Health And Safety Officer

Founded in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur is an iconic English football club, playing in the Premier League and Women's Super League. From North London to the world, our fanbase spans continents, cultures, and generations. Spurs is a club that’s always dared to push boundaries, breaking new ground and rewriting history.

We offer world-class facilities: In 2019, we opened our state-of-the-art Stadium, a £1 billion landmark that’s the beating heart of North Tottenham's transformation. More than just a football ground, it’s an engine of change - creating 4,000 jobs and injecting £300 million into the local economy every year.

We're at our brightest when we're all together. Our Club, our teams, our community.

There is only one Hotspur. Tottenham Hotspur.

The Role

We are currently recruiting a full-time Permit/Health & Safety Officer within our stadium operations, supporting the current health & safety management team, reporting directly into the Health & Safety Manager.

Key aspects of the role include:

• Permit Management - Issuing, reviewing and controlling works permits, (e.g. hot works, confined space, electrical work, working at height) to ensure hazards are identified and appropriate controls are in place.
• Health & Safety compliance - Ensuring the club meets all relevant health and laws, best practice and industry standards, internal policies and procedures.
• Risk Management - Overseeing risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work to minimise accidents and incidents.
• Training and Awareness - Coordinating health and safety training, inductions, toolbox talks so staff and contractors understand safety requirements.
• Monitoring and Auditing - Conducting site inspections, audits, and safety reviews to identify non-compliance and drive continuous improvement.
• Incident Management - Investigating accidents, near misses and unsafe conditions, implement corrective actions and preventative actions.
• Coordination & Communication - Acting as a key point of contact between management, employees, contractors, insurers, loss adjusters on safety and permit related matters.

About You

• Strong compliance QHSE legislation and internal policies, ensuring best practice standards are applied.
• Highly adaptable to change, delivery-focused, and committed to high quality outcomes.
• Professional and ethical, with a strong commitment to confidentiality, inclusivity, sustainability, and club values.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to build and manage relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners supporting major projects and events.
• Confident is persuasion, negotiation and constructively challenging senior stakeholders.
• Self-motivated, able to work as part of a team or independently with minimal supervision.
• Resilient under pressure, effectively able to prioritise.

What you will bring

• Strong Safety Knowledge & Compliance
• Strong knowledge of HSE regulations, permit-to-work systems, and industry standards.
• Ability to ensure full compliance with safe systems of work and legal requirements.
• Highly detail-orientated, ensuring hazards are identified, controls are correctly implemented, and safety documentation is accurate and compliant.
• Thorough in reviewing permits, risk assessments, and procedures to prevent incidents and maintain high safety standards.
• Risk Awareness & Hazard Identification
• Skilled in identifying hazards and unsafe conditions, including conflicts between simultaneous work activities.
• Able to intervene to stop unsafe work, review risks, and enforce safe working standards.
• Documentaion and record keeping accuracy.
• Ensure all permit-to-work documentation is accurately completed, up to date and audit ready.
• Maintain thorough records to support traceability for audits and accident/incident investigation.
• High risk work
• Manage permits for high-risk activities such as hot works, confined spaces, fire system isolations, working at height.
• Knowledge of required controls and monitoring.

Personal Attributes

• Thinks ahead, generates innovative ideas.
• Values & respects others, builds relationships, collaborates
• Gets things done, delivers to highest of standards, takes responsibility
• Logical and methodical, with an exceptional attention to detail
• Flexible and professional approach to work
• Ability to work under pressure, remain calm and focused.

Skills & Experience

• Recognised Health & Safety qualification - IOSH with the intention to achieve NEBOSH (NGC)
• Broad understanding of construction Health & Safety law and legislation
• Good knowledge of fire safety systems
• 2-5 years' experience in health & safety, or maintenance role with good knowledge of risk assessments, safety regulations and permit to work systems.
• Experience of dealing with critical incidents involving gas, electricity, fire or water.
• Ability to write technical reports.
• Ability to lead on specific audits, inspections and track corrective actions.

Safeguarding & Recruitment Statement

Safeguarding is fundamental to the success in all that we do. The Club follows a Safer Recruitment process for all roles. Successful candidates are to be reminded they would be subject to proportionate background, DBS and reference checks as required for this role.

We welcome applications from anyone regardless of age, disability, gender, race, or ethnic and national origins, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Reasonable Adjustments

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process and will make reasonable adjustments at any stage of the application or interview process to support candidates with disabilities or specific needs. Please let us know if you require any adjustments so that we can ensure you have a fair and positive experience.

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high volume of applications or due to business needs, so early applications are encouraged.