UK Flour Millers

Person Specification: Health & Safety Counsel (contract role)

 

About UK Flour Millers

UK Flour Millers is the representative organisation for the flour milling industry in Great Britain and Ireland, and sits at the heart of the food sector. Flour millers run efficient businesses, providing an ingredient found in 30% of supermarket foods and accounting for around 20% of dietary energy, as well as a similar proportion of key nutrients such as protein, fibre, and many minerals and vitamins. More on UK Flour Millers is here: https://www.ukflourmillers.org/

 

About this role

We are seeking a Health & Safety (H&S) expert to work with us in support of the industry’s drive to continuously improve health and safety performance.

This is a contract role with varying hours through the year to match the flow of work and initiatives. Peaks are around our Health & Safety Seminar (April), Health & Safety performance survey and reporting (May and June), and three committee meetings a year.

Our health and safety work is run through a dedicated committee. The appointed person will be the principal contact with the committee chair, act as a subject expert/advisor, and elevate the contribution the trade association makes to the work of the committee.

 

Duties/scope of role

Our H&S Counsel will:

  • Work with the H&S Committee chair and nominated UK Flour Millers team member to develop meeting agendas
  • Join the three H&S Committee meetings in the year
  • Provide expert counsel on emerging areas of best practice and/or legislation with impacts on the industry
  • Run, analyse, and comment on the results of the annual H&S performance survey
  • Help shape and deliver the annual H&S Seminar, working with the UK Flour Millers team, who will complete all logistics, registration of delegates, bookings, etc.

 

Experience required 

  • Substantial experience in manufacturing industry
  • Ideally, experience working with or on a trade association H&S Committee
  • Deep understanding of H&S best practice
  • Familiarity with H&S performance reporting and trend analysis

 

To apply

Please email a CV and covering letter to: alistairgale@ukflourmillers.org

The closing date is Friday, 30 January 2026.

 

Enquiries

Alistair Gale, Chief Executive Officer

07711-440736