Looking to shape and lead a newly created corporate health & safety function, with the autonomy to make it your own?

Sustainable Futures Group (SFG) has exclusively partnered with a well established housing association to recruit a Head of Corporate Health & Safety. This senior leadership role will take ownership of workplace health & safety across a diverse range of office, care, and operational environments.

This is a newly created position within the senior leadership team, offering the opportunity to set strategy, drive culture change and embed best practice in an organisation with a strong social purpose and a reputation for looking after its people.

About the Organisation

This well established housing association has grown significantly in recent years, now employing over a thousand people and managing a housing stock nearing 10,000 across a broad range of services.

Following the retirement of a long serving CEO earlier this year, a new chief executive has joined, bringing a collaborative, people centric leadership style and launching a staff led review of organisational values. With significant change in the sector, this is an exciting time to join and help shape the next stage of the organisation’s journey.

About the Role

In this newly created senior leadership role, you will:

• Shape and deliver the corporate H&S strategy, policies, and procedures.
• Drive a proactive health & safety culture through engagement, communication, and visible leadership across all levels of the organisation.
• Lead the development, implementation, and continual improvement of the organisation’s corporate health & safety management system.
• Act as the organisation’s competent person for workplace safety, ensuring compliance with legislation and best practice across all workplace environments.
• Chair internal H&S committees and provide clear, evidence-based reporting to senior stakeholders and the board.
• Support workplace safety across multiple sites, including offices, care services, and operational facilities.

What We’re Looking For

• Senior level experience in a corporate health and safety role
• Proven leadership capability and the ability to operate strategically while remaining hands on in a small team.
• NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent level qualification) and ideally CMIOSH (or working towards).
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, able to influence from the boardroom to front line staff.
• Experience with ISO 45001 is desirable, as you’ll be guiding the organisation on the start of its accreditation journey.

What’s on Offer

• Basic salary of circa. £80,000
• 35 hour working week with hybrid working (2 days a week in the office / 3 days remote)
• Flexible working hours to support work life balance
• Performance bonus
• Generous training and CPD opportunities
• Professional membership paid
• Enhanced annual leave allowance with service
• Free onsite parking
• Employee wellbeing programme and counselling service
• Pension scheme
• Life assurance cover
• Supportive leadership team and strong organisational culture

Why Join?

This is your chance to create, define, and lead a brand new corporate health & safety function from the ground up in a respected housing association that is ready for positive change.

You’ll be stepping into a blank canvas role with the full backing of the executive team, the freedom to set your own priorities, and the ability to directly shape how health & safety is understood, embedded, and valued across the organisation.

Your work will have immediate visibility at senior level, influencing strategic decisions and driving a proactive safety culture for a workforce that makes a real social difference every day. You’ll have the autonomy to innovate, the resources to deliver and a culture that values your expertise.

This is a role where your leadership will leave a lasting legacy - not just ticking compliance boxes but building a safer, more engaged and future ready organisation.

Apply now through Sustainable Futures Group (SFG) – Global Recruitment Experts in Sustainability, ESG & HSE.