Health & Safety Lead

Wellcome Trust; Camden Town; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent charitable foundation in Camden Town is looking for an experienced Health and Safety Lead to develop and implement a comprehensive health and safety strategy. You will oversee policies and incident management, ensuring a safe environment for all. Ideal candidates will have relevant certifications and proven senior experience in health and safety. This role supports hybrid working arrangements and promotes a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Qualifications

• Proven senior experience in a health and safety management role, preferably in office and public environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement health and safety strategy.
• Oversee incident management and governance.
• Collaborate to maintain a safety-focused culture.

Skills

Health and safety management

Budget management

Project delivery under tight deadlines

Education

Relevant certifications (e.g., NEBOSH)

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Health and Safety Lead to join the People team to develop and implement a comprehensive health and safety strategy. The Health and Safety Lead will be responsible for a comprehensive review of policies, systems and procedures in line with legislative requirements, incident management, auditing and governance across both office and public facing environments to ensure a safe environment for staff, visitors, and contractors at Wellcome.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a comprehensive health and safety strategy and lead a comprehensive review of policies, systems and procedures in line with legislative requirements.
• Oversee incident management, auditing and governance across office and public facing environments to ensure safety for staff, visitors and contractors.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to maintain a positive, safety-focused culture.

Qualifications

• Relevant certifications in health and safety management (e.g., NEBOSH).
• Proven senior experience in a health and safety management role, preferably within both office-based and public environments.
• Budget management: experience of managing budgets and headcount and leading high performing teams with inclusive working cultures.
• Experience of delivering high quality projects/pieces within tight deadlines.

About Wellcome

The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science, leading policy and advocacy campaigns, and building partnerships. We plan to spend £16bn over the next ten years, funding new discoveries in life, health, and wellbeing, and taking on three global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health. These challenges need bold science we support, but they won’t be solved by science alone.

Working arrangements

At Wellcome we have a hybrid way of working which is 3 days in our Euston Road offices (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) with the remaining 2 days working either remotely or in the office. Due to the nature of this role you may be required to be in the office on additional days.

Diversity, inclusion and recruitment

Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to cultivating a fair and inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. Please visit our website for more information on adjustments and accessibility or contact us at . Upon a conditional offer being made, the successful applicant for this position will be required to undertake a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (or equivalent) criminal record check to disclose any \"unspent\" criminal convictions or conditional cautions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The criminal record check will not show anything that is \"spent\". For further guidance on disclosure of criminal records please see this UK Government Guidance. You can view our Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders here. You can view our Privacy Statement here.