Regional Safety Business Partner
Thames Valley / Surrey / West London Area
Impact Food Group
At Impact Food Group, we’re more than just a school caterer. We’re on a mission to create a positive food culture and help more students enjoy healthier, better-quality food. Making a positive social impact is at the heart of everything we do. We’re constantly learning, evolving, and improving — every way, every day.
We one of England’s fastest-growing school food providers, serving around one million students every day across more than 1,500 schools. We are dedicated to delivering high-quality, nutritious meals that support student wellbeing and enjoyment.
Our brands include Innovate, Cucina, Chapter One (Independent Schools), Hutchison, and Dolce, reflecting our breadth of experience and reach across the school catering sector.
The Regional Safety Business Partners play a vital role in ensuring those meals are produced safely and our colleagues go home safely every day. We're looking for an experienced safety professional who enjoys building relationships, solving problems and influencing positive change.
Guided by our values, integrity, bold, impactful, humble and community; you will help us shape a workplace and culture we can all be proud of.
The Role…
As a Regional Safety Business Partner, you'll work alongside a Regional Operations Director and Operations Managers, providing expert support across food safety, health & safety and allergen management.
You'll spend much of your time working within our schools, supporting operational teams, identifying opportunities for improvement and helping build a proactive safety culture.
What You'll Be Doing
Operational Assurance
- Complete high-risk audits, compliance inspections and site visits using a risk-based approach.
- Lead investigations into food safety, health & safety and allergen incidents, identifying root causes and implementing preventative actions.
- Carry out risk assessments and provide practical, proportionate solutions.
Business Partnering
- Partner with Regional Operations Directors and Operations Managers to continuously improve safety performance.
- Coach and support operational leaders to confidently identify and manage risks.
- Use audit findings, incident trends and safety data to prioritise support where it will have the greatest impact.
- Champion our philosophy that Safety First and Safety Starts With You.
Continuous Improvement
- Identify trends and emerging risks before they become incidents.
- Develop innovative solutions that improve safety performance across the business.
- Lead or support cross-functional projects that strengthen operational excellence.
What Success Looks Like
You'll play a key role in helping your region achieve outstanding safety performance through:
- Maintaining 95%+ completion of mandatory safety training.
- Delivering a minimum of 50 targeted high-risk audits each year.
- Increasing average regional audit scores to 90% or above.
About You
You'll be someone who enjoys being visible within the business, building relationships and influencing others. You'll be equally comfortable carrying out a detailed investigation, auditing a busy kitchen or presenting to senior operational leaders.
You'll have:
- Strong knowledge of Food Safety, Health & Safety and risk management.
- Excellent investigation and root cause analysis skills.
- Experience auditing operational environments.
- Confidence to challenge poor standards professionally and constructively.
- Excellent coaching, communication and influencing skills.
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
- Level 4 Food Safety qualification (or equivalent).
- Level 5 Occupational Health & Safety qualification (or equivalent).
- Minimum two years' experience within a Food Safety or Health & Safety role.
- Full UK driving licence.
- Willingness to travel extensively throughout your region.
If you’re a collaborative, solution-focused professional who thrives in a busy and purposeful environment, we’d love to hear from you. Join us and be part of a team that is transforming lives through the power of food, making a genuine difference for students across the UK.
What’s in It for You?
- The opportunity to build a career you can be proud of in a growing business.
- Access to a wide range of free training, qualifications, and development opportunities
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Staff discount scheme across 850+ retailers
- Pension scheme and other great company benefits
- Monthly incentives and recognition for top performers
#Join Our Team #makeanimpact
If you’re looking for your next step and want to be part of an organisation that genuinely makes a difference, we’d love to hear from you.
IFG are committed to the safeguarding of children, and our employees share this commitment. Successful candidates are required to undergo an enhanced DBS check, which IFG will pay for.
We are a committed equal opportunities employer - if you require any assistance for the interview process, please detail within your application. All information is kept confidential and in compliance with GDPR requirements.
