Health & Safety Manager
Allen & Overy
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
Our Business Services team deliver a wide range of services, including:
- Document Services (printing, copying, scanning, producing documents, proof-reading, presentations, design, internal deliveries and translation, mail and couriers, business cards, and stationery)
- Hospitality Services (front of house, catering, housekeeping and AV)
- Resilience (global security, health & safety, business continuity and environment)
- Engineering
- Corporate Real Estate
Reporting to the Health, Safety and Environment Senior Manager, the post holder is the leader and trusted advisor on H&S management and the development and maintenance of health and safety culture at work. Holding responsibility for the UK Safety Management System, including strategy, continual improvement, operational health & safety (H&S) management and relationships including developing and implementing initiatives, projects, and data analysis.Key relationships
- Global HSE Manager
- Head of Engineering and Engineering Senior Manager
- Head of Hospitality Management
- Business Services Managers and Practice Group Managers
- Employee Relations and HR Managers
- Facilities contract managers
- Belfast Facilities and Comms Senior Manager
- Developing and implementing health and safety strategies, objectives, projects and plans, in accordance with best practice in the professional services sector in order to continuously improve H&S performance.
- Leading, managing and maintaining the implementation and development of the ISO 45001 Safety Management System, including transition to the new London office building in 2026.
- Managing the H&S budget for operational and capital expenditure.
- Managing all UK health and safety data systems and records and ensuring that all data has been received and input in accordance with agreed timescales, quality requirements and system specifications.
- Collating and analysing H&S data from a range of UK and global activities.
- Developing and maintaining H&S communications and engagement to support the strategy, and presenting routine and ad-hoc agendas, reports, presentations, etc. for key stakeholders and stakeholder groups including relevant Practice Group representatives and staff forums.
- Reporting or sharing data with internal and external client and regulatory bodies.
- Undertaking planned and reactive UK and global audits, inspections, risk assessments, stakeholder support, incident and accident investigations to identify, manage and reduce the firm's HSE risks.
- Managing, monitoring and maintaining HSE training and online software training arrangements especially for fire wardens, first aiders, etc.
- Indirectly managing team members responsible for First Aid supplies and workstation equipment.
- Liaising with key internal and external stakeholders to respond to client and business requests for information.
- Auditing contractors to ensure compliance with the firm's safety objectives.
- Managing the workstation assessment process and responses to those assessments.
- Liaising with HR and Occupational Health in order to meet shared H&S and wellbeing objectives as necessary.
- Taking the lead on H&S related aspects of business continuity management situations such as evacuations, floods and incidents.
- Experience of managing H&S in a professional services environment.
- Management and development of ISO 45001 Safety Management Systems.
- Experience of operating within a small team.
- Ability to work in a matrix-management organisation using influence and negotiation skills to ensure the achievement of day-to-day and long-term H&S objectives in decision making involving a range of business priorities.
- High levels of drive to continually improve performance.
- Ability to work under high levels of pressure as necessary during day to day activities and, especially, business continuity/first aid incidents.
- Experience in detailed data analysis, identification of trends and corrective initiatives and projects.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to deliver messages tailored for a wide range of internal audiences at all levels of seniority.
- NEBOSH Diploma in Health and Safety or equivalent Degree.
- Chartered MIOSH or working towards Chartership.