Health & Safety Lead

## Top job! Health & Safety Lead
* Cornerstone* Full time* £50,700 – £53,357
* Hybrid:  Dundee, Glasgow or Aberdeen
* Closing  11th October 2026
* Advertised from 11th September 2026
* 39 hours per week#### Role
** A national role with the opportunity to shape health and safety across Cornerstone.
** We have a great opportunity for an experienced
** health and safety
** professional to
** influence practice at a national level.
** Working with colleagues across our organisation you'll strengthen governance, improve consistency and develop practical approaches to managing risk.

Based at our
** Glasgow, Dundee or Aberdeen
** office, this role offers hybrid working alongside regular travel across our services and locations. You'll work closely with teams across Cornerstone, building relationships and providing visible, practical health and safety leadership.
** About the role
** At Cornerstone, our purpose is to enable the people we support to live valued lives in their communities.

As our
** Health and Safety Lead**, you'll play a key role in ensuring our approach to
** healthand safety
** supports this purpose while meeting our legal and regulatory responsibilities.

You'll be Cornerstone’s competent person for
** health and safety**, helping colleagues understand legal requirements, manage risk effectively and embed a positive, proportionate safety culture.

This is a broad and influential role, combining strategic oversight with practical support. You'll help shape and continuously improve Cornerstone’s health and safety framework, providing assurance that our policies, system sand practices are effective, proportionate and compliant.

You'll help translate legislation and good practice into approaches that work in the context of our services andplay an important role in using data, audit findings and incident learning to identify risks and drive meaningful improvement.
** Key responsibilities
*** Act as Cornerstone’s competent person for health and safety, providing expert advice and guidance across the  organisation.
* Maintain and continuously improve health and safety policies, systems, procedures and  guidance.
* Develop and deliver audit, inspection and assurance programmes, identifying areas for  improvement.
* Provide practical advice on risk assessments, safe systems of work and legal  compliance.
* Analyse health and safety performance data and produce clear reports, trends and  recommendations.
* Support incident investigations, root cause analysis and organisational  learning.
* Work with managers to implement effective, proportionate and sustainable health and safety  practices.
* Support engagement with regulators, inspectors, insurers and professional  advisers.
* Contribute to the development and delivery of health and safety training and  capability-building programmes.
** What we're looking for
** You'llbe an experienced
** health and safety
** professional with the knowledge and confidence to balance legal compliance, effective risk management and operational requirements.

We'll need you to be comfortable working at both a strategic and practical level, providing clear advice and building effective relationships with colleagues across a large, multi-site organisation.
** Essential qualifications and experience
*** Relevant occupational health and safety qualification, such as a
** NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent (SCQF  Level 10)**.
* Strong knowledge of UK health and safety legislation and regulatory  requirements.
* Experience in a health and safety advisory, assurance, compliance or risk management  role.
* Experience of audits, inspections, investigations and risk assessments.
* Ability to  interpret legislation and translate complex requirements into clear, practical guidance.
* Strong  communication, influencing and relationship-building skills.
* Strong analytical skills, with experience  using data to identify trends, risks and areas for improvement.
* Experience working across a dispersed,  multi-site organisation.
* Experience with in social care, health, housing, the third sector or another  regulated environment.
** Desirable
* ** Certified or Chartered membership of IOSH or an equivalent professional body.
* Experience working with  regulators, inspectors, auditors, insurers or external advisers.
** Why Cornerstone
** Our values,
** Caring, Person-Centred, Professional and Pioneering
** underpin how we work and the services we provide.

This role provides you with an opportunity to influence health and safety practice across a national…