IOSH
Business Manager
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Job Title: Business Manager
Salary: £39,780 per annum
Hours per week: 35 hours per week
Location: At IOSH, we embrace hybrid working because we believe it's the key to achieving work-life balance, strategic success, and fostering our collaborative culture. You'll be required to work from our head office in Wigston, Leicester a minimum of 2 days per week. The remainder of your working hours will be undertaken from home.
The successful applicant must have the pre-existing right to both live, and to work in the UK.
Closing date: 1 September 2026
Interview date: w/c 7 September 2026
About The Role
We're looking for an experienced and driven Business Manager who is passionate about what they do to join our team. You'll be a key driving force in creating solutions to new collaborative opportunities within the Corporate Engagement team and as such the role requires a high level of organisation, collaboration, emotional intelligence, and professionalism.
You'll have the opportunity to make your mark and lead on key projects, transforming opportunities into action plans and clear deliverables. In addition, you'll take overall responsibility for agreeing the measures of success for each opportunity and striving to achieve them and you will have autonomy to create effective working processes.
What You'll Bring
The ideal candidate will have strong commercial awareness with knowledge of the project management framework particularly within a performance-driven context. You will have a working knowledge of risk management and have an understanding of maintaining risk registers. You will have strong communication and stakeholder management skills being able to build influential and collaborative relationships and ensure relevant information is shared to appropriate colleagues within the business to ensure results. You will be someone that enjoys problem solving by evaluating issues and analysing data to generate potential solutions, and help drive performance by achieving challenging goals and objectives.
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Essential Criteria
- Knowledge of risk management and/or maintaining risk registers with the ability to identify, document, and manage risks effectively
- Ability to build influential, collaborative, and sustainable relationships with key stakeholders
- Experience of communicating issues across a wide range of audiences including senior stakeholders
- Ability to problem solve by investigating, assessing, and evaluating issues and events, generating potential solutions towards a successful outcome
- Experience of working within complex multi-layered relationships including 3rd party distribution
- Experience of analysing and understanding data to inform creative solutions
What's in it for you?
We support our colleagues to bring their best selves to work, so they can deliver exceptional outcomes. We do this by offering a comprehensive benefits package, including:
- Hybrid working and flexibility to ensure a positive work-life balance
- 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) increasing with length of service, with the option to buy more
- Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan covered by IOSH
- Salary sacrifice pension scheme, minimum of 3% employee contribution whilst IOSH contribute 5%
- Individual performance-related pay scheme
- Up to five paid volunteering days per year
- Employee Assistance Programme to support you and your dependent's wellbeing
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About Us
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) is the world's Chartered body for safety and health professionals.
We understand that diversity of thought, culture, perspective, and background is essential to our vision. We believe in creating a personal environment where everyone is treated as they wish to be treated. At IOSH, you can be yourself, no matter who you are.
We are proud to be a disability-confident employer, and are committed to offering an interview to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum essential criteria for the vacancy.
Find out more about how we advocate for, and support health and safety professionals worldwide to create a safer and healthier world of work by visiting www.iosh.com.
How To Apply
To apply, you'll need an up-to-date CV and some additional time to complete the application questions so we can find out more about you and your experience. Just click on the apply button below.
If you want to find out more about IOSH please visit our website. If you have any queries about the role or require any reasonable adjustments to support you with the recruitment process please reach out to people@iosh.com.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
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