Head of Fire, Life, Health, Safety and Security

Sevenoaks, England, United Kingdom

10/1/2024

Hand Picked Hotels was founded in 2001 by owner, Chairman and CEO, Julia Hands MBE. Julia’s love of historical buildings, the English countryside, local food and good wine inspired her dream to own a collection of hotels that would celebrate these passions and invite others to share in them.

Today, the family-owned group has 21 unique luxury country houses and coastal retreats, each hand picked for their individuality. Architecturally distinctive and quintessentially British, every hotel boasts an extraordinary location from Scotland to the Channel Islands, offering breathtaking views from vast countryside to expansive beaches, to lush woodlands.

Dedicated to creating unique and enchanting stays, curated personalised service runs through the heart of every hotel. Whilst each hotel is individual, each property fulfils the company values of family, individuality, community and care, with a team routed in their commitment to aim higher and delighting their guests with magical experiences that offer a true escape from the every day.

As part of the ongoing transformation of Hand Picked Hotels, we are currently recruiting for a Head of Fire, Life, Health, Safety and Security to be responsible for developing, implementing and overseeing all FLHSS prevention and response strategies, polices and procedures within Hand Picked Hotels.

This exciting new role will ensure compliance with relevant legislation, fosters a strong culture of safety and security and proactively works to mitigate risks across Hand Picked Hotels.

The role requires an action-oriented individual who can bring both technical expertise and leadership capabilities to all situations, with enough gravitas to influence senior stakeholders across the business.

This role will involve extensive travel to our all our hotels across our collection, with a base location either at one of our hotels or from our central support office located in Kent.

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About The Role

• As Head of Fire, life Health and Safety and Security you will be responsible for policy development and Compliance with both current legislation and internal policies within Hand Picked Hotels.
• Develop and implement comprehensive FLHSS policies and procedures, aligned with organisational goals, liaising with external consultants.
• Provide leadership to all stakeholders in relation to FLHSS across the organisation.
• Proactively identify areas of risk and recommend mitigation actions.
• Prepare regular reports on the status of FLHSS performance, incidents and trends.
• In conjunction with the Head of Training develop and deliver training programmes to ensure all colleagues are knowledgeable about FLHSS.
• Promote awareness across the estate to enhance the understanding and importance of FLHSS.
• Share best practices and key learnings from previous incidents with all properties.
• Provide internal FLHSS support/service to Hand Picked Hotels (HPH) colleagues.
  
  

About You

• Extensive experience in leading and managing a Fire, Life, Health Safety and Security function within a leading organisation within the Hospitality or Travel & Tourism in the UK.
• Change catalyst, willing to challenge the status-quo and drive new initiatives to improve the performance of the business.
• Team player with a passion for excellence, leading from the front.
• Excellent influencing and communication skills, including dealing with senior stakeholders
• Most of all, you will have a professional, organised and friendly approach to the role and be able to influence, mentor and coach your colleagues.
• It is essential you have excellent communication and influencing skills, both written and verbal.
• Have the ability to travel to our properties in the UK and Channel Islands as much as required to effectively deliver the requirements of the role.
  
  

,Our Benefits

• A competitive salary package, plus bonus discussed at interview stage.
• Company pension scheme with a generous employer contribution of 10% of base salary.
• Life assurance.
• Private Medical.
• Employee Assistance Program to support you with whatever life throws at you.
• Company Sickness Scheme Benefit.
• 33 days including bank holidays.
• Forward career progression, with access to our In House and external training programs, including apprenticeships and other recognised hospitality industry courses which are all supported by our learning and development team. supported by our learning and development team.
• Discounted staff stays, including food and beverage and spa discounts.
• Annual loyalty awards (like teas and overnight stays)
• Online retail discount platform offering thousands of savings with high street retailers and restaurants as well as a health and well-being platform.
• Opportunity to make lifelong friendships and be part of team that celebrates Diversity and Inclusion.