job description

Own Health & Safety across all hotels in the UK and Europe operated by Valor Hospitality. One group standard, one point of ownership, a real difference to guests and teams.

The role

Valor is growing fast, and we want every hotel in our portfolio to be a safe place to stay and a safe place to work. This is a new in‑house role. You'll take group‑level ownership of Health & Safety compliance across 41 properties in the UK and Europe, with oversight of guest and team security alongside it.

You'll report to our Operations Directors and partner with General Managers, Operations Managers and property teams across the portfolio. You won't have direct reports. You'll lead through influence, credibility and practical, workable standards that teams want to follow.

What you'll be doing:

Owning group‑wide Health & Safety compliance, with policies and procedures that reflect current legislation in every country we operate in

Leading and overseeing risk assessments across kitchens, housekeeping, maintenance, guest areas and manual handling

Investigating accidents, incidents and near‑misses, keeping statutory records and managing reporting such as RIDDOR

Making sure H&S training is practical, relevant and properly embedded in our hotels, so it's understood and applied day to day rather than ticked off

Auditing hotels, tracking corrective actions through to completion, and reporting compliance to group leadership

Leading crisis planning and operational resilience across the group, from business continuity to lessons‑learned reviews, and making sure hotel teams know what to do when it matters

Working closely with Operations, Property and Procurement, and managing our third‑party safety partners and suppliers so best practice is adopted everywhere

Overseeing guest and team security across the group: reviewing physical and access security measures, managing our security suppliers, and making sure security training lands with hotel teams

What you'll bring

Experience in a Health & Safety management role, ideally in hospitality or another multi‑site, customer‑facing business

A NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent. A security qualification (ASIS, CPP or similar) is a bonus.

Strong knowledge of UK H&S legislation. Familiarity with European frameworks is an advantage.

Experience managing suppliers and contractors and holding them to account

The confidence to influence everyone from a hotel team to senior leadership, without relying on line authority

A full driving licence, a passport, and a willingness to travel regularly across the UK and Europe

What's in it for you?

This role attracts a competitive salary, private medical insurance and the option of a car allowance or company car.

We're an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of race, sex, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation or age. At Valor Hospitality, we actively welcome applications from candidates of all diverse backgrounds.

Every application is carefully reviewed against the relevant skills and experience for the role, and we'll be in touch if you're a good match and have been selected for interview.

Please note that employment is subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK.