Head of H&S Events and Broadcast

Head of H&S Events and Broadcast

Your Role: Head of H&S Events & Broadcast

We are committed to protecting the health, safety and wellbeing of our people, talent, audiences, partners and contractors. As Head of Health & Safety - Events and Broadcast, you will lead H&S across Global’s Events and Broadcast portfolio, supporting the safe delivery of live events, outside broadcasts, experiential activations, premium content, podcasts, video content creation, property-related activity and other creative work across the UK and internationally, while overseeing safeguarding risks where relevant.

You will provide strategic leadership, expert advice and visible assurance in a complex, fast-paced operational environment. Working closely with internal teams, contractors, regulators, licensing authorities and commercial partners, you will ensure H&S is embedded from concept through to delivery. You will also help maintain and improve Global’s wider H&S governance, standards and culture, aligned to our Integrated Management System and ISO 45001 approach. The role includes out-of-hours support where required for incidents, escalations and high-risk activity.

As Head of H&S Events and Broadcast at Global, you will:

Key Responsibilities

Strategic leadership and operational delivery (50%)

• Lead H&S oversight for Events and Broadcast activity, including video content creation, property-related risks and relevant safeguarding matters, ensuring effective governance, controls and escalation.
• Partner with the Health & Safety Director to maintain a high-performing H&S function that delivers practical, commercial and solutions-focused support.
• Work with senior stakeholders across Events, Broadcast and wider business areas to embed H&S into planning, decision-making and delivery.
• Provide expert advice on creative briefs, production plans, commercial proposals and operational activity so risks are identified early and managed effectively.
• Lead safety planning for live events, outside broadcasts, experiential activity and other higher-risk projects, including risk assessments, safety plans, emergency arrangements and control measures.
• Provide oversight of higher-risk activities such as temporary structures, electrical safety, crowd safety and work at height.
• Review and challenge plans and delivery approaches to ensure risks are managed proportionately and effectively.
• Act as the senior H&S adviser for Events and Broadcast, with authority to intervene, escalate or recommend suspension where risk is not adequately controlled.
• Lead incident response, escalation, investigation and reporting for significant events, ensuring root causes are identified and lessons learned are shared.
• Provide out-of-hours support for significant incidents, high-risk activity and operational escalations where required.
• Develop contingency and emergency plans appropriate to the scale and nature of each activity.
• Build effective relationships with regulators, local authorities, licensing authorities and other external bodies to support safe and compliant delivery.
• Support safe video content creation through effective planning, risk assessment and operational controls.
• Provide H&S advice on property-related activity, ensuring premises, facilities and workplace change risks are managed appropriately.
• Support the business to identify and manage safeguarding considerations relevant to Events, Broadcast and content creation, with suitable controls and escalation in place.

Governance, management systems and assurance (25%)

• Ensure H&S systems, controls, reporting and assurance processes are effective, embedded, measurable and auditable.
• Own and continually improve relevant elements of Global’s H&S management system.
• Align Events and Broadcast H&S activity with Global’s Integrated Management System and ISO 45001 requirements, supporting compliance, audit readiness and continual improvement.
• Maintain an effective governance framework, including KPIs, assurance activity, risk registers, action tracking and performance reporting.
• Own the Events and Broadcast risk register, ensuring risks are identified, mitigated and tracked to completion.
• Strengthen contractor and partner assurance so third parties meet Global’s legal, safety and performance standards.
• Conduct assurance monitoring across contractors, suppliers, productions, promotional activity and events to test compliance and drive improvement.
• Keep up to date with legislation, codes of practice and industry guidance, ensuring alignment with legal requirements and best practice.
• Manage budgets, specialist suppliers and external support effectively.

Team leadership and capability building (25%)

• Lead and develop the Events and Broadcast H&S team, building a consistent, high-quality approach to planning, advice, assurance and compliance.
• Coach and support the team, ensuring role clarity, strong performance and continuous professional development.
• Develop and deliver practical H&S training, including accredited and in-house programmes, to build competence across the business.
• Ensure suitable inductions, briefings and training are in place for staff, freelancers, contractors, volunteers and partners where required.
• Promote a positive, pragmatic and inclusive safety culture that enables safe creativity, operational excellence and continual improvement.

What You’ll Love About This Role

Think Big: Shape how H&S supports some of Global’s most visible, creative and commercially important activity.

Own It: Take real ownership of standards, risk management, governance and assurance across Events and Broadcast.

Keep it Simple: Help modernise and streamline systems and processes so safety is practical, effective and easy to embed.

Better Together: Work with talented teams across the business to deliver safe, successful and ambitious events and broadcast output.

What Success Looks Like

In your first 6 months, you’ll have:

• Built trusted relationships with key stakeholders across Events, Broadcast and central functions.
• Established clear visibility of the current risk profile, compliance position and priority improvements.
• Embedded an effective governance framework, including KPIs, reporting, assurance activity and clear ownership of actions.
• Strengthened planning and assurance processes for events, outside broadcasts and other higher-risk creative activity.
• Improved contractor and partner assurance across the portfolio.
• Built effective working relationships with regulators, local authorities and licensing bodies where required.
• Created a clear plan to improve capability, compliance and safety culture across Events and Broadcast.

What You’ll Need

• Significant leadership experience in H&S within events, broadcast, media, production, entertainment or similarly complex operational environments.
• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent essential. CMIOSH desirable.
• Strong knowledge of UK health and safety legislation and its practical application in live events, productions, contractor management and dynamic workplaces.
• Strong understanding of event and production risk management, including emergency planning, contractor control, incident investigation and assurance activity.
• Experience developing, implementing and improving H&S management systems, governance processes and compliance frameworks.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and balance risk, pace, creativity and commercial priorities.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate technical requirements into clear, practical actions.
• Strong analytical and IT skills, using data and reporting to drive improvement.
• Coaching and Development: Nurturing talent by empowering and guiding individuals to unlock their potential
• Building Trust: Creating and maintaining an inclusive environment where diverse views and experiences are welcomed and celebrated in your team