Deputy Director of Parliamentary Safety

As Deputy Director of Parliamentary Safety, you will play a pivotal leadership role within the Parliamentary Safety Team (PST), helping to shape and deliver the strategic direction for safety across the UK Parliament. Working at the heart of the House of Commons, you will operate in a uniquely complex and high-profile environment, ensuring that safety is embedded consistently, proportionately and effectively across both Houses. This is an exciting opportunity to influence safety culture at scale, supporting a major transformation programme in one of the most recognisable institutions in the world.

Reporting to the Director of Parliamentary Safety, you will lead the development and implementation of the Parliamentary Safety Strategy and oversee the operational, construction and assurance safety teams. You will be responsible for driving excellence in the Safety Management System, ensuring alignment with ISO 45001, and embedding robust health and safety arrangements across the organisation. Acting as a visible and influential leader, you will work closely with senior stakeholders, providing expert advice, strengthening governance, and ensuring safety remains a clear and consistent priority.

This role is offered on a hybrid working basis, with an expectation of you spending 40% of your time in the office.

Why Join us?

In addition to your salary, we offer an attractive range of benefits including but not limited to:

• Generous annual leave starting at 30 days and increasing to 35 after one full working year.
• Enrolment in the excellent Civil Service pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%.
• Flexible working options that help you find a balance including enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave, caring leave and alternative working patterns.

What we’re looking for:

Qualifications:

• A relevant professional qualification, such as NEBOSH Diploma, NVQ Level 5/6 in Safety or degree in a safety related discipline and significant experience in construction and/or facilities management areas.
• CMIOSH certification or working towards/equivalent.
• Experience of successfully managing relevant ISO systems e.g. ISO:45001.
• ISO accredited Internal Auditor or willingness to obtain within the first year.

Skills:

• Ability to build strong collaborative partnerships at all levels and create a teamwork environment to achieve organisational goals, taking the initiative as required and upholding and embedding the principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion at all times.
• Significant experience of leading and managing a large team in a complex, multi-site organisation and successful leadership of a professional multi-disciplinary safety team.
• Ability to communicate clearly, confidently and persuasively with people at all levels, both orally and in writing.
• Demonstrable experience of leading and driving process and operational improvement, collecting, analysing and presenting data in a compelling way to aid managerial decision making, developing and implementing proactive safety approaches, innovating through the use of technology and delivering measurable and sustainable results.
• Demonstrable experience of managing stakeholders in a sensitive and political environment with the ability to understand their requirements and to provide effective solutions to meet these.

How to Apply:

If you would like to apply for this role, please submit your anonymised CV and covering letter with a 500-word limit. More information on the application process can be found here: Application process - UK Parliament.

Additional Information:

Please ensure that you anonymise your application by removing any identifiable factors from your CV or Supporting Statement. Please note, the salary package for this role is expected to include a Market Sector Allowance in addition to the advertised salary range, with the exact amount to be confirmed. We may close the vacancy prior to the closing date stated due to a high volume of applications.