Health and Safety Manager

Overview

As Health, Safety & Fire Safety Manager you will lead the safety, compliance and risk management for multiple regional offices. You will partner with leaders and facilities teams to embed a proactive safety culture and maintain a robust management system. You’ll manage fire safety, audits, and regulatory compliance, ensuring safe, compliant workplaces. This role offers cross-site impact within a respected national law firm and opportunities to shape safety practices across the organisation.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible benefits
• flexible working
• learning and development programme
• wellbeing initiatives
• supportive environment

Responsibilities

• Maintain and continuously improve the Health & Safety Management System in line with legislation and best practice
• Provide practical safety guidance to leaders, managers and staff
• Develop and review policies, procedures, risk management frameworks
• Manage fire safety arrangements including Fire Risk Assessments, evacuations, drills, PEEPs, and wardens
• Coordinate with landlords, managing agents and regulators to ensure ongoing compliance
• Lead risk assessments, inspections, audits and incident investigations; track corrective actions
• Produce compliance reports, KPIs and leadership updates; monitor legislative changes
• Support statutory programs (fire systems, emergency lighting, electrical testing, water hygiene, asbestos, contractor compliance)
• Support contractor management, permit-to-work, and supplier compliance processes
• Provide safety expertise for moves, acquisitions, refurbishments and workplace changes
• Collaborate with Facilities teams to standardise safety and compliance across locations
• Manage DSE assessments, workplace adjustments, and equipment recommendations
• Deliver health and safety training and awareness campaigns
• Support business continuity and emergency planning; post-incident reviews and lessons learned
• Oversee SOPs and facilities governance; support projects and maintenance records
• Handle ad hoc facilities requests and operational activities

Key requirements

• Significant health and safety management experience in a multi-site corporate, professional services or legal environment
• Strong knowledge of UK health and safety legislation, fire safety requirements, risk management and audit processes
• Experience developing policies, procedures, compliance records and management reporting
• Experience working with landlords, managing agents, contractors, suppliers and regulatory bodies
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, for compliance data analysis and reporting
• Experience conducting internal audits and supporting continuous improvement initiatives
• Facilities management, workplace services or corporate real estate experience (advantageous)

• Proactive and collaborative approach
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing abilities
• Organised and analytical with ability to prioritise
• Microsoft Office (Excel) for data analysis and reporting
• Risk management and audit processes
• Policy development and governance

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