Interim Corporate Health & Safety Advisor

East London | Public Sector Organisation | 3-Month Rolling Contract -450 p/day

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Interim Corporate Health & Safety Advisor to join a large public sector organisation in East London. This role is ideally suited to a health and safety professional with strong strategic expertise, a proven track record in policy development, and experience advising senior leadership teams on corporate health and safety matters.

Working across the organisation, you will play a key role in shaping and enhancing the corporate health and safety framework, ensuring compliance, driving best practice, and embedding a positive safety culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead on the review, development and implementation of corporate health and safety policies, procedures and guidance.
• Provide strategic health and safety advice to Directors, Heads of Service and senior stakeholders.
• Develop and deliver health and safety strategies, action plans and improvement programmes.
• Ensure organisational compliance with relevant health and safety legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Support the implementation of corporate governance and assurance arrangements.
• Undertake audits, reviews and gap analyses to identify areas for improvement.
• Produce reports, briefings and recommendations for senior management and governance boards.
• Champion a proactive approach to risk management and organisational safety culture.
• Monitor emerging legislation, guidance and best practice, advising on potential impacts and required actions.

Essential Requirements

• Significant experience in a senior or corporate health and safety advisory role within the public sector or a similarly complex organisation.
• Proven experience of writing, reviewing and implementing health and safety policies and procedures.
• Strong strategic experience, including developing organisational health and safety strategies.
• Experience of working closely with Directors, Executive Teams and senior stakeholders.
• Excellent knowledge of UK health and safety legislation and best practice.
• Experience conducting audits, investigations and compliance reviews.
• NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent Level 6 qualification) and membership of IOSH (GradIOSH/CMIOSH preferred).
• Excellent report writing, communication and stakeholder management skills.

Desirable

• Experience within local government, housing, education, healthcare or other public sector environments.
• Chartered IOSH (CMIOSH) status.
• Experience supporting organisational change and transformation programmes.

How to Apply

If you are an experienced health and safety professional with a strong background in strategy development, policy writing and senior stakeholder engagement, we would like to hear from you.

This is an excellent opportunity to make a significant impact within a forward-thinking public sector organisation while driving meaningful improvements to corporate health and safety performance.

Aziz Rumani

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RG Setsquare is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.