Description
Summary
Purpose: Our HSE Advisor will assist the Group HSE & Business Continuity Manager with the delivery and on-going development of health, safety and environment provision, ensuring a high quality, legally compliant, customer focused, professional service at all times, at all AQA sites.Landscape: The HSE Advisor is part of the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) team who lead the Group HSE compliance activities. This role will be responsible for supporting the HSE function in gathering and maintaining its data and providing organisational and planning support to help it deliver its workstreams.
Working directly with the national site based HSE team but with daily interactions with wider Workplace team and Operational colleagues. The role directly reports to the Group HSE & Business Continuity Manager but will work closely with the Head of Workplace Experience and Sustainability. The role forms part of a well-respected wider Workplace team which boasts one of the highest departments score within AQA in our latest engagement survey.
Key stakeholder relationships with the Operational Leaders and other Senior Managers, whilst ensuring delivery of customer satisfaction for our colleagues who use the office spaces.
Activities:
To play a key, pivotal role in implementing the HSE working practices and SLA’s to ensure we can deliver an exceptional experience to all users of the AQA estate and smart (hybrid) workers
Providing a customer centric workplace experience whilst representing AQA in a positive, professional manner
Provide a comprehensive health, safety and environment advisory service to AQA managers and staff enabling all legal obligations to be met and best practice implemented
Identify areas for continuous improvement of the HSE function
Ensures all practices, systems and processes are thoroughly documented and compliant reducing the potential of risk to the organisation to minimise any financial impact
Implements and promotes the effective operation of the group health, safety and environment policies and procedures, including the monitoring and measuring of systems where appropriate
Carry out the internal HSE auditing programme with efficiency and effectiveness to ensure legal and best practice compliance
Undertake specialist risk assessments, investigations and auditing to defined procedures and protocols to ensure legal and best practice compliance
To investigate accident reports and near miss incidents to minimise reoccurrence and where required
Collate HSE performance data required and preparation of reports, including annual compliance reports
Undertake monitoring of action plans arising from internal and external audits and providing reports to the Group HSE & Business Continuity Manager
Develop and deliver high quality and impact training courses and initiatives (where necessary)
Apply specialist knowledge of high-risk activities undertaken by staff and advise on appropriateness of health and safety arrangements
Support the Group HSE & Business Continuity Manager in the development of a business response and necessary plans of action to new and amended health and safety legislation
Assist with the management the departmental mailbox and departmental shared drives
Attend internal/external meetings and health and safety committees when required
Support the sustainability function and wider Workplace Team with key activities and project work as required.
To be successful in this role, you will need to know:
Extensive knowledge of Health, Safety and Environment management systems and the necessary recording, auditing and measuring systems to ensure compliance
Hold NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health or NEBOSH General Certificate with relevant H&S experience
Excellent data management skills to organise and maintain data from multiple sources and in multiple formats
Excellent programme and time management skills with the ability to thrive in pressurised situations across multiple workstreams
Have a “step up” mindset: use sound judgement and initiative to deliver
Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail, accuracy and ownership of processes and service delivery
Base competencies such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook (essential)
Ability to resolve issues and problems by gathering information, pertinent facts, and situational analysis to arrive at sound conclusions and take appropriate actions
Accomplished communication skills: written and oral
Continuous improvement ethos to develop and enhance processes to build efficiencies
Demonstrate attention to detail and ownership of processes and service delivery.