Head of Health & Safety

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.

We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.

We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.

As part of the wider L&G Group, our heritage goes back over 180 years, with a solid reputation as one of the leading financial services groups. We are pioneering institutional investment into the housing sector, whilst providing excellent service and quality homes.

Focusing primarily on the Shared Ownership and affordable rent markets, we strive to be the UK’s leading private affordable housing provider, known for excellent service and quality homes.

We’re recruiting for a Head of Health and Safety to join us.

In this role, you will develop, oversee, manage and support all areas of our management and compliance systems ensuring a safe working environment for staff, stakeholders and customers. Additionally, you will oversee and manage compliance with all aspects of Health and Safety relevant for LGAH businesses acting as employer, landlord and Developer.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading, coordinating and managing ongoing Compliance with ISO45001 across the businesses
• Leading on Health and Safety assurance activity across LGAH businesses including implementation of Landlord Assurance model and CDM site safety assurance
• Acting as LGAH businesses responsible person for all aspects of Safety and Compliance including incident investigation and reporting
• Overseeing Procurement and Supplier relationship management of specialists providing competent person, fire safety and other services ensuring delivery of required commercial and service outturns.
• Supporting process of certification for other quality standards adopted by the overarching Quality Management system and co-ordinate and manage standard compliance.
• Supporting Head of Investment and Compliance as policy owner in ensuring LGAH Health and Safety and compliance policies are up to date and are reviewed in accordance with regulatory and legislative changes and sector good practice
• Developing, managing and reporting safety and compliance performance metrics ensuring an organisational culture of learning and improvement is maintained
• Supporting Head of Investment and Compliance report, manage and mitigate safety and compliance risks
• Working with relevant business teams to ensure safety and compliance are developed and embedded in end to end business processes including site acquisition, build and management

Who we’re looking for:

• Experience of certification and management of relevant ISO quality standards
• A commitment to delivering a safe and compliant environment for staff, customers and stakeholders
• Working in an environment where collaboration, change and process development is ongoing and evolving
• Experience of working with HSE and other relevant regulatory bodies to develop and implement robust processes and a strong H&S culture
• Demonstrable experience working in residential property
• A background in health and safety and compliance
• Knowledge and experience of the legislation and practical application impacting on the development and management of affordable housing and the legislative and regulatory environment
• Strong technical expertise of the implementation of regulatory standards
• Experience of carrying out risk assessments, risk mitigation and accident investigation

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all. 

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time, term-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can. 

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.