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Future leaders community

Support for new occupational safety and health professionals

Our future leaders community is for new and aspiring occupational safety and health professionals. We want to make sure you have all the information and support you need. With a growing community of over 7,800 members, there's plenty of knowledge, experience and help available.

Our future leaders community is your chance to:

  • connect and network with fellow professionals
  • share professional and career development resources with each other
  • get free resources, delivered by the future leaders community steering group and industry leaders
  • access recordings of past events and webinars.

Who can join?

IOSH members will automatically be part of the future leaders community if they are:

    • a current student member, or
    • 35 years old or under, or
    • have five or fewer years' experience as an occupational safety and health professional.

If you’re a new or aspiring occupational safety and health professional and IOSH member but do not meet any of the criteria, you can still join the future leaders community. Please email our future leaders team with your name and membership number if you’d like to opt into the community.

Enter our competition and help us show the diversity of our profession and the small details of safety culture.

  • How to enter

Career development

There's lots of ways we can help you develop your career.

Our health and safety jobs board is a great way to search for new opportunities.

There are some useful resources on our jobs and career support page to help you prepare for interviews. These include:

  • CV builder
  • aptitude tests
  • interview simulator and interactive mock interviews.

The community is supported by the future leaders steering group. They help make sure content, resources and events are relevant. Find out more about each member of the steering group.

  • Tor Bennett Williams CMIOSH

    Job role
    Automotive, United Kingdom
    Company
    Health and safety partner, Mercedes Formula One team

    Tor became a Chartered Member in February 2022 while working at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. He is a committee member for our Midland West Branch and is looking forward to helping develop pathways and opportunities for new safety and health practitioners.

  • Mohammed Bhaaaldien Almubark CertIOSH

    Job role
    Logistics and retail, Sudan
    Company
    Health, safety and environment officer, SUTRAC

    Mohammed holds a degree in electrical engineering and has a passion for environment and climate advocacy. He represents Sudan as an African front within World’s Youth for Climate Justice.

  • Joey Bradford CertIOSH

    Job role
    Union, Canada
    Company
    Union representitive

    Joey is based in Vancouver and has more than 10 years' experience working for unions in New Zealand, Australia, UK and Canada. He has qualifications in safety and health, human rights and geography.

  • Alanah Campbell TechIOSH

    Job role
    Manufacturing, United Kingdom
    Company
    Environment, health and safety officer, West Fraser

    Alanah self-funded a career change to safety and health during the Covid-19 pandemic. She is passionate about encouraging women into the profession and making it a first-choice career option for all.

  • Gary Cifelli CMIOSH

    Job role
    Construction, United Kingdom
    Company
    Senior advisor, Defence Infrastructure Organisation

    Gary is a driven leader with a focus on employee engagement and development. He has worked across various industries including logistics, central government, facilities management and construction. Gary is a Chartered Member and active within his local branch.

  • Mathew Cooper

    Job role
    Environmental, United Kingdom
    Company
    Safety, health, environment and quality apprentice, URM (UK)

    Mathew works in the waste management industry, focusing on glass recycling. He moved into a safety and health career after working as a supervisor and being inspired by his responsibilities for the wellbeing of colleagues.

  • Debbie Daws TechIOSH

    Job role
    Aviation, United Kindgom
    Company
    Health and safety manager, London Southend Airport

    Debbie has found IOSH literature and webinars useful in developing her career. Her goal is to become a Graduate Member.

  • Charles Fidler CertIOSH

    Job role
    Automotive, United Kingdom
    Company
    Health and safety partner, Mercedes Formula One team

    Charles’ background is in behavioural safety, in particular safety culture and training. He’s keen to create opportunities for young professionals in the safety community to work together, share ideas and build networks.

  • Fiona Fullerton

    Job role
    Offshore, United Kingdom
    Company
    Health, safety and environment specialist, SLB

    Fiona studied geography and geoscience at university and moved into occupational health and safety a year after graduating. She wants to change perceptions of occupational safety and health to ensuring everyone goes home safe each day.

  • Abdul Hai CMIOSH

    Job role
    Facilities management, Saudi Arabia
    Company
    Health and safety auditor, NEOM

    Abdul became a Chartered Member at 25 and mentors new occupational safety and health practitioners to become qualified.

  • Carly Hughes CertIOSH

    Job role
    Consultancy, United Kingdom
    Company
    Health and safety consultant, Immerse Safety

    Carly has a passion for helping people and promoting safe working practices. She has worked in safety and health across different sectors since the age of 18. Carly holds the NCRQ level 6 diploma in applied health and safety and is an elected member of our Council.

  • Dylan Jones CertIOSH

    Job role
    Postal service, United Kingdom
    Company
    Safety advisor, Royal Mail

    Dylan worked as a postman and in operations management for Royal Mail but was always interested in occupational safety and health. He studied for qualifications outside of work and in 2022 became a safety advisor at Royal Mail.

  • Abhijith Jose TechIOSH

    Job role
    Consultancy, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
    Company
    Safety instructor, Drydocks World

    Abhijith graduated in mechanical engineering and began his safety and health career in 2021. He delivers safety training to people in different sectors and countries.

  • Nishma Mistry

    Job role
    Public services, United Kingdom
    Company
    Safety Strategy Lead, Transport for London (TfL)

    Nishma works for TfL developing and implementing their safety, health and environment (SHE) culture and strategy. Nishma is a UN Women UK delegate volunteer, leading on strategic recommendations and policy to promote gender equality and empowerment of women.

  • Peter Mugi CertIOSH

    Job role
    Consultancy, United Kingdom
    Company
    Compliance coordinator, Premier Risk Service

    Peter has a degree in health, safety and environmental management and interned as a safety and health professional at Texas A&M University, Qatar. His current role involves working with a range of clients across the UK to ensure health, safety and environmental compliance.

  • Niall Rachman CMIOSH

    Job role
    Construction, United Kingdom
    Company
    Regional risk and compliance (HSE), CBES

    Niall works in retail construction and facilities management environments. His focus is on "making safety simple" using new and existing technologies. Niall 'fell' into the safety and health industry after completing a Masters in international business with modern languages.

  • Midhun Subramanian CMIOSH

    Job role
    Facilities, India
    Company
    Health, safety and environment manager, EFS Facility Management Service

    Midhun has a Bachelor’s degree in mechatronics engineering and is working towards a Masters in occupational safety and health. He is a Chartered Member of IOSH and a Certified Safety Professional (BCSP).