Head of Health & Safety

In addition to helping you reach your career goals, a competitive salary, pension, healthcare and holiday allowance starting at 24-26 days per annum, we also offer perks including Clancy Xtras, our employee benefits programme with discounts for numerous well-known retailers such as Tesco, Sainsbury's, Currys PC World and Vue Cinemas, cycle to work scheme as well as an Employee Assistance Programme.

Clancy is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made for you to attend an interview, please do let us know and we will be happy to accommodate.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Committed.

We care...
That's why we need people like you, who care about their colleagues, customers, our business, the environment and the community.

We are seeking an experienced Head of Health and Safety to join our team. Working closely with our Director, you'll play a key role in shaping and delivering our health and safety strategy across four business areas: Plant, CTM, Head Office/Central and Strategic Infrastructure.

This is a senior leadership position where you'll help drive a proactive safety culture, ensure we meet our legislative responsibilities, improve the health and wellbeing of our colleagues and lead a team of professionals to deliver consistent standards and best practice across the business.

You'll need to be comfortable taking a strategic view, while also being able to respond quickly and practically to changing business needs. Building strong relationships, influencing at all levels and bringing people together will be central to making a real difference in this role.

Here are some of the activities you'll get involved with...

• Lead the development and implementation of health, safety and wellbeing policies, procedures and plans, ensuring they support the wider business strategy.
• Provide leadership and direction to the health, safety and wellbeing team, supporting their development, performance and effectiveness.
• Champion a positive safety culture, encouraging accountability and continuous improvement across all business areas.
• Oversee escalated incident investigations, ensuring root causes are identified through a fair and balanced approach and that appropriate actions are followed through.
• Work closely with senior stakeholders to influence decisions and ensure health, safety and wellbeing remain a priority across the business.
• Monitor and report on performance, using data and insight to identify trends, inform decisions and drive improvements.
• Support organisational change, ensuring health, safety and wellbeing are considered and embedded throughout.
• Promote equality, diversity and inclusion within health, safety and wellbeing practices and across the wider team.

We would love to hear from you if you can demonstrate...

You apply, and we respond within two weeks (we know how annoying it is not to hear anything back)! If you don't receive feedback within that timescale, please don't be afraid to chase us - one of our values is to do what we say we will do!