Position Overview
Food, Health & Safety Manager – Fixed‑term 12‑month maternity cover position, national role with regular travel across London, the Midlands, and Northern regions. This role involves leading and overseeing compliance, safety, and quality standards across an independent school catering operation, ensuring consistent food safety, workplace health and safety, and environmental practices.
Remuneration & Contract
Fixed‑term 12‑month maternity cover; salary up to £45,000 per annum plus company car, car allowance and bonus.
Responsibilities
- Proactively investigate LTI and RIDDOR incidents to reduce injury rates year‑on‑year.
- Promote and embed a zero‑accident culture across the organisation.
- Investigate allergy incidents and near‑misses to identify causes and prevent re‑occurrence.
- Monitor and review safety performance and audit data to identify trends and areas for improvement.
- Support managers at all levels to achieve and maintain 5‑Star Housekeeping standards.
- Partner with Operations Managers and Location Managers to prevent allergy‑related incidents.
- Conduct regular site visits, meetings, and presentations with operations teams and school locations.
- Monitor Navitas audits and analyse accident/incident data for continuous improvement.
- Develop, implement and maintain robust health and safety policies across all catering operations.
- Ensure compliance with food hygiene, health and safety regulations, and risk management standards.
- Provide training and guidance to staff on safety procedures and best practices.
- Travel regularly to independent school sites to conduct audits and support operational teams.
Qualifications
- Proven experience in a Food, Health & Safety managerial position.
- Methodical approach with a strong eye for detail.
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team and build rapport at all levels.
- Strong written, verbal and presentation communication skills.
- Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Excellent organisational and time‑management skills.
- Ideally experienced in hospitality, leisure or contract catering.
- Experience of working in a food safety role.
- NEBOSH General Certificate.
- Level 4 Food Safety.
- Strong understanding of health & safety risks within a catering/education environment.
- Practical knowledge and experience in an operational setting.
Benefits
- 33 days holiday (including bank holidays).
- Competitive annual bonus.
- 3 volunteering days to give back to causes you care about.
- 3 days grandparent leave for those special family moments.
- 24 weeks enhanced maternity leave.
- Bespoke training & development opportunities.
- Pension & life insurance.
- Discounts on high street brands, cinema & holidays via the Perkbox App.
- Wellbeing hub & access to employee assistance programme.
- Free meals while at work.
- Career development & HIT Apprenticeships for all experience levels.
Equal Opportunity & Safeguarding
Holroyd Howe is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all employees to share this commitment. All roles within Holroyd Howe involve regulated activity. It is a criminal offence for individuals barred from working with children to apply for such roles. A Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, including a Barred List check, will be required for all successful applicants. Shortlisted applicants will be asked to provide information about relevant criminal offences and will be subject to an online search of publicly available information. This appointment is offered on the return of satisfactory professional references.
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