Group Health and Safety Manager

Location: Hybrid working in Manchester or Milton Keynes, with 3 days a week in the office and regular national travel

Salary: £48,000–£50,000 in Manchester; £49,500–£52,000 in Milton Keynes

Company

hirify.global is the largest provider of academic qualifications in the UK, marking more than 10 million exam papers each year and supporting learners, customers, colleagues, and assessment and training facilities.

What you will do

• Lead the implementation, assurance, and continuous improvement of health and safety management systems across hirify.global Group, subsidiaries, and future acquisitions.
• Advise and constructively challenge senior leaders, managers, colleagues, and subsidiary stakeholders on legislation, risk, compliance, and practical controls.
• Lead audits, inspections, risk assessments, and investigations into accidents, incidents, and near misses, ensuring corrective actions and lessons learned are implemented.
• Produce performance reports, compliance metrics, and governance updates, and lead the HSE Committee function across all sites.
• Design and deliver training, awareness campaigns, and initiatives that build health and safety competence and proactive risk management.
• Support emergency preparedness, business continuity, workplace projects, organisational change, acquisitions, and onsite emergency response, while managing external providers and specialist contractors.

Requirements

• NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health or equivalent, with significant senior-level health and safety management experience in a multi-site organisation.
• Substantial knowledge of health and safety legislation, compliance, risk management, auditing, recording, and measurement systems.
• Experience undertaking specialist fire risk assessments in office, warehousing, and live construction environments, including gas safety training environments.
• Experience developing and implementing health and safety management systems and driving continuous improvement programmes.
• Ability to interpret legislation and translate requirements into practical solutions.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to engage effectively at all levels and balance customer needs, operational demands, and regulatory requirements.
• Sound judgement, initiative, organisational skills, attention to detail, accuracy, and ownership of processes and service delivery.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and report-writing skills, with the ability to resolve issues through information gathering, fact-finding, situational analysis, and appropriate action.

Nice to have

• Chartered Membership of IOSH (CMIOSH) or progress towards chartered status.

Culture & Benefits

• 35-hour working week with hybrid working and regular national travel.
• 25 days’ annual leave, rising to 30 days, plus Christmas closure days.
• Benefits include up to 11.5% pension contribution, BUPA healthcare support, wellbeing programmes, and volunteering opportunities.
• Inclusive, values-led culture with employee networks covering LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, women, wellbeing, ethnic diversity, and Interfaith.
• Permanent role with the opportunity to influence health and safety at senior level across hirify.global Group and its subsidiaries.

Hiring process

• Submit a CV and cover letter outlining suitability by 23:59 on Sunday 22 November.
• First-stage interviews will take place remotely during the week of 30 November; second-stage interviews will take place in the Milton Keynes and Manchester offices during the week of 14 December.