Health & Safety Manager in Braintree

Eastlight Community Homes is proud to be the largest community gateway social housing provider in the country. Together with our residents and communities, we create safe, affordable homes and neighbourhoods that people are proud to live in.

We are seeking a Health and Safety Manager to join Eastlight Community Homes on a permanent basis. You will be responsible for leading the establishment, management, and continuous improvement of Eastlight’s Corporate Health and Safety (H&S) Management framework. You will ensure compliance with all health, safety, and environmental legislation whilst developing and driving H&S strategies, systems, and processes that benefit Eastlight’s employees, customers, contractors, and visitors to our hubs.

The H&S Manager will advise on statutory requirements, monitor H&S performance, collaborate with staff to embed a positive H&S culture, develop training programs, conduct inspections and other second line of assurance checks, and lead incident investigations to ensure a safe working environment across all services. You will also prepare policies, procedures, improve corporate understanding, and provide accurate management information, reports and assurance to senior leadership, forums, committees and the Board whilst managing and developing your direct reports.

As Eastlight’s subject matter expert, you will have proven operational experience in a similar H&S role, preferably within the housing sector. You will have a strong understanding of H&S legislation and best practices in building construction and design, Construction Design and Management (CDM) processes and preferably an understanding of landlord compliance. You will have significant experience in embedding a positive H&S culture and mitigating H&S risk, including creating and supporting colleagues with related policies, procedures, risk assessments and safe systems of work.

The successful candidate will have strong communication skills, the ability to influence across all levels, and line management experience. You will also be able to collate and interpret management information and be able to manage the design and implementation of health, safety and environmental management systems whilst ensuring a customer first focus throughout.

To demonstrate our commitment to you, we have developed a sector leading total rewards package:

• £56,520 per annum
• 37 hours permanent contract
• Group stakeholder pension plan (Eastlight will double, up to 5% of the employee’s contribution - Employee 5% + Eastlight 10% = Total 15%)
• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Annual wellbeing grant of £200 per annum – Subject to eligibility
• Trailblazing family leave (Maternity, Paternity and Adoption – 12 weeks full pay/6 weeks half pay) – Subject to eligibility
• A healthcare cash plan, life assurance
• Formal qualifications and paid professional membership

At Eastlight we support, develop, and invest in our people, together creating a culture where people love to work. There has never been a better time to join us!

Eastlight Community Homes is a disability confident leader and equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse culture, which is why we encourage applications from everyone. If you require any support with the application process, please contact recruitment@eastlighthomes.co.uk

Eastlight Community Homes are unable to provide Visa Sponsorship.

Closing Date: 28 April 2026 @ 23:59

Interview Date: Interviews are expected to be held on w/c 5 May 2026 in person at Braintree Hub. You will be required to deliver a presentation; further details will be provided once your interview is confirmed.

We reserve the right to close or withdraw this vacancy earlier than advertised should we receive a sufficient number of applications.