Corporate Health and Safety Manager

Health and safety is fundamental to delivering excellent services and creating a workplace where people can thrive. As Corporate Health & Safety Manager, you will act as the Council's lead competent person for health and safety, ensuring we meet our statutory responsibilities while promoting a positive, proactive and practical safety culture across the organisation.

Working across a diverse range of services, from offices and community settings to operational environments, you will influence how health and safety is managed, understood and embedded throughout the Council. Your expertise will help protect our employees, support managers to manage risk effectively and ensure safe services for our communities.

You'll provide professional leadership, expert advice and practical support on all aspects of health and safety, working closely with Senior Management Board, managers, employees and trade unions to ensure compliance with legislation and best practice. You'll help shape policy, develop standards, monitor performance and drive continuous improvement across the organisation.

A key part of your role will be leading on the health and safety elements of the Council's corporate training programme, working closely with the Learning & Development Manager to develop and deliver induction, mandatory training, Toolbox Talks, first aid provision and fire safety competencies. You'll help ensure colleagues have the knowledge, skills and confidence to work safely and effectively manage risk.

You'll act as corporate lead for Assessnet and other health and safety systems, overseeing compliance monitoring, performance reporting, trend analysis and continuous improvement activity. You'll also lead corporate arrangements relating to DSE assessments, lone working systems, employee screening programmes and wider health and safety initiatives.

You'll establish and oversee programmes of audits, inspections and monitoring activity, support investigations into accidents and incidents, ensure corrective actions are implemented and drive learning from outcomes across the organisation.

Alongside this, you'll build effective relationships with regulators, external partners and professional networks, helping the Council remain informed, compliant and forward-thinking in its approach to health and safety.

If you're passionate about creating safer workplaces, driving continuous improvement and making a visible impact across a complex organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

If we sound like the right fit for you and you feel like the right fit for us we would welcome your application. Please click on the Apply button at the bottom of this page.

Alternatively if you would like to find out more about the post, the team or working with us at the Council please contact Lydia Wilson, Head of Service - HR, Workforce and OD at hr.admin@exeter.gov.uk

We reserve the right to close any vacancy before the closing date if enough applications are received.

At Exeter City Council we are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve.

To support this commitment we will strive to implement reasonable adjustments to support any members of our communities who face barriers in recruitment processes, irrespective of the reason.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and have committed to guaranteeing an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.