Experience

St Albans School
• United Kingdom
• Education
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Head of Health, Safety and Environment

  • Mar 2023 - Present


Shepherds Bush Housing Group

• Health And Safety Manager

  • Dec 2021 - Mar 2023

  • Development and implementation of a safety committee in order to consult with employees on health and safety. • Preparing strategic reports and presenting to Executive Team, Audit & Risk Committee and Board. • Overhaul of staff H&S Induction programme • Re-write of corporate H&S Policy to reflect best practice guidance • Working with Governance to create new Strategic Risk Register item for occupational health and safety • Introducing IOSH Leading/Managing Safely training for Board, Leadership Team, Service Heads and supervisors as part of a new competency framework • Gap analysis of our compliance with COVAW regulations. Included development of action plan and risk assessment, policy, conducting training and implementing health surveillance. • Direct supervision and development of H&S Advisor • Working closely with Facilities Management team to ensure premises safety compliance within our workspaces. Included Covid-19, DSE, asbestos surveys, control of contractors, welfare etc. • Responsibility for Fire/Emergency Evacuation planning at our head office • Leading on a cross-departmental project to establish a consistent approach to contractor management. Includes processes for pre-screening, inductions, CDM, permits to work, monitoring and review. • Responsibility for corporate Business Continuity Planning • Carrying out site inspections and preparing reports of recommendation. Included office premises, remote depots and sheltered housing schemes. • Implementing a schedule of internal audit, to review effectiveness of policies and procedures, and to provide assurance to the Board.



Tower Hamlets Community Housing

• Health and Safety Advisor

  • Mar 2021 - Dec 2021

  • Implementing an organisational Health and Safety Management System, (aligned to HSG 65), covering policy and planning; assessment and management of risk; auditing and monitoring • Developing an action plan to start embedding a positive safety culture across the business • Internal compliance audits of social housing stock, including areas such as asbestos, ventilation systems, and gas safety (including final report, recommendations and development of remedial action plans) • Development of existing Health and Safety Committee • Systematic review and rewrite of safety policies, including implementation of new procedures and systems to ensure take up. • Provision of legal and technical advice to employees, line managers and directors on day-to-day operational activities • Introducing a formal system to manage the assessment of risk, to ensure consistency across the business and inclusion of hazards that had previously been omitted. • Investigation of injuries and near misses for employees, residents and the public, in order to capture and learn from the full range of incidents and near misses.



Dacorum Borough Council

• United Kingdom
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Corporate Health, Safety and Resilience Officer

  • Apr 2018 - Mar 2021

  • Health and safety risk assessment development for a wide variety of functions, including waste management, cemeteries, council housing stock, sheltered housing schemes and temporary accommodation. • Undertaking audits to measure compliance against H&S legislation and relevant risk assessments (including Covid-19 specific RA’s) • Consultation, development and implementation of corporate policies and procedures for H&S, Emergency Planning and Business Continuity. • Incident and accident investigations, including gathering evidence and statements, writing final reports and recommendations, preparing internal improvement notices and following up on required actions • Preparing reports for and presenting at H&S Committees