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United Kingdom · Compliance, quality and safety · Director/VP (16-20 years)

Regional Health and Safety Training Director

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  • Experience bandDirector/VP (16-20 years)
  • Direct reports3-5 reports
  • Reports toVP of Global Health & Safety
  • UK framework levelUsually a director, accountable for a division and its numbers

Also advertised as Head of Regional Safety Learning · VP, EHS Capability Development (UK/EMEA) · Director of Compliance & Safety Education

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The qualifications matched to this job

CMI Level 5 NVQ Diploma in Management and Leadership Chartered Management Institute · Level 5 · covers 4 of 10 standards
Qualifi Level 5 Extended Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Qualifi Ltd · Level 5 · covers 1 of 10 standards
OTHM Level 6 Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety OTHM Qualifications · Level 6 · covers 1 of 10 standards

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Manage Health and Safety in own area of responsibility CMI Level 5 NVQ Diploma in Management and Leadership
Globalisation, Sustainability and Safety Culture Performance Qualifi Level 7 International Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Management
Maintain Systems and Processes for Health, Safety, Welfare and Environmental Protection in an Engineering Environment NOCN Level 5 Diploma in Computer Engineering (Information Technology and Data Science)
Process Management and Review for Occupational Health and Safety Qualifi Level 5 Extended Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety
Health and Safety Management Practice OTHM Level 6 Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety

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  2. Globalisation, Sustainability and Safety Culture Performance Qualifi Ltd · covers 1 of 10 standards Level 7
  3. Maintain Systems and Processes for Health, Safety, Welfare and Environmental Protection in an Engineering Environment NOCN · covers 1 of 10 standards Level 5
  4. Process Management and Review for Occupational Health and Safety Qualifi Ltd · covers 1 of 10 standards Level 5
  5. Health and Safety Management Practice OTHM Qualifications · covers 1 of 10 standards Level 6
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3What this role really is

Shapes safety culture across a large region, making sure people understand how to work safely each day.

4What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

EHS Management Platform (Intelex, Cority, VelocityEHS) Strategic

Leading the selection and implementation of EHS platforms, integrating EHS data with HRIS/ERP systems, and architecting enterprise-wide safety analytics for the region. You'll use it to get the big picture on safety performance and identify strategic training needs.

Learning Management System (LMS) (Cornerstone, Docebo, SAP Litmos) Strategic

Developing LMS governance for the region, evaluating new learning technologies (LXP, VR), and aligning the platform with overall talent and safety strategy. You'll ensure the LMS is a strategic asset, not just a record-keeping system.

Content Authoring Tools (Articulate 360, Adobe Captivate) Strategic

Setting content development standards across the region, managing vendor relationships for outsourced content, and championing new, engaging formats like micro-learning, AR/VR simulations, or interactive video. You'll ensure our content is 'best-in-class' (and can prove it).

Data Visualization (Power BI, Tableau) Strategic

Designing and presenting executive-level dashboards to the regional leadership team and potentially the board, linking safety performance and training effectiveness to key business outcomes like EBITDA or insurance premiums. You'll tell the story with data.

GRC Platform (ServiceNow GRC, Archer, OneTrust) Advanced

Using the GRC platform to map training controls to specific regional regulations and corporate risks, providing robust evidence of mitigation to auditors and leadership. You'll ensure our training strategy is an integral part of our overall risk defence.

5What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choiceComing in Where you are nowThe step above
Regional Training Strategy & Budget Allocation N/A (Escalate to L5 Manager) N/A (Escalate to L5 Manager) Full authority within approved £2M-£10M+ regional budget. Consult VP of Global H&S for major deviations or investments over £1M.
Major Training Programme Design & Deployment N/A (Escalate to L5 Manager) N/A (Escalate to L5 Manager) Full authority for regional programmes. Inform Global EHS Leadership for programmes with enterprise-wide implications.
Team Hiring & Organisational Design N/A (Escalate to L5 Manager) N/A (Escalate to L5 Manager) Full authority for direct reports (L5 Managers) and their team structures. Consult Regional HRBP and VP of Global H&S for significant headcount changes or new roles.
Response to Major Regional Safety Incident (Training Aspect) N/A (Escalate to L5 Manager) N/A (Escalate to L5 Manager) Lead the training response, including immediate interventions and strategic programme adjustments. Inform VP of Global H&S and Regional Operations Directors immediately.

6How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, and what is not on it. The hard targets, how often each is actually looked at, and the quiet signals that never reach a dashboard.

Regional LTIFR/TRIR Reduction
Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) and Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) for the entire regional business unit.
Target · Contribute to a 10-15% year-on-year reduction in both LTIFR and TRIR across the region.

After implementing a new regional 'Working at Height' training programme, the LTIFR for falls in the region dropped from 0.8 to 0.6 over 12 months.

Regional Training Compliance Score
Overall percentage of mandatory health and safety training completed on time across all sites in the region.
Target · Maintain a regional average of 98% on-time completion for all mandatory H&S training modules.

Ensuring all 15,000 employees in the region complete their annual fire safety refresher by the deadline, achieving 99.1% completion in Q2.

Leading Indicator Improvement
Uptake and quality of leading indicators such as near-miss reporting, safety observations, and proactive hazard identification.
Target · Increase regional near-miss reporting by 20% and safety observation submissions by 15% year-on-year.

Following a new 'See Something, Say Something' campaign and associated training, near-miss reports increased from 500 to 620 per month across the region.

Workers' Compensation E-Mod Rate Impact
The experience modification rate (E-Mod) directly impacts insurance premiums; a lower rate means fewer claims and better safety performance.
Target · Contribute to a 0.05 point reduction in the regional Workers' Comp E-Mod rate over a two-year cycle.

Strategic training interventions, particularly around manual handling and slips/trips, helped reduce claims severity, contributing to a 0.03 point E-Mod reduction.

Safety Culture Maturity
Observable shift towards a proactive, interdependent safety culture where employees at all levels take ownership.
  • Feedback from site visits, employee engagement surveys (e.g., 'I feel safe to stop unsafe work' scores), anecdotal evidence from managers, and external safety audit reports highlighting cultural strengths. You'll see more unsolicited suggestions for safety improvements, not just compliance.
Strategic Influence & Credibility
Your ability to influence regional leadership on safety investment and strategy, positioning training as a key business enabler.
  • Being proactively invited to regional leadership meetings, having your recommendations adopted for significant safety initiatives, securing budget for new training technologies, and being seen as the 'go-to' expert for complex safety learning challenges. They'll ask your opinion before making big operational changes.
Regulatory Audit Performance
The outcome of external regulatory audits related to training compliance and competency.
  • Zero critical findings related to training programmes or competency gaps in external HSE or ISO 45001 audits. Positive feedback from auditors on the robustness and effectiveness of our training management system and records.
Team Leadership & Development
The effectiveness of your direct reports (Regional H&S Training Managers) and their teams.
  • High retention rates within your regional training team, positive 360-degree feedback from your direct reports, successful completion of development plans for your managers, and a clear succession pipeline for key roles within the regional training function.

7Would you like it

Both sides. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy
Making a Tangible Difference to People's Safety

You'll feel a deep sense of purpose knowing that your strategic decisions on training directly contribute to preventing injuries and saving lives. This isn't just a job; it's about protecting our colleagues. Seeing a reduction in incident rates or hearing a story about someone using their training to avoid a near-miss will be incredibly rewarding.

Reviewing quarterly incident reports and seeing a significant drop in a specific injury type after a new regional training rollout – that's what gets you up in the morning.

Leading and Developing a High-Performing Team

You'll thrive on coaching and mentoring your Regional H&S Training Managers, helping them grow their skills, tackle complex challenges, and deliver impactful programmes. Seeing your team succeed and develop into strong leaders themselves will be a key source of satisfaction for you.

Guiding a manager through a tricky stakeholder negotiation for a new training budget, then seeing them successfully secure the funds and deliver a fantastic programme.

Shaping Organisational Strategy and Culture

You'll enjoy the challenge of influencing senior leadership, driving strategic initiatives, and embedding a proactive safety culture across a large business unit. It's about being at the table when big decisions are made and ensuring safety learning is a core part of the business strategy.

Presenting to the Regional Leadership Team, getting buy-in for a multi-year investment in new virtual reality safety training, and seeing it transform how we educate our workforce.

What frustrates people
  • The constant struggle to justify investment in prevention when the 'wins' are invisible (i.e., incidents avoided).
  • Dealing with outdated, 'Death by PowerPoint' training content and the resistance to modernising it.
  • The perception from some operational teams that safety training is a hindrance to productivity, rather than an enabler.
  • The emotional toll of managing the aftermath and learning from serious workplace incidents.
  • The bureaucratic nightmare of ensuring regional-wide compliance with mandatory training, often feeling like you're 'pencil-whipping' rather than educating.
  • Fighting the ingrained belief that a single annual training session is enough for high-risk activities.
What this role does not give you
  • A quiet, predictable routine with minimal stakeholder interaction.
  • Immediate, tangible 'wins' every day – many of your successes will be long-term cultural shifts.
  • A role where you're solely focused on instructional design without the pressures of leadership, budget, and strategic influence.
  • A workplace free from political challenges or resistance to change.

8Who you work with

You'll shape the entire safety culture of our regional business unit, directly influencing our incident rates, regulatory compliance standing, and ultimately, our operational efficiency and public reputation. Your decisions on training strategy will have a direct impact on the safety and well-being of thousands of employees and contractors, as well as the company's financial performance through reduced insurance premiums and avoided penalties.

Inside the business
  • Regional Operations Directors
  • HR Business Partners (Regional)
  • Legal & Compliance Leadership
  • Site General Managers
  • Global EHS Leadership Team
Outside the business
  • HSE (Health & Safety Executive) and other regulatory bodies
  • External auditors and insurers
  • Industry associations and peer groups
  • Key training vendors and content providers

9What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

  • Proven experience (minimum 10 years) managing and leading a health and safety training function across multiple sites or a large business unit.
  • A track record of successfully influencing senior leadership and driving significant improvements in safety performance through training initiatives.
  • Demonstrable expertise in strategic instructional design, training effectiveness measurement (Kirkpatrick Level 4), and safety culture development.
  • Significant experience managing large budgets (£1M+) and external vendor relationships for training content and technology.
  • A deep understanding of major regional health and safety regulatory frameworks (e.g., UK HSE, EU directives) and international standards like ISO 45001.
  • Experience leading and developing a team of training professionals, including other managers.

10What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Integrated EHS & HRIS Data Architecture

Critical within 12 months. To gain a holistic view of safety performance and competency, EHS training data needs to seamlessly integrate with broader HR and operational systems. You'll need to strategically guide these integrations.

API Integration Strategies · Data Governance for Safety & HR Data · Single Source of Truth for Competency

  • This quarter: Meet with our IT and HRIS teams to understand current data integration capabilities and limitations.
  • Next 6 months: Define the ideal future state data architecture for regional H&S training, outlining key integration points.
  • Next 12 months: Initiate a project to improve data flow between our LMS, EHS platform, and HRIS, focusing on critical safety metrics.
  • Next 18 months: Report on the improvements in data visibility and decision-making resulting from better integration.

Quick win: Review existing data flows between your LMS and EHS platform; identify one manual data transfer that could be automated with current tools.

11Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up
  • Regularly attend and present at industry conferences (e.g., Safety & Health Expo, IOSH conferences) to stay current with best practices and network with peers.
  • Participate in executive leadership development programmes focused on strategic influence, change management, and organisational psychology.
  • Engage in continuous learning around emerging technologies in learning (e.g., AI, XR) and safety analytics.
  • Actively mentor junior and mid-level H&S professionals, contributing to the development of the next generation of safety leaders.

12The rising capability

The rising capability

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What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

AI-Driven Predictive Safety Analytics

Critical within 12 months. AI's ability to process vast amounts of unstructured data (incident reports, sensor data, audit findings) is transforming how we identify risks. Directors who can interpret these insights and translate them into proactive training strategies will lead the pack.

  • Machine Learning for Anomaly Detection
  • Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Incident Analysis
  • Ethical AI in Safety
  • Data Storytelling with AI Insights

Extended Reality (XR) Learning Strategy

Important within 18 months. Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR) are becoming powerful tools for immersive, high-fidelity safety training, especially for high-risk tasks. Directors need to understand how to strategically deploy and measure the impact of these technologies.

  • VR for High-Risk Simulation
  • AR for On-the-Job Guidance
  • Haptic Feedback & Immersion
  • Measuring XR Training ROI

13What you’ll use

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

  • Advanced Instructional Design Models (ADDIE, SAM)
  • Strategic Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
  • Training Effectiveness Evaluation (Kirkpatrick L4)
  • Behaviour-Based Safety (BBS) & Human and Organisational Performance (HOP)

14The pathway

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

  1. 1

    Regional H&S Training Manager (L5) from a Large Organisation

    5-8 years in an L5 role

    Skills to master

    • Strategic budget management, multi-site programme oversight, leading a team of managers, executive-level reporting, and driving cultural change across a significant operational footprint.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Consistent achievement of regional safety targets and training compliance metrics.
    • Proven ability to influence senior operational leaders and secure resources for safety initiatives.
    • Successful development and mentoring of direct reports, with clear succession planning.
    • Demonstrated capability to manage significant training budgets and vendor relationships (£1M+).
  2. 2

    Head of EHS for a Major Business Unit (L5 equivalent)

    7-10 years in a broad EHS leadership role

    Skills to master

    • A holistic understanding of EHS functions beyond just training, including environmental management, industrial hygiene, and regulatory affairs. You'd need to demonstrate how you'd specialise into the training aspect at a strategic level.

