Head of Health & Safety

The Church of England; London; On-site; GBP 69,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading religious institution in London is seeking a Head of Health and Safety to provide strategic leadership and proactive advice across its organizations. The ideal candidate will ensure compliance while promoting a culture of safety and wellbeing. With a salary of £68,999 and generous benefits, this role aims to foster diversity and support flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

30 days annual leave

Age-related pension contributions

Family Friendly Programme

Access to Medicash

Qualifications

• Experience in developing health and safety strategies and plans.
• Ability to provide strategic Health and Safety leadership.
• Experience communicating effectively at Board level.

Responsibilities

• Lead the provision of Health and Safety advice to institutions.
• Provide oversight and support for day-to-day health and safety activities.
• Collaborate with Joint Staff Council and facilities managers.

Skills

Health and Safety strategy development

Leadership

Risk management

Communication

Job description

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We're looking for a Head of Health and Safety to join us at the National Church Institutions

About the Department/Role

The Human Resources department provides a strategic and operational HR service to the seven National Church Institutions (NCIs) and the 42 Diocesan Bishops’ offices. Our HR Operations team focusses on the entire employee lifecycle providing support, advice and guidance to senior leaders, line managers and staff. The Organisational Development team lead on culture, values, wellbeing, development and our belonging & inclusion strategy. Through our External Service team, we also offer HR support on a consultancy basis to other Church of England organisations including our dioceses and cathedrals.

We are a friendly, diverse, well respected and highly engaged HR team who are committed to actively sharing knowledge and learning across the team and beyond. We encourage flexible working within the team and meet online weekly and in-person once a month for collaboration, knowledge-sharing and building relationships within the team.

The NCIs comprises a wide variety of functions and professions to support the mission and ministries of the Church by working with those who serve in parishes, dioceses, schools, and other ministries, and with partners at a national and international level.

We have made significant progress in our wellbeing, belonging and inclusion strategies and recently launched our new values, helping us to focus not just on what we do but how we do it. This is a new role following our Health & Safety function transferring into HR to better align our Health, Safety and Wellbeing work into one team.

What you'll be doing

You will lead on the provision of outstanding proactive and professional Health and Safety advice to health and safety risk owners across the National Church Institutions. The role combines providing strategic Health and Safety leadership and advice up to Board level with guidance to operational risk owners as well as oversight, and hands on delivery of some day-to-day health and safety activities. You’ll be part of the NCIs Business Continuity Group providing support to its members, as well as working with and our Joint Staff Council, Trade Union representatives, and facilities managers at Lambeth and Bishopthorpe Palaces.

You’ll work across the NCIs (a predominantly office-based workforce) as well as supporting the Church of England Pensions Board (which provides retirement housing for clergy), and the Church Commissioners (which provides the homes and offices of the 42 Diocesan Bishops and 180 staff).

You’ll be part of our HR Operations team, and report directly to the People Director, with a dotted line to the Director of Housing for the Pensions Board.

Key role requirements

• You will need to have previous experience of developing health and safety strategies and plans and reporting progress and compliance to committees up to Board level.

About You

The Church of England is for everyone and we want to reflect the diversity of the community the Church serves across the whole country. Therefore, while of course we welcome all applications from interested and suitably experienced people, we would particularly welcome applicants from UK Minoritised Ethnicities (UKME)/Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and other under-represented groups. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to recruiting disabled people. We offer interviews to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information about the role and person specification.

What we offer

• A salary of £ 68,999 per annum, plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of your salary.
• 30 days annual leave plus eight bank holidays three additional days (pro-rated if working part-time).
• We welcome all flexible working arrangement requests. This is looked at in a case-by-case scenario and if this fits within the department’s needs. We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
• We offer many services and initiatives under our Family Friendly Programme, some of these include enhanced Maternity Leave initiative, Adoption Leave, Paternity Leave, & Shared Parental Leave. Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships.

Automatic enrolment and access to Medicash (one of the UK’s leading health cash plan providers), providing you with many services including reimbursements of routine dental treatment, optical, specialist consultations, and therapy treatments. Unlimited access to virtual GP & Private prescription service and health & Stress related helplines.

• Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to the Department of Education Restaurant and Westminster Abbey with a plus-one guest.
• Opportunity to join the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies.

ABOUT NATIONAL CHURCH INSTITUTIONS

The National Church Institutions comprises a wide variety of teams, professions and functions that support the mission and ministries of the Church of England in its vision to be a church, centred on Jesus Christ, for the whole nation - a church that is simpler, humbler, bolder.

We Include. You Belong.

Our Belonging and Inclusion Strategy aims for everyone in the National Church Institutions (NCIs) to feel that they belong, and are valued for who they are and what they contribute. Together, our people contribute in different ways towards our common purpose, whichever NCI they work in and whatever their background.

Living out our values in all that we do, we:

• Strive for Excellence
• Show Compassion
• Respect others
• Act with Integrity

We believe our commitment to belonging and inclusion fuels our progress and drives us forward. The NCIs are a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We welcome applications from people of all faiths and of no faith. We want to encourage applications from a diverse group of people who share our values. Even if you have never thought about working for us before, if you have the skills and experience we’re looking for then we would like to hear from you.

Please note: You must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for the role.