Global Health and Safety Lead

The role

The Global Health and Safety Lead establishes standards, checks, and processes to ensure clinics and offices are safe and legally compliant. This role involves building global operating systems, managing risk assessments, and overseeing day-to-day health and safety management across multiple markets.

What you will do

• Build a repeatable opening process with health and safety standards and sign-offs for new clinics.
• Map health and safety legal requirements in each market and establish global standards.
• Perform health and safety due diligence for new sites and markets.
• Integrate safety into clinic design and construction in partnership with real estate and construction teams.
• Develop emergency and evacuation plans with the Global Security Lead.
• Implement a global health and safety management system adapted locally for each market.
• Conduct risk assessments for clinics, offices, and build sites.
• Establish controls for clinic-specific hazards like clinical waste and medical equipment use.
• Manage a risk-based audit programme and report performance measures to the COO.
• Own day-to-day health and safety management and routine maintenance compliance checks.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in health and safety, including responsibility across more than one country.
• A recognised professional qualification, such as the NEBOSH Diploma, Chartered membership of IOSH (CMIOSH) or equivalent.
• Experience building or running a health and safety management system.
• Hands-on experience of construction or fit-out safety for new commercial sites.
• A track record of leading incident investigations and driving corrective actions through completion.
• Ability to influence operations, construction, and senior leadership teams without direct authority.
• Ability to travel regularly between markets.

Nice to have

• Background in multi-site, public-facing businesses such as healthcare, fitness, wellness, co-working, tech, retail or hospitality.
• Experience in a regulated environment involving medical equipment or a quality management system.
• Experience managing contractor safety on new builds.
• ISO 45001 lead auditor training or equivalent.
• Knowledge of health and safety regulations in Neko’s global markets.
• Experience building a health and safety function as a business scales from a few sites to many.
• Experience selecting and implementing systems to manage health and safety at scale

About the company

Neko is redefining prevention by making data-driven, preventative care accessible through proprietary technology and direct clinical care.