Interim Health and Safety Consultant
Location: Essex with some travel.
Duration: 6 months flexible engagement
We are supporting a local authority, who are seeking a senior Health and Safety Consultant to undertake a strategic review and maturity assessment of its current HSQE framework. This is a board facing assignment and will suit an experienced leader comfortable operating in a sensitive organisational context.
The Opportunity
This is not an operational firefighting role.
You will be responsible for:
- Conducting a full assessment of existing health, safety, quality and environmental systems
- Providing independent assurance to senior leadership and Board level stakeholders
- Reviewing governance, reporting, and organisational capability
- Undertaking a maturity assessment aligned to future growth and scale
- Developing a clear, forward looking HSQE strategy and roadmap
- Engaging and influencing senior operational leaders across a national footprint
- Supporting and developing the existing HSQE function through a collaborative approach
What We Are Looking For
We are seeking a credible senior consultant who:
- Has operated at Head of or Director level within Health and Safety or HSQE
- Brings experience within facilities management, outsourcing or multi site environments
- Has delivered organisational reviews, transformation or maturity assessments
- Is comfortable operating at Board and Executive level
- Demonstrates a pragmatic low ego leadership style
- Can quickly build trust and credibility across operational teams
Working Environment
- Direct engagement with senior leadership and operational teams
- High trust relationship led environment
- Flexible working pattern full time or part time considered
Why This Role
- Opportunity to shape organisation wide strategy at scale
- Direct visibility and influence at Board level
- A genuinely impactful assignment focused on long term improvement
- Work within a complex local authority, which is going through an evoltionary period of change.
Interested
For a confidential discussion please get in touch directly with me at matthew.masters@opuspeoplesolutions.co.uk
All conversations will be handled with the highest level of discretion.
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