Barbican Centre and Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Salary range: £63,910 to £72,390
Contract: Permanent, Full time (35 hours)
The Barbican is Europe’s largest international arts, conference and learning organisation in the heart of the City of London. We are London’s Creative Catalyst for arts, curiosity and enterprise. Our values reflect that we are inclusive, sustainable, daring, connected and joyful.
Across our theatres, concert halls, cinemas, galleries, business venues and public and community spaces, we spark creative possibilities and transformation for artists, audiences, and communities – to inspire, connect and provoke debate. We present an unparalleled variety of performing and visual arts of world class calibre, attracting new arts, audiences and participants, creating inspiring arts experiences for all. From first encounters to higher education programmes, we develop interests, skills, confidence and careers.
About the role
Working across the Barbican Centre and Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the post-holder will have overall responsibility for developing, leading, and managing health and safety strategies to ensure a safe and efficient working environment so our people can achieve incredible things. Supporting senior management, engendering of a positive culture, delivering efficiencies and continual improvement, they will also ensure legal compliance, alignment to corporate strategy and best practice standards.
Working as part of the Barbican’s and School’s management teams, being proactive in identifying safety risks, improvement plans and supporting the management team in the assessment, set up, delivery and review of practice in their areas of responsibility. Leading by example, to embed the principles of continual improvement and support culture change.
Within the Buildings and Renewals team’s remit: Ensuring systems and processes are in place covering CDM, fire safety (including RRO and the Building Safety Act) risk assessment, accident investigation, and that adequate systems are in place for effective communication at all levels, competence/skills analysis and training are undertaken as appropriate.
The long-term objective of the organisation is to deliver health, safety, FM, environmental and energy management systems to best practice standards e.g. ISO 14001, 45001, 5001, for which this role will play a significant part.
Person Specification
Our ideal candidate will have a methodical approach and meticulous attention to detail. You will have proven communication skills and the ability to influence others at all levels, building and maintaining stakeholder relationships across and outside of the organisation. You will have extensive knowledge of health and safety, legislation, and industry best practice standards. Experience of working in an arts centre, local authority, museum, gallery or community context / environment would be advantageous.
Required qualifications include NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health or equivalent, and chartered membership of relevant professional bodies i.e. IOSH, , Chartered membership of IOSH (CMIOSH).
To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please see the ‘Job Information Pack’.
Barbican Benefits
We offer a wide range of employee benefits, including flexible working, annual pay progression and an annual pay review, a great pension scheme, season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes, free access to museums and galleries, discounts on retail, healthcare and on-site cafes and restaurants. You will have access to Employee Assistance Programme, trained Mental Health First aiders and City of London employee networks.
