Health & Safety Lead

This is a great opportunity to be part of our Workplace Services and Property team, and take a lead role in ensuring that our modern workplaces deliver for our people and providing service

The team delivers a first rate customer service and specialist property support to the Department and external stakeholders.

Our most recent successes include a complete redesign of our London HQ and significant improvements to our Manchester HQ to ensure our offices continue to adapt to our ever changing

and dynamic workforce.

We work closely with cross government stakeholders to implement the Places for Growth and Plan for London strategies, to make sure our estate is shaped for the future.

You will be responsible for managing all aspects of health & safety at our 2 HQS

(in Manchester and London) and other DCMS locations.

• Develop, implement, and review Department-wide Health & Safety (H&S) policies and procedures in line with legal and regulatory requirements (e.g. HSE regulations).
• Act as the appointed H&S Competent Person and provide expert advice to senior management and employees.
• Inspecting DCMS Locations to identify and assess safety, health, and environmental risks.
• Developing evidence based risk assessments (fire, DSE, manual handling, COSHH, etc.), risk registers and business impact assessments for the department and senior officials.
• Deliver training, inductions, and awareness campaigns on H&S topics.
• Support Workplace Services colleagues to help create and maintain a safe, comfortable, and productive working environment.
• Collaborate with HR colleagues to improve policies and procedures relating to workplace risk assessments and reasonable adjustments.
• Deliver statutory reporting requirements such as accident reporting, carbon monitoring and internal routine reporting such as annual health and safety report, sustainability etc.
• Manage service contracts, procurement, and relationships with third-party suppliers and contractors.

The ideal candidate would have the following key skills and experience, please note that desirable skills will only be used in the event of tied candidates:

• NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent in Occupational Health & Safety
• Proven experience in health & safety in a multi-site or complex environment.
• Experience in developing, implementing, and managing health & safety policies in the workplace.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, be capable of producing accurate and clear written reports and have good presentation skills.
• Experience of building and maintaining effective relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders

What are we looking for?

• Experience managing budgets, contracts, and service providers.
• Experience of risk management, such as conducting, reviewing and completing risk assessments.

We are running an information session where prospective applicants can find out more about the role. This will be hosted by Andrew Whitworth, and will take place on:

• 25th February 2026 at 12:00 noon

The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department.

It will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions.

Please register your interest by filling out this Registration form by 24th February 2026, 4pm and you will be sent an invitation. Invites will only be sent after this deadline has passed.

Please note that the session will not be recorded and will not focus on the DCMS recruitment process - please direct any queries that you have on this topic (timelines, reasonable adjustments, onboarding etc) to

To apply for this vacancy, you will need to submit the following documents which will assessed against the experience success profile:

• A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you provide employment history that relates to the essential and desirable criteria, and that any gaps in employment history within the last 2 years are explained. The CV should not exceed more than 2 x A4 pages and you should insert your CV into the "Job History" section on the Civil Service Jobs application form.
• A Statement of Suitability (max 500 words) explaining how you consider your personal…