Fire, Health & Safety Manager in London

The Royal Academy of Arts is currently seeking an experienced Fire, Health & Safety Manager to join our Estates team. The Fire, Health & Safety Manager will oversee and keep the RA up to date with all aspects of health and safety within the organisation and be the delegated expert for fire safety. Working across our buildings, exhibitions, events and wider activities, this role is key in ensuring a safe environment is maintained for our teams, visitors and artworks, whilst meeting relevant regulations and supporting the smooth running of the organisation.

About You

To be considered for this role you will have substantial experience leading Fire, Health and Safety, ideally within an art, heritage, cultural or creative environment that hosts public and private events. You will have a good understanding and working knowledge of UK Health & Safety, CDM, Fire, Safeguarding, Food Safety and Licensing laws and regulations, with demonstrable experience ensuring organisational compliance, developing effective policies and procedures and growing a positive safety culture. You will have experience managing risk, undertaking audits, inspections and investigations, and working with consultants, contractors and other external providers. An excellent communicator, you will be confident in liaising with stakeholders at all levels, including colleagues, vendors and emergency services, as well as delivering training and promoting good safety practices across the organisation. The successful candidate will also hold a relevant H&S qualification, such as NEBOSH.

Please note that this role is required to work onsite 4 days a week.

The Company

The RA dates way back to 1768 when a group of artists and architects persuaded King George III to help them to ‘establish a society for promoting the Art of Design'. The original academy, in Pall Mall, was less than 10 meters long. Since then, there have been many changes, though the RA’s core purpose of bringing art and design to a broad audience and championing art and artists still holds true. Today we are a contemporary art organisation hosting internationally acclaimed exhibitions and through investment in employee training and development, with courses such as Unconscious Bias, LGBTQ+ Awareness, Bystander, and Mental Health First Aid training, we are striving to foster a safe space for everyone through positive action. We also have Employee Network Groups, Ways In Groups, and an Employee Council so every employee has a voice and a way to feel heard by colleagues through the CEO. The RA is truly a unique place, both as an attraction to our visitors, but also as a workplace. Our people are at the heart of all we do, and we support a broad and inspiring mix of departments; from exhibitions, curators, art handlers, researchers, publishers, and digital to schools and education, visitor welcome, fundraisers, and corporate support.

The Benefits

• Exhibitions: Reciprocal Agreements with galleries across the UK
• Enhanced Pension: Generous employer contributions
• Enhanced Holiday: 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Wellbeing: Access to a virtual GP Service and Mental Health First Aiders
• Agile Working: The opportunity to work flexibly
• RA Staff Council: Where your views are heard and listened to
• Employee Clubs: Football, Staff Choir and more