Health and Safety Compliance Manager

The purpose of this fixed term role is to provide health, safety and compliance support for the Old Vic Theatre Operations team during the mobilisation, opening, and initial period of operation of The Old Vic Backstage during 2025. In addition to providing 'back-fill' support for team members focusing on that project, this role will assist with identifying and documenting new safe ways of working, processes and policies associated with opening a new six-floor public space., The Health & Safety Compliance Manager works within the Theatre Operations Team. In their role they will have day-to-day oversight for all health, safety and compliance matters - including providing H&S support to colleagues across the Theatre, ensuring that we have good contractor management processes and good record keeping in place. They will ensure there is a holistic approach to Health, Safety and Compliance across the Old Vic.

Essential:

• Hold an IOSH (or Tech IOSH) qualification.
• Demonstrable experience in a similar role with strong awareness of health and safety procedures and practices and a strong understanding of compliance.
• Experience of dealing with internal and external stakeholders at all levels including senior leaders, colleagues, and contractors.
• Ability to build relationships and communicate with a diverse range of people in a professional manner.
• A flexible attitude with the ability to adapt accordingly to the role.
• Demonstrable ability to use initiative to provide options and solutions for a fast-paced, time bound, changing, often reactive, service.
• Action oriented, with the ability to take the initiative and deliver results.
• Sensitivity in dealing with confidential information.
• Excellent IT skills.
  
  Hours: Full-Time (Usual working hours are Monday-Friday, 10am-6pm with some occasional out of hours work - e.g. evenings and weekends - as required).
The Old Vic offers the ability to work these flexibly under the guidelines in our Ways of Working policy. Additional hours may be necessary in order to fulfil the requirements of the post Salary: £40,000 - £42,000 dependent on experience