Safety manager

As the organisation’s technical subject matter expert, this role will develop and oversee the delivery of Girlguiding’s strategic and operational priorities in relation to Activity Health and Safety. This is all activities where young members (girls) and adult members (volunteers) are involved.

The role manages the risk and holds responsibility for activity health and safety in all Girlguiding’s activities for girls, this includes adventure, events, local and international travel, venues and local Girlguiding properties.

The role leads work to develop, implement and embed improvements to Activity Health and Safety and will take responsibility for remaining informed about and advising on the implications of current and emerging health, safety and welfare legislation, including horizon scanning, evaluating options, making recommendations and generating action plans to ensure regulatory compliance. 

Working in partnership and collaboration with staff and volunteers across the none UK country and region teams, this roles will support and develop stratAgies to ensure Activity Health and Safety is understood and implemented. The role will oversee investigations into activity health and safety incidents or near miss events. 

The successful candidate must hold a relevant professional qualification and have experience of implementing health and safety management systems, strategy, policy and best practice. They will be able to drive and influence change whilst building strategic relationships both internally and externally. 

About Girlguiding

This is a really exciting time to join Girlguiding. We have much to be proud of in our one hundred years of history, but we know that to remain vibrant and relevant to young people we must continually evolve.

We’ve begun a process of significant change: transforming the organisation so it can meet the challenges of the future by putting young people at the heart of our organisation. We’re on a mission to amplify the voices of girls and young women, so they can champion change in their own lives and the wider world; to build strong partnerships that can increase our reach and impact; and to increase the support we offer our amazing adult volunteers who deliver incredible experiences to young people across the UK every week.

Girlguiding values the differences that a diverse workforce brings and is committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. We are proud to work with a number of organisations who support us to create and maintain a culture that celebrates diversity and champions inclusion in the workplace. While Girlguiding’s young members may be women only, our staff team is mixed gender. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Girlguiding operates a hybrid working arrangement where office based staff are required to attend the office on average two days a week, or 40% of working time across the year. Location allowance is payable to those who work in accordance with out hybrid working model. We’re committed though to supporting our staff to achieve a good work-life balance and offer flexible working options wherever we reasonably can. All staff are required to carry out our online health and safety training and complete a DSE risk assessment to ensure we can provide the support you require.