SHE Assurance Manager

at  Transport for London

Organisation - INSIGHTS AND DIRECTION
Job - Environment
Position Type - Full Time
Job title – SHE Assurance Manager

ABOUT US

Transport for London (TfL) plays a vital role in delivering the Mayor’s ambitious programme for a more universal, affordable, accessible and safe transport network for all of London.
By 2041, we aim to make 80 per cent of all journeys by foot, cycle or public transport. To do this we need to prioritise health and the quality of people’s experience in everything we do.
Presently, major cities around the world are taking a stand to end the toll of deaths and injury seen on their roads and transport networks by committing to Vision Zero. Working with SHE means making a meaningful contribution towards achieving Vision Zero. With your effort, talent and ideas, we will no doubt move closer towards realising Vision Zero’s plans to make London a safer, healthier and greener place.
The pan-TfL Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) Directorate is committed to improving our safety performance, as well as the health and wellbeing of our staff and corporate environmental performance.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Embedding SHE assurance frameworks and support SHE Business Partners with conducting second line assurance reviews
• Embed the SHE assurance strategy, working alongside Internal Audit and Engineering to ensure best-practice is shared and common themes, risks and issues identified
• Communicating assurance activity outputs to relevant parties, support the business to identify and deliver timely actions to share good practice / correct non-compliance
• Contributing to setting the strategic direction for both SHE and business areas
• Work with Commercial teams and others to evaluate the suitability and performance of TfL supplier’s pre and post-award.
• Research new risk controls or ways of working and support their development and implementation
• Work with relevant internal and external stakeholders, use assurance outputs, risk assessment and incident findings to identify and deliver SHE improvements that reduce risk and contribute to the delivery of TfL’s SHE Vision.
• Carry out specific packages of assurance activity as appropriate where specific risks are identified. Work with the business and business partners to do this and ensure BAU arrangements are established as part of the wider assurance regime.
• Be a champion and advocate for safety, health & environment in everything they do, role modelling what it means to make safety, health, and environment personal.

SKILLS:

• The ability to develop credibility and influence stakeholders (Essential)
• Strong skills in managing risk management and assurance programmes (Essential)
• Strong ability to understand performance data and trends and explain the underlying meaning to the business (Essential)
• Well-developed collaboration skills, including working across organisational boundaries (Essential)
• Strong ability to initiate and effect business change (Essential)
• Strong ability to work in a highly pressurised environment to very tight time constraints and high quality (Essential)
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, with a proven ability to write strategic and analytical reports and communicate to ’non-specialist’ audiences, prompting necessary action (Essential)

KNOWLEDGE:

• Strong understanding of the Mayor’s Transport Strategy and TfL’s business priorities (Desirable)
• Strong knowledge of external regulatory requirements and safety and environmental related standards and legislation (Essential)
• Strong knowledge of TfL’s SHE Management system (Desirable)
• Strong understanding of engineering, operational and business management requirements in a safety critical environment (Desirable)
• Membership of relevant professional body eg. IOSH, IEMA, CIBSE (Essential)
• NEBOSH (or equivalent) HSE qualification (Essential)

EXPERIENCE:

• Experience of working in SHE-conscious environment (Essential)
• Experience in using performance data to drive decision making (Essential)
• Experience influencing business discussions. (Essential)
• Managing and / or undertaking consistent and suitable reporting (up, sideways and / or to the frontline) to provide confidence that the business area supported is compliant with all SHE requirements (Essential)

ABOUT THE ROLE

You will develop and embed the SHE assurance strategy and frameworks to ensure compliance with Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) regulation within and external to TfL. One of your most valuable contributions in this role will be developing and maintaining the systems and tools used by the SHE Assurance Team and key business areas, for collating information from assurance activities, and providing insight to be shared across TfL.
The SHE Directorate has undergone an exciting transformation, and this role provides an exciting opportunity to make a positive impact and truly shape the future direction of safety, health and environment at TfL and ultimately across London.