Health and Safety Manager

Live Nation Entertainment; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in live entertainment is seeking a Health and Safety professional responsible for managing safety across various operations. The role involves ensuring compliance with legislation, developing safety strategies, and fostering a positive safety culture. This dynamic position offers diverse challenges in the vibrant world of events and live entertainment.

Benefits

Tickets to shows and festivals

Unlimited annual leave

Onsite gym and fitness classes

Complimentary coffee bar

Subsidised lunch options

Regular staff events

Qualifications

• Experience in safety application in entertainment, music, or events.
• Understanding of health and safety legislative frameworks.
• Experience working with dutyholders for compliance improvements.

Responsibilities

• Support the Health and Safety Director in strategy development.
• Develop risk assessment systems within business units.
• Provide operational guidance to venues and festivals.

Skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Problem-solving

Safety management

Education

NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety

Chartered Member of a relevant Institute (CMIOSH, CEnvH)

Job description

Job Summary:

Company: Live Nation

Department: Risk Management – Health and Safety

Location: London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester or commutable; UK-wide travel required

Reports to: Health and Safety Director

Working hours: Full time

Contract type: Permanent

Role Description

The Health and Safety team are responsible for all aspects of health and safety management, including identifying, developing, maintaining, monitoring and coordinating policy and procedures across all operations in the UK and Ireland. This includes agreeing and monitoring performance targets, giving assurance on compliance with legislation and good practice, and delivering competent advice in respect of current and proposed ventures. Business operations cover, amongst other things, venues, festivals, concerts and touring bands, along with support functions such as ticket sales and event security.

What we can offer you

Live Nation offers impressive employee benefits, including tickets to shows and festivals, and unlimited annual leave. The Farmiloe Building in Farringdon, London is a beautiful office to work. Staff can enjoy use of arcade games in the basement games room, an onsite gym space, plus fitness and meditation classes. In addition to this, the office has a fully stocked complimentary coffee bar with barista to serve you your favourite coffee as you walk into the office and offers heavily subsidised lunch options. We hold regular staff events in our atrium stage space, including hosting speakers and open mic nights to showcase Live Nation employee talent.

Who you are

Essential competencies

• Chartered Member of a relevant Institute, e.g. CMIOSH, CEnvH etc. and/or NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety or similar
• Experience of the application of safety in the entertainment/leisure or service industry, e.g. music, events, hospitality, theatre, etc
• Understanding of legislative frameworks and guidance relating to health and safety, fire and food, as well as to the events and entertainments industry
• Ability to work with dutyholders to agree policy and performance targets, to assist in the implementation initiatives to improve compliance, and to track and report upon improvements and changes which result
• Familiarity in developing, implementing and utilising incident and emergency management protocols, including providing insight to prevent recurrence
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience in dealing with regulators and enforcement officers

Desirable

• Experience of working with Primary Authority partners
• Full driving licence would be advantageous for some remote UK travel

Behaviours

The following attributes determine what is needed to be successful in the role:

• Passionate about all things safety
• A desire to help businesses to comply and to prevent harm from occurring, whilst maintaining the fun
• Firm believer in continual professional development and in personal growth
• Naturally curious
• Professional and personable – an ability to make safety relevant to people at all levels within the organisation
• Comfortable with UK-wide travel. The role holder will need to live commutable to one of the locations listed above and be happy to travel to various sites across the UK.

What the role includes

• Supporting and, when necessary, deputising for the Health and Safety Director
• Helping to develop and implement safety strategy and an industry leading health and safety management system throughout the organisation which meets legal compliance and good practice standards
• Assisting with the developing and maintenance of risk assessment systems within operational business units and at head office, and determining the safety training requirements which stem from this activity
• Providing operational guidance to a wide range of businesses, including venues, festivals, concerts and touring productions, including, where required undertaking both mentoring as well as coaching roles
• Helping to build and engage safety communities, and to foster a positive safety culture
• Assisting in the development and interpretation of reporting for senior management on key safety metrics
• Establishing and managing safety audit programmes across operational business units
• Managing and working with safety consultants where these are engaged to deliver specific areas of compliance work
• Helping with horizon scanning for new legislation and guidance relevant to all elements of business operations
• Developing and maintaining Primary Authority relationships

Equal Opportunities

We are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work. We will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and homelife. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people with whom you will be working. It’s talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender identity, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.

The Company

Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 500 million tickets sold annually and more than 12,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world, promoting more than 40,000 shows and more than 100 festivals annually for nearly 4,000 artists in over 40 countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect over 1,000 brands with the 98 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information visitwww.livenationentertainment.com .

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Monday 16th June 2025. We reserve the right to close applications at any time so encourage early application where possible.

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