A great opportunity to work as an EMEA Life Safety Manager for G4S

The rate of pay is £56,000 per year

**You must have previous Management experience at a similar level**

Your Time at Work

The Life Safety Manager will ensure:
(a) The establishment and ongoing promotion of a 'fit for purpose' health and safety service to the business in EMEA.
(b) Through a process of regular risk assessment and continuous improvement, maintain a safe and secure systems of work for all the bank's regional operations; and
(c) That the operations and activities of the bank in the region can be demonstrated to be compliant with all corporate standards and relevant local health and safety legislation and regulation

Our Perfect Worker

Main Duties & Responsibilities

- At least 5 years experience working at an operational and tactical level in a large multinational organisation.
- Business change management experience in challenging conditions.
- Experience of collating information, canvassing opinions from a diverse group of stakeholders, and presenting findings in a clear and concise documentary manner.
- Solution orientated - experience of dealing with a range of difficult health and safety issues (ideally including dealing with the HSE) and of dealing with related occupational health and HR aspects/implications.
- Experience of developing, monitoring, and maintaining effective H&S management systems, preferably at organisational level.
- Experience of working with other H&S teams and clients to ensure H&S issues are effectively identified and dealt with; and
- Experience of managing both technical and business projects, managing risk, finances, and other resources effectively

Technical Skills / Qualifications

- Good knowledge of the risk management principles, tool, and techniques
- Investigative and report writing skills.
- Safety auditing skills preferable.
- Knowledge of building safety strategies including Fire Safety essential.
- Good basic project management skills preferable - Level 6 specific qualifications in safety management as laid out by the Regulated qualifications framework (e.g., NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent). Essential
- Membership of Health and Safety professional body and evidence of audited continuing professional development essential; and
- Independent worker with good knowledge of MS Office packages and IT literate essential.

Key Information and Benefits

- As part of the wider Life Safety team, contribute to devise, develop, and maintain the regional corporate safety management system that are comprehensive, practical, and specific.
- To keep fully informed and up to date on legislation and developments affecting health and safety at work in the assigned sites and wider region and to advise on the implications thereof, recommend amendments to safety management system and procedures and offer advice as needed.
- Contribute to promote a culture of safety amongst employees and vendors as well as partner organisations and other service providers by provision, organisation, and support of systems of information, instruction training and supervision. In addition to providing a referral and support function to all bank business and support service groups by acting as advisor upon request in life safety matters arising from their activities and management of third parties.
- To provide competent technical advice on all health and safety at work matters, but with primary responsibility for issues that are directly related to people rather than property.
- To undertake or cause to undertake safety risk assessments as well as audits as part of the Safety Management Program, together with safety monitoring activities to ensure the effective implementation of safety management systems and legal requirements.
- Report on inspections, recommend specific action, and monitor implementation.
- Create and test site emergency action plans covering all aspects (including ERT membership databases and locations information) to ensure that potential external and internal events necessitating an evacuation, invacuation or emergency responses are identified to prevent or mitigate an exposure should the occurrences of such nature be realised.
- To contribute to manage and regularly review a comprehensive Health and Safety education and awareness programme for the associates in the international sites, ensuring effective outcomes, value for money and appropriate attendance.
- To contribute to and to provide technical assistance to the Regional and local health and safety committee(s) and, to advise departmental committees on health and safety matters, attending such meetings as may be necessary.
- To investigate occurrences of workplace accidents, illness etc. To collate this information for the purposes of root cause and trend analysis and targeted mitigation; and
- To respond to technical queries forwarded to the group life safety inbox.
- To assist in supporting the current life safety administrator with appropriate training and practical exercises.
- To undertake any other duties that may reasonably be requested appropriate to the role.

Job ref: 1G4S (G1)

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