At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead health and safety initiatives, ensuring compliance and a strong safety culture.
- Company: Join Lambeth Borough, a vibrant community with diverse residents and rich cultural heritage.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, supportive leadership, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with a focus on training and compliance.
- Why this job: Make a meaningful impact on the safety and wellbeing of our teams and residents.
- Qualifications: Experience in health and safety management and strong leadership skills.
The predicted salary is between 56436 - 56436 £ per year.
North Lambeth Area Office, 91 Kennington Lane, London SE11 4HQ, United Kingdom
About Us: Located in the heart of South London, Lambeth Borough is a vibrant community of over 317,600 residents. Our diversity is our strength, with more than 130 languages spoken. With exceptional schools, lush green spaces including Brockwell Park, cultural gems like the Black Cultural Archives, and world-renowned institutions such as St Thomas’s Hospital, Lambeth offers an enriching and dynamic environment.
Community Works is a dynamic, fast‑paced service at the heart of Lambeth’s Housing operations. Health and Safety is central to everything we do. You will join a supportive leadership group that includes the Head of Community Works, two Area Managers (North and South) and operational Supervisors who manage day‑to‑day delivery. We are an ambitious service investing in higher standards, better training, improved compliance and more consistent risk management.
About the Role: The Health & Safety Manager will be the lead professional for all safety matters within Community Works, guiding our operational teams to work safely, confidently and in full compliance with Lambeth’s policies and statutory requirements. This role provides expert advice, practical support and constructive challenge across a diverse service delivering communal repairs, planned works, HIA minor works, FRA‑related activity, groundworks and drainage.
- Lead on developing and implementing safe systems of work
- Review RAMS
- Undertake site inspections
- Advise on incident investigations
- Support managers to embed a strong safety culture
- Oversee training needs and ensure operatives have the right competencies for their roles
- Work with supervisors and area managers to resolve emerging risks
The role works closely with Corporate Health & Safety, Compliance, Building Safety and senior managers within Community Works, ensuring our operational delivery is aligned with wider organisational expectations. You will be a visible presence across our estates and depots, building rapport with staff, supporting learning and turning policy into practical, workable solutions.
This is an opportunity for someone who enjoys balancing strategic responsibility with hands‑on problem‑solving, and who wants to make a meaningful impact on the safety and wellbeing of our teams and residents.
Successful candidates will be asked to apply for an Enhanced Certificate from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). You will be required to undertake a Cifas check.
EEO Statement: At Lambeth, we are dedicated to providing quality services and equal opportunities for all. We are committed to safer recruitment and are proud to be a Stonewall diversity champion, a Living Wage Employer, and to guarantee interviews for all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria of the role. We actively support applications from Lambeth Care Leavers.
