Classifications
Health and Safety Manager - London
ROLE PURPOSE:
The Health and Safety Manager will ensure that Global Banking School complies with all relevant Health and Safety legislation across all campuses. They will create and implement health and safety policies in accordance with the latest legislation and to ensure that these policies are implemented by management and employees. To establish, manage and monitor standards, processes, communications, training, and systems to ensure all responsibilities associated with Health and Safety across all Global Banking School campuses are adhered to.
Main Responsibilities
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Management, development, and implementation of the Company’s Health & Safety Policy
- Ensure a safe workplace environment without risk to health.
- Ensure that all Health & Safety policies, procedures, rules, and regulations are adhered to and are regularly reviewed, updated, and communicated.
- Ensure the Company meets its statutory obligations in all areas pertaining to health, safety, and welfare at work, including statutory training and reporting.
- Ensure the completion and regular review of risk assessments for all work equipment and operations.
- To oversee the auditing of sites and visit site/customer/employee(s) as required if a team member, senior manager, or Director has raised a concern which requires further investigation and escalation.
- Ensure that safety inspections are carried out, fire drills and fire alarms are correctly reported, safety inspections, risk assessments and lone working procedures are managed, and employees are aware of their responsibilities.
- Co-ordinate the development of health & safety policies, systems of work and procedures.
- Ensure full and accurate health and safety and training records are maintained.
- Establish a full programme of documented health & safety inspections, audits and checks.
- Establish a structured programme of health & safety training throughout the Company.
- Liaise with external health & safety consultants in the provision of training programmes and health and safety services.
- To investigate and record incidents, accidents and near-misses, and report as appropriate, for example file RIDDOR reports, and recommended improvements implemented.
- To manage the internal health and safety audit function and ensure any non-conformances are actioned and closed out.
- To produce a monthly trend, report on accidents, near hits and fire risk assessments as part of the executive board report.
- To provide competent advice on current regulations, legislation, policy and procedures.
- Ensure that all agreed action points are completed within deadlines.
- Keep up to date with all aspects of relevant health, safety & welfare at work legislation and communicate relevant changes to the business.
Requirements
Essential Skills and Experience
- Significant Health and Safety experience
- Educated to degree level, and/or qualified to NVQ5/NEBOSH Diploma level:
- Handling of H&S investigations.
- Experience of formulating, implementing, and revising H&S policies and procedures.
- Ability to work co-operatively with others to complete tasks and implement process improvements.
- Confidential in all matters professional approach, coupled with strong interpersonal skills.
- Excellent planning, organizational and time management skills.
- Excellent verbal, written communication, and presentation skills.
- Strong IT skills
- Ability to work on own initiative.
Other Information
OTHER INFORMATION
The Health and Safety Manager will also be expected to demonstrate their commitment:
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to GBS values and regulations, including equal opportunities policy.
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the GBS’s Social, Economic and Environmental responsibilities and minimise environmental impact in the performance of the role and actively contribute to the delivery of GBS’s Environmental Policy.
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to their Health and Safety responsibilities to ensure their contribution to a safe and secure working environment for staff, students, and other visitors to the campus.