Join the world’s largest professional body for occupational safety and health at a pivotal moment of organisational transformation and global influence.
About the role
This newly created Director of Transformation role will lead IOSH’s transformation agenda during an important period of organisational change and development. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer and working closely with the executive leadership team, the Director of Transformation will oversee the delivery of strategic transformation programmes while helping ensure operational stability and organisational alignment throughout change.
The role will lead the development and delivery of IOSH’s transformation roadmap, overseeing programme portfolios, operating model evolution and organisation-wide change initiatives. You will play a central role in embedding more connected, collaborative and agile ways of working across IOSH, helping shape a modern operating model that is responsive, customer-focused and aligned to future ambitions.
Alongside programme leadership, the role will work across governance, culture, digital transformation and stakeholder engagement, building strong relationships across the organisation and helping create clarity, momentum and confidence during periods of change.
Who we are looking for
We are looking for an experienced transformation leader who combines strategic thinking with practical delivery expertise. You will likely bring experience leading complex, organisation-wide transformation programmes across matrixed or multi-stakeholder environments, with a strong understanding of programme governance, operating model design, cultural change and organisational development. Experience of digital transformation and leading change across people, process and systems will also be important. Equally important is how you lead.
We are looking for someone who can build trust, bring people together around shared goals and navigate complexity with empathy, credibility and clarity. You will be comfortable influencing across functions, supporting colleagues through change and balancing long-term strategic ambition with operational realities.
This is an opportunity to help shape the future of a globally recognised purpose-led organisation with a strong sense of mission and growing international influence.
To access the role information pack for this position, please follow the instructions on the ‘How to Apply’ page. Following this, should you like to have an informal conversation, you can email our advising consultant at Peridot Partners:
James Hunt | james@peridotpartners.co.uk | 07711 405444
Welcome from the Chief Executive Officer
Dear Candidate,
Thank you for your interest in the Director of Transformation opportunity at IOSH. I appreciate you taking the time to explore both the role and our wider ambitions for the future.
IOSH exists to create “a safe and healthy world of work”. That vision is simple, but the impact behind it is significant. Every day, our members, partners and colleagues help organisations across the world to protect people, strengthen workplaces and contribute to healthier, more sustainable working lives. Through our strategy, Activate 2028, we champion occupational safety and health not only as a professional discipline, but as a critical part of social sustainability, organisational resilience and good leadership.
We are now at an important point in our own organisational journey. IOSH has grown considerably in both scale and influence. Today, we support 50,000 members globally, expand professional standards and qualifications, influence international policy and continue to evolve our services, systems and ways of working to meet the changing needs of the profession.
At the same time, we recognise that the world of work is changing rapidly. This presents both challenges to our existing ways of operating and growth opportunities that can only be realised through profound change. Technology, digital transformation, changing workforce pressures and expectations and increasing global complexity all require us to adapt with pace and purpose.
IOSH is already investing significantly in its future, including changing how and where we work, transforming our business processes, introducing new digital platforms, evolving governance structures and exploring new ways of engaging our members, customers and communities.
This newly created role is therefore a timely and important appointment for IOSH. The Director of Transformation will help shape how we evolve as an organisation over the coming years, ensuring that our strategic growth aspirations become practical, sustainable and meaningful change.
The role will lead the delivery of our transformation agenda, helping us modernise our operating model, strengthen organisational agility and embed a more connected “One IOSH” culture across the organisation.
What excites me most about this opportunity is the breadth of influence it offers. This is not transformation for its own sake: it is transformation in service of our mission, our members and the people ultimately impacted by safer and healthier workplaces around the world.
The successful candidate will work closely with colleagues across IOSH to connect strategy, operations, culture, technology and delivery in a thoughtful and practical way.
We are looking for someone who brings both strategic perspective and the ability to inspire and make collective change happen. Someone who can navigate complexity with clarity, build trust across diverse stakeholder groups and create momentum through collaboration rather than hierarchy alone.
You will likely bring experience of leading large-scale organisational transformation, operating model change and cultural evolution. Equally important is how you lead. We value integrity, inclusivity, curiosity and people who create space for others to contribute and thrive.
IOSH is an organisation with a strong sense of purpose and a genuine willingness to evolve. There is real ambition here, but also openness, care and a desire to work together well.
Thank you again for your interest in joining us at this important stage in our journey. I hope this pack gives you a meaningful insight into both the opportunity and the organisation behind it.
We look forward to hearing more about you.
Warm regards,
Vanessa Harwood-Whitcher
Chief Executive Officer, IOSH
About us
Creating a safe and healthy world of work
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) is the world’s largest Chartered professional body dedicated to occupational safety, health and well-being.
We exist because everyone, everywhere, deserves to go home safe and well from work. Our vision is simple but ambitious: a safe and healthy world of work. Through skills, knowledge and expertise delivered via our global community, professional standards, research, training and influence, we work to save and improve working lives and drive positive change across organisations, industries and societies.
A global professional community
IOSH is both a registered charity and a Royal Charter professional body, supporting c.50,000 members across over 130 countries. Our members work across every sector, from construction, manufacturing and logistics through to healthcare, education, government, technology and professional services. Together, they help organisations create healthier, safer and more sustainable places to work.
Our role extends beyond membership. IOSH works closely with governments, policymakers, employers, international agencies and global organisations to champion better occupational safety and health standards worldwide.
We are a trusted voice within the profession, advocating for evidence-based approaches that place people’s health, safety and wellbeing at the heart of work and organisational decision-making.
Shaping the future of work
At IOSH, we believe occupational safety and health is not simply about compliance. It is about creating environments where people can thrive. That includes supporting physical safety, mental well-being, dignity at work and social sustainability in an increasingly complex and changing world of work.
Our current strategy, Activate 2028, reflects both the scale of our ambition and the pace of change around us. As workplaces and the nature of work evolve through digital transformation, shifting workforce expectations and new global challenges, there is a need and opportunity for IOSH to respond and strengthen how we operate, collaborate and deliver value to our current and future members, customers and stakeholders.
Our culture and values
Alongside our external influence, we are also focused internally on creating a collaborative, inclusive and agile organisation. Guided by our values of One IOSH, Integrity, Excellence and Flexibility, we are committed to building a culture where people work together with openness, professionalism and a shared sense of purpose.
Headquartered in Leicestershire, IOSH employs around 230 colleagues and works globally through its networks, partnerships and membership community. Our wholly owned trading subsidiary, IOSH Services Limited, supports the development and delivery of training, publications, events and professional services that help extend our reach and impact.
IOSH is an organisation with strong foundations, an important global role and a clear sense of purpose. As the world of work continues to evolve, we remain committed to influencing positive change and supporting safer, healthier working lives for people everywhere.
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For an informal conversation about this opportunity, you can email our advising consultant at Peridot Partners:
James Hunt | james@peridotpartners.co.uk | 07711 405444
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Timetable
Closing date: 9 a.m. Monday 1st June 2026
Candidates informed of outcome: By 5 p.m. Friday 5th June 2026
First stage interviews (virtual): Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th June 2026
Second stage interviews (in person at IOSH HQ): Tuesday 16th June 2026
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