Health and Safety Manager

at  Forestry Commission

JOB SUMMARY

Reporting to the Head of Health and Safety and Technical Training, the role provides a framework of policy, advice and guidance to the business. It requires someone confident in engaging colleagues and someone dynamic, with a strong attention to detail.
The role includes the promotion and development of a positive safety culture, managing a team of SHE Advisers, providing technical guidance to the business.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Ensuring compliance and performance within a hazardous and multi-disciplinary organisation.
• Driving change, best practice and developing a proactive safety culture.
• Leading and developing a team of advisers working with operational business units to meet all regulatory requirements, identify and action trends.
• Monitor and report compliance gaps to the Senior Leadership Team, Board and wider organisation.
• Coaching and developing senior stakeholders to drive proactive change and improvement
• Assisting business units with accident investigation to identify containment, corrective and preventative actions in a timely manner
• Managing and developing a team of health and safety advisers
• Working with the Head of HS&TT to develop corporate policies and risk registers
• Engaging staff at all levels in current projects and strategic objectives.
• Provide management information to the organisation (leading and lagging) to ensure priority agenda items remain visible.
• Review and update Policy/Process/Guidance (PPG) documents as required.
• Develop & maintain a corporate risk register and associated documents
• Developing, refining and implementing suitable H&S management software and systems
• Developing and delivering communications to a wide range of stakeholders to promote proactive health, safety & wellbeing management and culture
• Work with the wider organisation to ensure standards are complied with and investigations are completed in a timely manner.
• Deputising for Head of Health and Safety and Technical Training in relevant situations

ESSENTIAL PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE -

• Managing a team to produce demonstrable results;
• Engaging and mentoring team members and colleagues in the wider organisation.
• Experience of providing health and safety advice and support to a complex and demanding organisational service;
• Experience of developing and applying organisation policy to ensure compliance with legislation;
• Engaging with staff at all levels to understand work programmes, share best practice and develop a positive health and safety culture;Leading and supporting accident investigations.

DESIRABLE PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE -

• A good understanding of technical forestry, land management and countryside recreation;
• Experience of working closely with stakeholders to achieve discernible positive outcomes;
• Auditing against ISO standards and an understanding of the continuous improvement cycle.
• Development and delivery of relevant training

QUALIFICATIONS

As a minimum, NEBOSH certificate or equivalent

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Health and Safety