Health and Safety Officer

Health and Safety Officer
Permanent
Full time (34.5 hours), we are open to a conversation about how you work these hours
Location office based – London Office
Salary Range £37,500 - £40,500

About us
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.

About the role
In this role you will be managing and implementing processes to maintain legal compliance for Health & Safety (H&S) legislation across Macmillan, ensuring the physical wellbeing of our colleagues and volunteers at all times.

You will support the creation and implementation of a wellbeing strategy for Macmillan.

You will manage and review all H&S policies, ensuring they comply with H&S legislation, appropriate for Macmillan’s requirements, ensuring they are accessible to users.

In this role you will be working collaboratively with colleagues at all levels to establish and maintain a programme of continuous improvement in the management of H&S within, including regular audits.

About you
The successful candidate will demonstrate the following skills and experience:
• Strong understanding and experience of H&S legislation, guidelines, and best practice across all areas, including events, volunteers, premises, etc.
• Ability to support Procurement and the Legal Team on H&S matters, including contracts and tenders.
• Experience in working collaboratively with other departments in a matrix environment.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills with a practical, hands on and proactive approach to getting actions resolved.

In return, we offer a range of benefits including:
• 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days.
• Pension matched up to 7.5%.
• 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications.
• Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm.
• Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more.

Recruitment Process
Application deadline: 12th Sep 2026

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.

So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan TA Team TATeam@macmillan.org.uk for advice and reasonable adjustments.