Senior Corporate Health and Safety Adviser

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Adecco UK

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Our summary

Salary: £400 a day
Contract: Contract role, inside IR35

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

Extensive knowledge of UK health and safety legislation and best practice.
Proven experience developing and implementing corporate health and safety strategies.
Experience managing audits, inspections and health and safety governance frameworks.
Strong track record of incident investigation and risk management.
Experience producing reports and presenting to senior leaders and governance boards.
Previous line management experience.
Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
Experience working within large multi-site environments.

Education & certifications

NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent Level 6 qualification).
Chartered IOSH status (CMIOSH) or working towards.
ISO 45001 Lead Auditor or Auditor qualification desirable.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

East London | £400 per day (Inside IR35) | Interim Contract

The role

Senior Corporate Health & Safety Adviser

An East London public sector organisation is seeking an experienced Senior Corporate Health & Safety Adviser to provide strategic leadership and expert guidance across a diverse operational environment.

This is a key interim appointment responsible for driving health and safety performance, strengthening compliance, and embedding a positive safety culture across multiple service areas. The successful candidate will work closely with senior leaders, operational managers, contractors and external stakeholders to ensure health and safety risks are effectively managed and statutory obligations are met.

What you'll do

Key Responsibilities

Lead the development, implementation and continual improvement of corporate health and safety policies, procedures and management systems.
Provide expert advice to senior management on health and safety legislation, risk management and compliance matters.
Deliver organisation-wide health and safety improvement programmes and initiatives.
Undertake audits, inspections and compliance reviews across a varied property and operational portfolio.
Lead investigations into accidents, incidents and near misses, identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions.
Produce detailed performance reports, trend analysis and recommendations for senior stakeholders.
Develop and maintain health and safety training programmes, competency frameworks and compliance monitoring systems.
Build effective relationships with regulators, contractors, trade unions and other key stakeholders.
Support business continuity, emergency planning and organisational resilience activities.
Manage and mentor a small team of health and safety professionals.

About You

You will be an experienced health and safety professional with a strong track record of operating at a senior advisory or management level within a large, complex organisation.

Contract Details

Location: East London
Rate: £400 per day
Contract: Interim
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Start: ASAP
Working Pattern: Hybrid working available

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Health & Safety professional to make a significant impact within a major public sector organisation, influencing safety performance across a broad range of services and operational activities.

To apply or find out more, please get in touch.

About Adecco UK

Adecco is a workforce solutions and recruitment company that describes itself as the world's number one workforce solutions business. It places over 700,000 individuals in roles every day, draws on more than 60 years of recruitment experience, and employs 38,000 people worldwide.

Its services include permanent, temporary, managed and outsourced recruitment, with the resources to manage workforces ranging from 50 to 20,000+ workers for organisations of all sizes, across the public and private sectors.