Job Advert Are you an experienced Health and Safety Professional who is passionate about enabling people to live their best lives? If so, please keep reading because we want to hear from you. We are bold and ambitious and really want you to come and join us to help us achieve our vision where the UK is the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives. The Head of Health and Safety is a key senior leadership role within Mencap, responsible as the organisational lead on all health and safety matters. You will have a significant role is supporting the confidence and knowledge of other leaders and managers and mitigating health and safety risks to the people we support and our colleagues. You will help create a culture where the proactive identification and management of risk is viewed positively as a means of safeguarding the people we support. As well as being responsible for the design and implementation of risk management standards, ensuring that appropriate risk identification, mitigation and escalation takes place throughout the organisation. You will lead on achieving external health and safety accreditation and commissioning external health and safety audits. You will represent Mencap externally in health and safety forums and influences application of policy relating to health and safety in the learning disability environment, advocating for best practice. You will also act as the organisational lead on serious incident reviews, internal case reviews, and the co-ordination of unexpected death reviews to include the LeDeR review process. We are looking for someone who: - is passionate and knowledgeable about all things Health and Safety - is a great communicator and enjoys working with, and positively influencing, all stakeholders up to and including Board level - is a strong people manager who loves helping colleagues grow and thrive - has significant previous experience in a similar role This role will be a full time (37.5 hours per week) permanent role. While you will be based at home, there is requirement to travel around the UK. If you’re ready to make a difference, please get in touch today by providing an up-to-date bespoke CV that demonstrates all your relevant skills and experience. Should you have any questions, please contact [email protected]. At Mencap, we value a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we intentionally plan for the success of our colleagues in everything we do. We welcome applications from everyone, so come as you are and join us. Together we are Mencap! Interviews will take place w/c 4th December and will include a second stage for those that are successful following the initial interview. ID - 30335 Benefits As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people’s lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our employees. - 24 days holiday, pro-rata (plus bank holidays) increasing with long service plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our HolidayPlus scheme - Service related sick pay when 6 month probation is completed - Eligibility to join Mencap Pension Plan where Mencap matches contributions up to 5% on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings. If you don’t join the Plan you start, you will be auto-enrolled after three months with us. - Membership of Mencap Pension Plan to include up to 3 times salary death in service live cover AND Income Protection of 50% salary to be triggered at 26 weeks of long term sickness - Loans for debt consolidation, bikes, computers and phones when you have been with us for 6 months - Interest free season ticket loans - Discounts and cashback from 3% to 30% at high street shops including major super markets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via Mencap Extras - Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc. - Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support - Quarterly award scheme and recognition at every 5 years through our YouRock program - Access to award winning training and development *T&C's apply based on contract About Mencap We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose. Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something meaningful. At Mencap, we can give you that. You will have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader and activist. We want to make you feel inspired to reach your potential. Our work includes; - providing high-quality, flexible services that allow people to live as independently as possible in a place they choose - providing advice through our help lines and web sites