Health and Safety Manager

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Regional Health & Safety Manager – London & the South

Field-based | Hybrid (3 days on-site, 2 days home) | Reporting to Head of Health & Safety

We're working with a leading UK student accommodation provider, one of the country's largest, with tens of thousands of students housed across dozens of sites nationwide, to find a Regional Health & Safety Manager to cover London and the South.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced H&S professional to join a well-established support function that keeps a large, multi-site operation running safely and compliantly. You'll work closely with Operations and Estates teams, playing a hands-on role in protecting both staff and residents while embedding a strong safety culture across the region.

The Role

This is a varied, field-based position covering fire, building and health & safety across a large regional portfolio. You'll split your time between supporting site teams day-to-day, leading investigations, preparing for inspections, and reporting into senior leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Health, Safety & Fire Delivery

• Support delivery of the annual H&S plan, ensuring compliance with fire, building and H&S legislation


• Manage the regional H&S function, including objective setting, performance reviews and day-to-day leadership


• Build strong working relationships with Operations and Estates to ensure focused, prioritised activity


• Lead the H&S policy review programme, ensuring policies, risk assessments and monitoring regimes remain legally compliant and fit for purpose


• Advise on emerging risks, incidents and remedial actions

• Carry out incident investigations, liaising with external parties where required


• Ensure sites are inspection-ready, coordinating communications and follow-up actions


• Escalate deviations, concerns and potential liability risks promptly to relevant stakeholders

• Prepare and present safety performance updates to peers and senior leadership


• Support regional managers with training, risk assessments and audit activity


• Maintain ongoing professional development in fire, building and H&S


• Carry out other fire, building and H&S duties as required

• Experience working in or with a large multi-site business


• Background in a regulatory environment


• Strong knowledge of fire and health & safety legislation


• Experience conducting risk assessments and audits


• Confidence delivering H&S or fire briefings/training


• A track record of working with internal and external stakeholders to implement operational policies

• NEBOSH National General Certificate


• Fire Risk Assessment qualification (FPA or equivalent)

• IOSH membership or membership of a fire safety professional body


• Environmental Health degree, Fire or Health & Safety Diploma, or equivalent

This hybrid role offers 3 days a week on-site across the London and South region and 2 days working from home. Our client offers a supportive, collaborative culture within a fast-growing organisation — full details on salary and benefits available on application.

Interested? Apply now or get in touch to find out more.

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