Health And Safety Manager

London Museum tells the story of the world’s greatest city and its people. We have embarked on an extraordinary journey to create a new museum for London. The museum will sit in atmospheric former market buildings – over 30,000 sqm – at the heart of one of the capital’s most historic and creative quarters, Smithfield. The New Museum project is one of the largest cultural projects in Europe and will transform the museum, Smithfield and the City of London, creating a new cultural quarter for London.

At this exciting time we are seeking an exceptional safety professional as our Health and Safety Manager. You will play a critical role in ensuring a safe, welcoming and inspiring environment for our staff, contractors and visitors. This role leads the Museum’s health, safety and regulatory compliance across a diverse estate that covers historic buildings, public galleries, event spaces and major capital works. Working closely with the leadership team, our external health and safety consultants and operational teams, the Health and Safety Manager champions a proactive safety culture and ensures our systems, processes and policies remain robust, resilient and aligned with best practice.

Previous experience of working in a museum is not required. For more information about this role, please see the attached Job Description. To know more about what it’s like to work in London Museum and to get some top tips on how to make the best of your application visit:

Applications are by CV and cover letter.

The closing date for applications is Monday 27 July 2026. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to a first online interview on Thursday 6 or Friday 7 August 2026 which will include a short presentation task. There will then be a second stage interview process in-person, which will include a site visit.

If you are successfully shortlisted you will be invited to an interview where you will be asked questions to help us understand more about what you share in your application, and in particular to understand how you meet the essential person specification criteria for the role and demonstrate our museum behaviours, as well as to complete a short presentation task as part of the selection process.

London Museum is committed to being an equitable and inclusive employer, and to becoming representative of the diversity of London. We particularly welcome applications from people from Global Majority backgrounds, who are currently under-represented in our organisation.

We also welcome applications from disabled people, as we’re a Disability Confident Leader and are committed to recruiting, retaining and developing disabled people.