Health And Safety Manager

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Job description

Twice voted UK law firm of the year, this prestigious business are looking to recruit a Health and Safety Manager to take responsibility for developing, maintaining and implementing a high level of health and safety standards in their London offices and, with an upcoming office move, to maintain and develop these standards across the move and into their cutting edge new property. The position involves managing a H&S Officer and leading the H&S agenda to foster and enhance the existing safety culture, chair H&S committee meetings, support information for external audits (ISO standards etc), training and development, accident and incident reporting and trend analysis.

• Providing advice and support to the Property and Workplace department as well as the wider business on the implementation and monitoring of health and safety management systems to facilitate the organisation s compliance with legislative requirements.
• Line management responsibility for the firm's Health and Safety Lead. Fostering a strong working relationship and promote development opportunities.
• Effectively apprise the firm's current level of health and safety risk, reviewing the necessary action plans with the aim of continuously improving the firm's compliance. Where gaps arise, propose a coherent plan to address these via the business risk management platform.
• Strategy development to align with wider business objectives, activities and projects.
• Enhance the existing safety culture and business understanding by demonstrating a strong cultural understanding of the firm.
• Provide assurance and support to the Property and Workplace that our preparedness for external third-party inspections and audits is satisfactory. Undertaking our internal reviews and inspections to ensure any issues arising from the audit are addressed.
• Chairing Health and Safety Committee meetings and attending other committee meetings as required. To share lessons learned and provide updates to the business on health and safety initiatives.
• To undertake investigations of health and safety incidents, potential or otherwise. To ensure relevant RIDDOR reports are submitted to the HSE. Monitoring incident trends and escalating issues where required, including populating the risk register(s).
• To have overall responsibility for the risk assessment process and train members of the wider team to support.
• Advising on COSHH and assisting with COSHH risk assessments. Including supporting on water hygiene compliance.
• Scheduling the annual health and safety audit programme and undertaking in accordance with your assigned portfolio of facilities. To identify good practices and gaps or non-conformities and ensure action plans are in place to address gaps or non-conformities.
• Responsibility for policy and annual reporting.
• To be responsible for addressing and escalating health and safety action plans where gaps or shortfalls are identified and supporting facilities to address any actions required in a timely manner.
• Providing supporting health and safety information for external accreditation audits such as ISO 14001.
• Lead as an SME for Health and Safety matters within the relocation project. Ensuring any process or cultural changes are carefully managed and approved via the correct business forums.

Skills Required

• A depth of experience in risk management.
• Able to practically interpret health and safety legislation in a pragmatic manner.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement, management and influencing skills.
• Demonstrable experience in conducting risk assessments, including DSE assessments.
• Experience of working with different health and safety management platforms.
• Familiarity with the control of legionella in the workplace with experience of implementing an L8 scheme.
• Experience or knowledge of ISO 45001.
• Be able to support and advise on contractor management.
• Experience of working closely with managing agents and landlord representatives, including sub tenants, to ensure complete HS management system cycle is in place to meet the firm's health and safety obligations.

The successful candidate will have strong health and safety management experience within a high end corporate office environment, robust knowledge of best practice, experience of conducting risk assessments, experience of implementing and maintaining health and safety systems and ISO standards and hold a NEBOSH qualification (or equivalent).

This is an outstanding opportunity in a progressive, inclusive, stable and nurturing environment.

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