Director of Health, Safety and Operations
- Tom Selman
- Lead Director
Director of Health, Safety & Operations
Cheltenham Borough Council
Salary: £87,000 + benefits
Location: Municipal Offices & Hybrid
Panoramic Associates are proud to be working in exclusive partnership with Cheltenham Borough Council to appoint a highly influential Director of Health, Safety & Operations. As the borough continues to evolve, this is a key strategic leadership role with significant impact across the organisation and wider community.
As a senior and trusted member of the leadership team, you will shape and drive the Council’s approach to health & safety, compliance, and core operational services, ensuring the utmost standards of safety, resilience, and service delivery for residents, tenants, staff and stakeholders.
You will lead and oversee Health & Safety, Compliance, Parks & Public Realm, Environmental Partnerships (Ubico) and Bereavement Services, ensuring a consistently high-performing, customer-focused operational framework.
The Role
In this pivotal role you will:
- Provide strategic leadership across all aspects of health, safety and operational service delivery.
- Champion a culture of safety, wellbeing and continuous improvement.
- Ensure full statutory and regulatory compliance across housing, including alignment with the Building Safety Act, Fire Safety Regulations and the Regulator of Social Housing’s standards.
- Lead major programmes of risk management, audits, investigations and performance reporting.
- Represent the Council externally, engaging with regulators, partners and key stakeholders.
- Support senior leaders across the organisation to deliver service excellence.
- Drive efficiencies, improvement and customer satisfaction across Parks, Gardens, Bereavement Services and Environmental Partnerships.
About You
We’re seeking an experienced, inspirational senior leader with:
- A NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent) and Chartered IOSH status.
- Proven senior-level experience leading multidisciplinary teams and advising at strategic level.
- Strong knowledge of health & safety legislation, compliance requirements and safety management systems.
- Experience working with housing compliance frameworks, inspections, audits and risk assessments.
- Exceptional relationship-building skills and a collaborative, customer-centric approach.
- The ability to drive improvement, innovation and performance across complex operational environments.
Why Join Cheltenham Borough Council?
This is a high-impact leadership role within a forward-thinking local authority. You’ll shape strategy, lead transformation, and ensure that Cheltenham continues to deliver safe, compliant and high-quality services to its communities.
You’ll be joining a collaborative, supportive organisation that values leadership, integrity and innovation.
