Health, Safety and Fire Senior Manager

Central Operations is part of the wider Central Services area at the heart of the Bank and is integral to enabling the Bank to deliver its mission. We are responsible for maintaining safe, sustainable and collaborative environments across all Bank locations. This includes fundamental services such as Security, Facilities, Property maintenance and projects, Procurement, managing the Banks sustainability commitments, as well as the location strategy programme for the Bank.

• Provide strategic leadership in health, safety, and fire management, ensuring all elements of the Bank’s operations and activities facilitate a safe and healthy environment.
• Lead the Bank-wide implementation of health, safety, and fire strategies, aligned with ISO 45001, UK HSE legislation, and the Bank’s long-term vision.
• Oversee operational delivery of health and safety across functions including Estates, Property, Engineering, Security, Projects, and Facilities.
• Act as the operational custodian of the Bank’s H&S Management System, ensuring effective delivery and maintenance by operational teams.
• Develop, implement, and review health, safety, and fire policies and procedures to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee the planning, completion, and review of risk assessments, ensuring real-time risk mitigation and regulatory compliance.
• Lead on compliance with fire safety, asbestos, PUWER, confined spaces, CDM 2015 and relevant regulations.
• Partner with HR and Organisational Development to embed mental health, stress risk assessments, and other wellbeing initiatives.
• Champion Internal Audit to ensure audit readiness and responsive improvement planning.

• Lead and develop a decentralised team of operational safety coordinators, embedded across regions/locations.
• Drive consistency and quality of risk controls by mentoring local teams and contractors.
• Lead the team in refining the Bank’s Health & Safety System and Fire Strategy, ensuring regulatory compliance, and striving to achieve standards of best practice.
• Line-management responsibility of H&S operational professionals and influence matrix teams across sites.
• Build a succession pipeline for safety-critical roles and ensure cross-site knowledge transfer.
• Provide mentorship, coaching, training and development pathways to enhance awareness and understanding of health, safety, and fire protocols among staff and contractors.

• Monitor delivery of leading indicators, such as:
• Timeliness of risk assessments
• Training compliance
• Near-miss reporting
• Corrective action close-out rates
• Maintain oversight of 2nd line reviews and provide performance reports to Executive leadership.
• Monitor compliance with health, safety, and fire regulations, conducting regular audits and inspections.

• Lead incident response and investigation across the Bank’s footprint.
• Ensure all incidents are raised, reviewed, and learned from, with appropriate root cause analysis and action planning.
• Contribute to the promotion of a culture that encourages reporting, learning, and continuous improvement.

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to promote best practices in health, safety, and fire management.
• Minimum NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent Level 6 (Bachelors) qualification in Occupational Health & Safety and other relevant H&S qualifications.
• Chartered Member (CMIOSH) or Fellow status.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in senior H&S leadership, ideally in a complex, multi-site or high-reliability organisation.
• Demonstrable success in operational safety leadership, implementing ISO 45001-compliant…