Regional Health & Safety Manager

This is an exciting opportunity to join Unite Students Health & Safety team, whose mission is to provide a world class business partnering service to our Regional Operations teams and specialist support functions. As Regional Health & Safety Manager you will play a crucial role in assisting and advising the business to ensure the health, safety and security of Unite Students customers, people, visitors, and property.

This role covers our South and Central region and regular travel between properties will be required.

What You ll Be Doing

• Partnering with the regional Head of Operations and selected head office support teams to manage and embed Health & Safety ownership in their area.
• Rolling out and embedding the Health & Safety, Fire & Security management system.
• Enabling and coaching teams to carry out workplace safety risk assessments, inspections and completion of fire risk assessment actions.
• Providing a clear overview and analysis of Health & Safety performance in the region and critically evaluating findings to drive continuous improvement.
• Supporting the regular review of the health and safety management system to ensure standards are met.
• Lead necessary significant accident or incident investigation and reporting.

What We re Looking for in You

• You will possess as a minimum the NEBOSH Diploma or similar and a member of a professional body e.g. IOSH, ideally working towards chartered status.
• Significant experience of working as a Health & Safety practitioner
• Experience in managing fire safety risk.
• You ll be team-spirited and proactive with a positive and "can do" attitude to work, colleagues and clients; with an ability to build credibility internally and externally.
• You ll have confident interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written) including negotiating, relationship building and influencing skills.
• Proven experience of providing commercially focused, professional and pragmatic advice, and producing high quality work reports.
• You ll be capable and experienced in working without supervision, whilst asking the necessary questions when needed.
• Previous experience in CDM Regulations is beneficial.

What You ll Get in Return

• A discretionary annual bonus so you can share in the company s success
• 25 days paid holiday and an annual holiday buying scheme, with 5 additional days awarded for long service
• A generous pension scheme - employer contributions between 5% and 11% depending on how much you save
• Various benefits to support your health and wellbeing including a Healthcare Cash Plan, an Employee Assistance Programme, a Wellbeing platform and a Gym benefit that you can share with your family and friends
• Enhanced Family Leave including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents
• Lots of other great benefits including an annual ShareSave scheme, Employee Life Assurance, a discounts portal and more!

About Unite Students

Founded in 1991, Unite Students is a FTSE 100 business and the UK s leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation. You can find us in 25 leading university towns and cities, with 74,000 students calling US home! We are driven by our values, culture, and a commitment to develop diverse and inclusive teams, filled with positive energy and new ideas.

Instinctive inclusion. We know that to create and maintain a happy healthy organisation, we have to work hard to ensure inclusion isn t just what we do but who we are.

People make Unite Students. Employees, students and neighbours all contribute to building environments where we can all thrive.

Room for Everyone

We re proud to be an employer that embraces individuality, and we re passionate about building inclusive teams. We focus on creating a collaborative culture where you can be you, where your voice is heard, and where you can truly belong. We take great pride in being rated Gold Investors in People and are constantly striving to provide the highest standard of learning and development opportunities and professional pathways for our people. Building a home for success, for both our employees and students, requires exceptional people with a passion for creating room for everyone, doing what s right, keeping US safe, and raising the bar. Join us as we build better experiences for students that live with us.

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