National Health and Safety Manager

Red 5 People; Birmingham; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Enhanced pension scheme

Health cash plan

Job summary

Red 5 People Ltd. is recruiting an experienced Operational Health & Safety Manager to support a national charity across multiple sites, focusing on embedding a positive health and safety culture and ensuring services are safe and compliant.

The role involves home-based work with regular travel across the Midlands, North East, Yorkshire, East of England, South East, London and South West, and overnight stays as needed. NEBOSH certification and multisite H&S experience are essential.

Qualifications

• NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent qualification.
• Significant H&S experience within a multisite organisation.
• Experience conducting audits, risk assessments and incident investigations.
• Experience within charities, healthcare, housing, education, retail or other multisite environments is relevant.

Responsibilities

• Conduct site inspections, audits and risk assessments.
• Investigate incidents and implement improvements.
• Coach and influence operational managers to improve H&S standards.
• Monitor compliance and identify opportunities to strengthen processes.
• Support safe working practices across diverse services.

Skills

H&S leadership

Audits & investigations

Incident investigations

Coaching & training

Multisite operations

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate

Job description

Join one of the UK's leading charities and make a real difference.

We're recruiting an experienced Operational Health & Safety Manager for a national charity supporting people through employment, education, health and wellbeing, children's services and community programmes.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work across a genuinely diverse organisation, with environments ranging from offices and community services to residential settings and charity shops.

The charity has been recognised as one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2026 and offers excellent benefits, including generous annual leave, an enhanced pension scheme and a health cash plan.

The Role

Working closely with operational managers across multiple locations, you'll help embed a positive health and safety culture, ensuring services are safe, compliant and continually improving.

You'll be home-based when not visiting sites, with regular travel across locations including the Midlands, North East, Yorkshire, East of England, South East, London and South West. You'll therefore need to be based somewhere that allows practical access to these regions and be comfortable with extensive travel and occasional overnight stays.

Responsibilities include:

• Conducting site inspections, audits and risk assessments.
• Investigating incidents and implementing improvements.
• Coaching and influencing operational managers to improve H&S standards.
• Monitoring compliance and identifying opportunities to strengthen processes.
• Supporting safe working practices across a diverse range of services.

About You

We're looking for an established Health & Safety professional, rather than someone looking to move into the profession.

Essential requirements:

• NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent qualification.
• Significant H&S experience within a medium or large multisite organisation.
• Experience conducting audits, risk assessments and incident investigations.
• Experience within charities, healthcare, housing, education, retail or other multisite environments would be particularly relevant, although other sectors will be considered.