The role
Reporting to the Director of Health and Safety, the Corporate Health and Safety Manager will be responsible for the development and support on the effective delivery of the health and safety management system within BNPPRE, covering Corporate inclusive of Central Functions, Residential and Commercial (excluding Property Management) business divisions providing excellent technical knowledge and advise. They will also play a critical role in supporting BNPPRE estate teams working across our national Strutt and Parker offices.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide guidance and advice on health and safety risk management across BNPPRE organisation to the business operational division leads and to influence a culture of best practice.
* Create and review policies, procedures, forms, and guidance documents as needed, considering best practise and improvement opportunities.
* Support the Director of Health and Safety in reporting and updating. Prepare slide decks for reporting of progress, projects and risk exposure (data).
* Identify national legislative regulatory changes and best practice, highlighting to business key changes and potential risk exposure.
* Demonstrate leadership in health and safety issues, ensuring that the H&S Management System and Standards are readily used across all business lines and across the BNPPRE Estate, involving coaching of the Operational Teams.
* Develop an audit programme, to enable compliance measurement reporting of health and safety against the agreed company standards to Senior Management, inclusive of compliance status report and associated action plan as necessary, where the company is non-compliant.
* Manage health and safety training, inclusive of creating a training matrix to enable a gap analysis to identify and create a training programme, inclusive of budget estimation. Train and influence staff through training programmes and presentations.
* Facilitate the Corporate Health and Safety Working Group on behalf of the Chief Operating Officer and to establish a Health and Safety Committee for the BNPPRE and Strutt & Parker Offices.
* Lead on high level incident investigations, producing an investigation report inclusive of root cause analysis and making recommendations to prevent reoccurrence. Consulting with our key stakeholders on key learning opportunities and providing the business with incident trend analysis.
* Overseeing supplier relationships and ensuring contractual requirements are met, with our key suppliers i.e., Lone Worker Solutions, Posturite, Ideagen and Posturite.
* Supporting the business on tender submissions inclusive of Health and Safety and pre-qualification requirements for our supply chain with key stakeholder groups.
* Establish a system of dashboard reporting to the Statutory Board, Excom and the business line executives. Provide advice to the various boards on all Health and Safety matters.
* Consult with health and safety management specialists elsewhere in the organisation to ensure common standards of best practice are achieved throughout the company’s operations.
* Manage the company internal health and safety Echonet intranet page and SharePoint to ensure the latest policies, procedures and guidance is available.
* Corporate H&S budget responsibility in providing budget proposals, spend estimated and tracking spend to ensure forecasts are met.
* Support H&S Management System in accordance with working towards achieving ISO 45001 standard and facilitate the document library.
Person specification
Qualifications And Experience
* National General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health – accredited by NEBOSH (essential)
* Working towards National Diploma (level 5/6) in Occupational Safety and Health (or similar i.e. NVQ) – accredited by NEBOSH.
* Proven track record of corporate health and safety within organisations with a large portfolio background.
* Customer focused style and approach, with an engaging, likeable communication character
* Excellent understanding of all Health & Safety legislation and mandatory and statutory requirements for building compliance
* Collaborative team player with an adaptable and pragmatic approach. Used to working within a multi stakeholder environment.
* Able to engage with other H&S teams within the organisation.
* Member of IOSH or equivalent professional body or working towards accreditation.
Personal Attributes
* Strong organisational skills to handle a large and varied workload.
* Self-motivated and an ambition to deliver without constant oversight and management.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to liaise with internal and external stakeholders.
* Empathetic and friendly communicator with a focus on customer team support
* Business partner approach within internal teams "How can I help you" attitude.
* Skilled in building relationships within the business and able to use initiative to progress tasks/activities balanced with knowing when to seek advice.
* High degree of professionalism and integrity, with the ability to be discreet.
* Conscientious and delivers on commitments to meet the needs of the business.
* A continuous improvement mindset, constantly looking for ways to deliver the best possible service to the team and the wider business.
* Flexible and enjoys being part of a wider team.
* Value diversity and inclusion the workplace.
We are proud to offer award-winning benefits to support and reward our employees:
* Health & Leisure: Private medical cover, 25 days annual leave + public holidays (the option of purchasing up to 5 additional days via flex benefits), health screening, gym discounts, wellbeing support, volunteering opportunities, cycle to work scheme, eye care voucher, travel & retail discounts, travel insurance, concierge service, kids pass, open fairways golf card, great company culture and social events (including sports teams, charity events, art pass), perks at work
* Financial: Pension, life assurance at 8 x basic salary, group income protection (long term disability insurance), interest free season ticket loan, bonus scheme - you will be eligible to participate in the Company’s Bonus Scheme, share incentive plan, financial and mortgage advice
BNP Paribas Real Estate is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, colour, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.