Head of Health and Safety

Sellick Partnership; Wrexham; On-site; GBP 83,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Sellick Partnership is recruiting an interim Head of Health and Safety for a public sector organisation in North East Wales.

Lead operational health and safety, environmental and sustainability matters, oversee risk management, statutory compliance, incident response and resilience planning, and foster a positive safety culture across services. The role is 37.5 hours/week, Monday to Friday, initially 3-4 months with potential extension.

Qualifications

• Leadership/management experience at a senior level.
• NEBOSH certification or willingness to work towards.
• Chartered member of IOSH or working towards IOSH Chartered status.

Responsibilities

• Develop a customer-focused service that is responsive and high standard.
• Identify objectives for service delivery and manage action plans to implement them.
• Assess political pressures and tailor plans accordingly.
• Pursue best practice and value for money through effective systems of target setting and procurement.
• Effectively manage the Service budget within agreed limits.
• Manage and develop a team of professional officers and/or supervisory staff.

Skills

Leadership

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Project management

Education

NEBOSH certification

Chartered IOSH

Leadership/management qualification

Job description

Head of Health and Safety

Location - North East Wales

Duration - Interim for 3-4 months initially however this will be reviewed with the potential to extend further

Day rate - Negotiable depending on experience

Monday - Friday - 37.5 hours a week

Sellick Partnership are supporting a public sector organisation with the recruitment of a Head of Health and Safety to provide operational leadership and strategic oversight on Health and Safety, environmental and sustainability matters, ensuring the effective management of risk, compliance with statutory obligations, incident management, resilience planning and the delivery of a positive safety and sustainability culture across all activities.

Key responsibilities for the Head of Health and Safety

• Develop a customer-focused service that is responsive and flexible with regard to a variety of customer needs and delivered to a high standard.
• Identify clear objectives for service delivery, including management of risk, and develop and performance manage relevant action plans to ensure effective and efficient implementation
• Assess political pressures and agendas on service delivery and tailor plans/activity accordingly
• Pursue best practice and value for money within the Service through the establishment of effective systems of target setting, performance management and procurement
• Effectively manage the Service budget, ensuring spending within agreed limits
• Manage and develop a team of professional officers and/or supervisory staff

Key areas of Knowledge & Experience

• Demonstrable experience of successful partnership and multi-agency working
• Experience of applying risk management in setting strategy and in identifying and managing principal risks to achievement of objectives
• Experience of successful project management and delivering services to set standards
• Succesful track record of communicating with stakeholders and partners

Qualifications

• Leadership/management qualification and/or significant leadership/management experience
• NEBOSH certification or willingness to work towards.
• Chartered member of IOSH

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