Health, Safety and Security Manager

As our Health, Safety and Security Manager your role will be pivotal in providing strategic advice, support and guidance on all health, safety and security matters relating to Cafcass employees and visitors.

This will include matters pertaining to legal compliance for personal and building safety in accordance with current health and safety legislation, as well as Cafcass organisational strategic priorities. You will work closely with senior leaders to ensure statutory duties and obligations are met and drive continuous improvement in health, safety and security practices, policies and procedures across all areas of Cafcass.

This is a national role, so travel to our offices across England will be required.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Developing and implementing health, safety and security processes and procedures in line with health and safety legislation.
• Supporting our leaders and employees in accident and incident management, fire safety provisions, emergency management and responding to health and safety queries.
• Supervising our team of Health and Safety Officers and providing expert advice to senior leaders to shape and support the strategic priorities of the organisation.
• Maintaining a visible profile within Cafcass to support and embed a strong culture of safety and compliance.

Who we’re looking for

We are seeking a passionate and delivery-focused professional with:

• NEBOSH or NVQ Level 5 qualification.
• Specialist security qualification such as NPSA or a willingness to work towards them.
• Previous experience in a public sector organisation would be advantageous.
• Excellent presentation skills and the ability to influence at all levels.

More details can be in the Job description (check vacancy documents)

Location? Flexible (travel required)

Contractually, you can be based in any Cafcass office.

We trust and empower colleagues to work in a hybrid way. We provide the resources, equipment, and support, so that individually and collectively, we can be the voice of children and young people when the family court makes critical decisions about their futures.

We provide extensive wellbeing support for colleagues, as well as excellent benefits, all of which we hope encourages you to work within our dedicated team.

Next steps / timelines

Below we have given you an indication of a timetable we are hoping to work towards, although dates are subject to change.

Vacancy contact: Fleur.gardner@cafcass.gov.uk

Hiring Manager: Emma.Ryley@cafcass.gov.uk

In anticipation of your successful application, we encourage you to review our offer and pre-employment checks process. You are welcome to raise any questions or concerns about these checks during your application, with the assurance that this information will remain confidential.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Successful applicants will undergo various pre-engagement checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In line with the DBS code of practice and our policy, if a criminal offence is declared, an individual assessment will be conducted. For further details regarding this assessment, please refer to the Cafcass DBS policy.