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About the Role

Cancer Research UK is seeking a Senior Health & Safety Manager to lead the organization's Health, Safety & Welfare Strategy. This role is crucial for ensuring a safe, compliant, and supportive environment, protecting staff, volunteers, and the public. The manager will be the designated 'competent person,' responsible for the safety framework across diverse environments including retail stores, research labs, and events. Key responsibilities include shaping risk management, leading a team, and influencing stakeholders to embed safety into all operations.

Responsibilities

Lead, own, manage, and govern Cancer Research UK’s organisation-wide Health, Safety & Welfare Strategy & Framework.
Build and maintain a shared understanding and ownership of safety practices across all activities and directorates.
Act as Cancer Research UK's designated ‘competent person’ under the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
Develop, maintain, and monitor the health & safety management system.
Oversee safe systems of work, risk assessments, policies, training, communications, monitoring, assurance, and reporting.
Ensure compliance with all relevant, current, and emerging health & safety legislation, regulations, and best practices.
Lead, develop, and motivate the Health & Safety team of 3-4 direct reports.
Maintain collaborative stakeholder relationships across the charity.
Deliver continuous improvements in health and safety practices.
Drive a culture where health, safety, and welfare are considered in all activities.
Develop and deliver an annual operating plan, including hazard and risk identification, supplier due diligence, accident/incident management, budget management, and reporting.
Run health and safety forums and committees.
Provide professional advice, guidance, and support to key internal stakeholders and external third parties.
Exercise sound judgment in health, safety, and welfare matters, making timely decisions and escalating issues when necessary.
Provide strategic recommendations to senior leadership to support operational excellence and regulatory compliance.
Provide relevant management information, including data analysis, trends, and actions to address risks and issues.
Undertake other tasks as necessary to contribute to the wider success of the Health & Safety team, the Assurance department, and Cancer Research UK’s strategy.

Requirements

NEBOSH Diploma level+ qualified Health & Safety Manager.
Experience leading health and safety management in large, complex, and hybrid organisations (both onsite and remote-based).
Expert knowledge of UK Health & Safety legislation, requirements, and best practices.
Experience applying health and safety knowledge across a diverse range of environments.
Successfully built credible and collaborative cross-functional stakeholder and senior leadership relationships.
Demonstrable interpersonal, influencing, and negotiating skills.
Proven ability to communicate effectively with a wide-ranging audience.
Strong prioritisation and organisation skills.
Track record of working independently with minimal supervision.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects from initiation to completion.
Consistently meet deadlines while delivering high-quality outcomes.
Proactive approach to problem-solving with a continuous improvement mindset.
Experience in identifying and implementing continuous improvements and interventions.
Ability to encourage innovation, promote best practices, and challenge conventional organisational approaches.
Some experience in either direct line or matrix management, or supporting more junior members of a team.
Ability to lead, empower, motivate, and coach others and drive high performance.
Ability to work as part of a team and senior leadership team.
Demonstrable leadership skills with experience influencing and supporting stakeholders and teams in driving change and health and safety compliance.
Able to occasionally travel across the UK on an ad-hoc basis as necessary.
Must be eligible to work in the UK.
Not below the age of 18.

Skills

Health & Safety Management
Risk Management
UK Health & Safety Legislation
Stakeholder Management
Interpersonal Skills
Influencing Skills
Negotiating Skills
Communication Skills
Prioritisation
Organisation
Problem-Solving
Continuous Improvement
Team Leadership
Coaching
Driving High Performance
Change Management
Compliance

Location

Stratford, London

Work Type

Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office)
Full time
Permanent

Experience Level

Senior

Education Level

NEBOSH Diploma

Salary/Compensations

£51,000- £61,000 per annum

Benefits

Generous benefits package
Wide range of career and personal development opportunities
High-quality tools
Work-life balance policies and processes

About the Company

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.
We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day.
The Finance, Governance and Assurance directorate is at the heart of engaging and inspiring Cancer Research UK’s people, ensuring we actively manage and assure our risks and are effective and efficient in all we do.
Our Health & Safety team is crucial to this mission by creating a safe and healthy environment for our staff and volunteers.
The team provides wide-ranging and expert safety, health and welfare support across retail stores, distribution hubs, scientific research institutes, a head office and multiple events.
Our organisation values are: Bold, Credible, Human, Together.
Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do.

Equal Opportunity

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.
We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen.