Hygiene & Safety Compliance Officer
| Posting date: | 20 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | £46,000.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 May 2026 |
| Location: | London, SW7 4DL |
| Company: | Malmaison Hotel Du Vin Holdings Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1492211944 |
Summary
Role: Hygiene & Safety Compliance Officer - South
Salary: Competitive Salary and Benefits
Location: South of England – Travel required to visit hotel properties
Malmaison & Hotel du Vin have 37 inspiring lifestyle hotels across the two exceptional brands within the UK. We’re looking for a Hygiene & Safety Compliance Officer to join us and play a vital role in the Health & Safety team covering the South region. You’ll be responsible for supporting Hotel Operations to undertake audits and ensure high standards of Health & Safety at all times, as well as supporting in the development, implementation and maintenance of first-class health & safety, fire and food safety practices and processes throughout the group in our ongoing pursuit of excellence.
What you'll be doing as Hygiene & Safety Compliance Officer:- Support the development and delivery of the Group internal audit programme, auditing all properties on a quarterly basis.
- Conduct risk based inspections across the estate to ensure compliance with Health & Safety, Food Safety and Fire Safety requirements.
- Ensure implementation and compliance with all relevant health & safety and food safety legislation and company policies.
- Monitor and manage follow up actions from third party audits and enforcement authority findings.
- Review, develop and continually improve health & safety and food hygiene policies and procedures.
- Oversee statutory inspections, risk assessments and compliance across areas such as COSHH, fire safety, manual handling and DSE.
- Monitor and support the effective operation of key Group safety contracts (e.g. pest control, kitchen deep cleaning).
- Deliver or support safety related training including food safety, manual handling and fire safety.
- Support new property acquisitions with safety inductions, processes, policies and compliance frameworks.
- Act as a key point of contact for enforcement authorities and external stakeholders.
- Investigate accidents and incidents, including food poisoning allegations, completing root cause analysis and reporting.
- Contribute flexibly to additional safety and compliance initiatives as required by the business.
What are we looking for?
- A proven Safety & Health practitioner, preferably with chartered status i.e. CMCIEH and or CMIOSH.
- A specialist in health, safety, food and accident and complaint investigations.
- Fully conversant with safety management systems, auditing, incident investigations, risk assessments and training.
- Experience in coaching and supporting and training staff and new openings support.
- Experience of delivering training/presentation skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication.
- Ability to manage own workload and work under pressure.
- Highly motivated and results driven individual, passionate about achieving results.
- Self-motivated, however equally strong and enjoys working as part of a collaborative team.
- Excellent organisational skills, time management, great eye for detail.
- Systems literate, to include Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- This role will require travel across the UK, so an ability and willingness to travel is required.
In addition to competitive rates of pay we offer:
- Heavily discounted Staff Room Rates at Malmaison & Hotel du Vin with rooms available from £65 per night.
- Discounted Friends and Family Room Rate with 50% off best available rate.
- 35% off your bill when you dine in our Brasseries and Bistros.
- Fully funded Apprenticeship programmes that support you in developing your career.
- High Street Discounts on a range of high street shops, experiences, holidays and much much more.
- Cycle to work scheme – save up to 40% on a wide range of bikes.
- Healthcare Cash Plans - dental, optical, medical and more available from £5 per month.
- Referral schemes that pay up to £1500 (just for getting your mates jobs!)
- We work with Stream giving instant access to your pay as it’s earnt. Stream is a tool for everyday life that lets you get paid your way by letting you track your wages in real time, stream up to 50% of the money you’re already earned, learn easy tips to manage your money better and save direct from your salary.
- We also offer complimentary stays on your 1st, 3rd and 5th anniversary with Dinner, Bed & Breakfast.
- We are a proud sponsor of The Brain Charity, helping people with all forms of neurological conditions to lead longer, healthier, happier lives.
- Employee Assistance Programme – free, confidential advice available 24/7 to you and your family.
Our Sustainability Goals:
- 100% of our electricity is generated using renewable energy with most of it coming from Wind Farms around the UK.
- We recycle a minimum of 70% of the waste from our hotels.
- This target is achieved by everyone in the hotel focusing on the waste we produce and is championed by our Sustainability Council who work on projects all year round.
- We have moved to a chemical free cleaning system in our bedrooms and public areas and an enzyme based eco-friendly system for our kitchens.
- You can also volunteer to work for sustainable charities 2 days per year on full pay instead of your normal workplace.
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Malmaison & Hotel Du Vin are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.