As our Health and Safety Adviser, you'll provide support to teams across the business, playing a key role in the successful implementation of our safety management systems in our Retail division offices and other directorates. 80% of your time will be to build and maintain relationships with a range of levels of management within our Retail division and their supporting functions, with the remaining 20% supporting our office and field staff.
Playing a key role to embed the safety management systems with all our teams and assisting with policy development and communication, you'll support the H&S manager(s) to develop regular reports based on data and insight to improve the safety and wellbeing culture across the organisation. You'll also be responsible for developing and monitoring standards through H&S inspections and audits within directorate premises to provide assurance on compliance with legislation and BHF policy.
Working arrangements
Please note that this position is homebased with frequent travel to our Retail premises and offices. There will also be a requirement to support with fundraising events which may occasionally require working on a weekend. About you
With previous H&S experience within a large complex and geographically dispersed organisation, you’ll hold both the NEBOSH General Certificate & Tech IOSH Membership Status. You’ll have experience of actively working within the Retail sector (ideally multiple sites) and knowledge and some experience in the development and delivery of health and safety management systems or wellbeing programmes. You’ll be IT proficient and a competent user of MS Office. With comprehensive knowledge of H&S legislation and best practice as applied to third sector/charities, office premises/Retail, you’ll be able to influence and instruct BHF colleagues to improve awareness and compliance on H&S standards and have the confidence to challenge others on current practice where required. As this role will cover BHF's southern region which spans from the midlands south across the UK including Wales, you will need to be located in an area that is practical to travel and support the business across the entire region. About us
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. By funding research across six decades, we’ve helped keep millions of hearts beating and millions of families together. We’re investing in ground-breaking research that will get us closer than ever to a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases. We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day. Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed. Benefits
To find out more about benefits available at the BHF please download our benefits document at the bottom of this page. Interview process
The interview process will be held in person at our London office in the week commencing 10th February.
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Please note that this position is homebased with frequent travel to our Retail premises and offices. There will also be a requirement to support with fundraising events which may occasionally require working on a weekend. About you
With previous H&S experience within a large complex and geographically dispersed organisation, you’ll hold both the NEBOSH General Certificate & Tech IOSH Membership Status. You’ll have experience of actively working within the Retail sector (ideally multiple sites) and knowledge and some experience in the development and delivery of health and safety management systems or wellbeing programmes. You’ll be IT proficient and a competent user of MS Office. With comprehensive knowledge of H&S legislation and best practice as applied to third sector/charities, office premises/Retail, you’ll be able to influence and instruct BHF colleagues to improve awareness and compliance on H&S standards and have the confidence to challenge others on current practice where required. As this role will cover BHF's southern region which spans from the midlands south across the UK including Wales, you will need to be located in an area that is practical to travel and support the business across the entire region. About us
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. By funding research across six decades, we’ve helped keep millions of hearts beating and millions of families together. We’re investing in ground-breaking research that will get us closer than ever to a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases. We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day. Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed. Benefits
To find out more about benefits available at the BHF please download our benefits document at the bottom of this page. Interview process
The interview process will be held in person at our London office in the week commencing 10th February.
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