    You're ready to move on when

    • A strong track record of overall EHS performance improvement across a business unit.
    • Experience integrating training into broader EHS management systems.
    • Demonstrated capability in risk assessment and mitigation at an enterprise level.
    • Strong leadership skills, even if not directly managing a dedicated training team.
  3. 3

    Senior Learning & Development Leader (with H&S Specialisation)

    8-12 years in a senior L&D role, plus 5+ years in H&S

    Skills to master

    • Translating broad L&D expertise into the specific, high-stakes context of H&S. This means mastering regulatory compliance, incident investigation, and safety culture principles, alongside your instructional design and leadership skills.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Proven ability to design and implement large-scale learning programmes with measurable impact.
    • A clear understanding of adult learning theory and its application in high-risk environments.
    • Demonstrable experience in stakeholder management and influencing at a senior level.
    • A strong, recent track record of H&S-specific experience, perhaps through a secondment or dedicated project.

15Where this role leads

The long view: This work can lead to a role such as Chief Compliance & Safety Officer, or Global Head of Organisational Development and Learning.

The ten Future Fluencies

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Where it leads

Roles this leads to

Also named as a next step, with no page in the catalogue yet:

  • VP of Global Health & Safety (L6/L7)

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  • Advanced Instructional Design Models (ADDIE, SAM)
  • Strategic Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
  • Training Effectiveness Evaluation (Kirkpatrick L4)
  • Behaviour-Based Safety (BBS) & Human and Organisational Performance (HOP)
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Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Regional Health and Safety Training Director is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

  1. Global Head of EHS Learning & Development (L7)

    3-5 years in the Director role

    Move from regional to enterprise-wide strategic responsibility, reporting to C-suite.

    • Global LMS/LXP architecture and vendor management.
    • Strategic integration of EHS learning with global HR systems.
    • Leading multi-country, cross-cultural training initiatives.
    • Driving innovation in EHS learning technology at an enterprise scale.

  2. VP of Global Health & Safety (L6/L7)

    4-6 years in the Director role

    Broaden from training specialisation to full global EHS oversight, potentially managing other EHS functions.

    • Global EHS audit programme management.
    • Sustainability reporting and ESG integration.
    • Crisis management for major EHS incidents.
    • Advanced regulatory compliance across diverse jurisdictions.
Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

As a Regional Health and Safety Training Director, your time is precious. Imagine reclaiming hours each week from administrative tasks, data analysis, and even content creation, freeing you up for strategic leadership, team development, and crucial stakeholder engagement. AI isn't here to replace you; it's here to supercharge your impact.

We're embedding AI tools across our Compliance, Quality, Health, and Safety department to help our leaders focus on what truly matters: preventing incidents, shaping culture, and driving strategic change. For you, this means leveraging AI to gain deeper insights, automate routine processes, and scale your training impact like never before. It's about working smarter, not just harder.

Predictive Safety Analytics

AI sifts through vast amounts of incident data, near-miss reports, and operational metrics to identify subtle patterns and predict potential high-risk areas or emerging hazards across your region. This lets you proactively target training interventions before incidents occur, rather than reactively after them. Think of it as having a crystal ball for safety risks.

Automated Regulatory Intelligence

An AI agent continuously monitors global and regional regulatory bodies (like HSE, OSHA, EU directives), providing you with concise, tailored summaries of proposed or enacted changes. It highlights the specific impact on your existing training curricula and flags modules that need urgent updates, saving you countless hours of dense legal reading.

Scalable Content Generation & Localisation

Use AI to rapidly draft initial versions of training modules, assessments, and communications. This includes generating content for specific regional nuances or translating existing materials into multiple languages, ensuring consistent, high-quality safety messaging across your diverse workforce much faster than ever before.

Performance & Impact Reporting

AI-powered dashboards and reporting tools connect directly to your LMS and EHS platforms, automatically generating executive-level reports on training compliance, effectiveness, and correlation with incident reduction. This frees up your managers from manual data crunching and gives you instant, verifiable insights for board presentations.

Common questions

Common questions

How do you become a Regional Health and Safety Training Director?

Common routes in include Regional H&S Training Manager from a Large Organisation (5-8 years in an L5 role), Head of EHS for a Major Business Unit (L5 equivalent) (7-10 years in a broad EHS leadership role) and Senior Learning & Development Leader (with H&S Specialisation) (8-12 years in a senior L&D role, plus 5+ years in H&S). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Regional Health and Safety Training Director progress to?

This role can lead on to Global Head of EHS Learning & Development (3-5 years in the Director role) and VP of Global Health & Safety (4-6 years in the Director role), depending on the skills you build.

What new skills matter most for a Regional Health and Safety Training Director?

Increasingly, AI-Driven Predictive Safety Analytics and Extended Reality (XR) Learning Strategy. These are the skills our record of this role lists as growing.

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17Where to go from here

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If you leave this industry

Skills in strategic safety leadership, instructional design for high-risk environments, and influencing cultural change transfer across industries with significant operational risks, including manufacturing, energy, construction, logistics and healthcare. Keeping people safe and building a safety culture matters in all of them.

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