Health & Safety Business Partner - Retail (Scotland)

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Work type: Full time
Site: Glasgow
Categories: Central Support
Location: Glasgow
Salary: C.£35,000pa plus aligned company benefits (commensurate with experience)
Business Area: Halfords Support Centre

Job Outline

• Support a robust and sustainable health and safety transition across multiple sites, whilst overcoming cultural and behavioural challenges.
• Monitor and steer progress whilst identifying the impact of safety processes and practices, ensuring these are implemented to the highest possible standards.
• To build rapport and strengthen relationships across the Halfords Group to both empower & promote colleagues to take ownership of health & safety.
• Continually challenge management and associated colleagues to stay focused on business-critical risks.

Key Responsibilities

• To proactively assist with the development, implementation, monitoring, and review of all health & safety strategies, policies, standards, and procedures throughout the Halfords Group.
• To support and play an active role in delivering the Halfords Group Health & Safety Roadmap.
• To undertake audits and workplace/area inspections to proactively identify where health & safety management practices and overall standards can be improved.
• Provide written reports by the way of inspection, visible safety leadership (VSL), and monthly summaries where necessary to assist Halfords in implementing solutions to improve its overall health & safety performance.
• To undertake investigations for all accidents, incidents, significant events, and safety concerns as required to identify both root cause and preventative measures to prevent reoccurrence.
• Provide both competent and expert advice on all health & safety matters that arise when called upon.
• Prioritise and respond to safety concerns identified from colleagues, contractors, and visitors who enter any Halfords Group operation.
• Liaise with enforcement agencies in conjunction with both the Senior Health & Safety Business Partner and Group Head of Health & Safety.
• To contribute to the design, development, production, and delivery of training materials including (but not limited to) risk assessments, safe working procedures, manual handling, traffic management, wellbeing & welfare, vehicle operations, housekeeping standards, PUWER, LOLER etc., ensuring that appropriate records are kept, and quality of content meets the specific requirements of the Group.
• Assist the Group Head of Health & Safety and Senior Health & Safety Business Partner in maintaining effective working relationships with Halfords Directors, Managers, Colleagues, Trade Unions, Partners, Contractors, and all other relevant stakeholders.
• Identify, promote, and raise awareness of 'Good Practice' throughout the Halfords Group.
• To liaise and support the Halfords Group on all matters concerned or connected with Employee and Public Liability whilst maintaining the strictest confidentiality at all times.
• Assist management and departmental heads with site improvement plans to aid continuous improvement in all matters related to health & safety.
• Support and participate in department, corporate, individual, and sponsored projects.
• Represent the Halfords Group in a positive manner.
• Ensure you maintain a healthy and safe working life balance whilst working for the Halfords Group.

Key Skills & Experiences

• Minimum of 5 years' experience within a health & safety advisor or business partner position.
• Experience within a multi-site and business function role.
• Proven record of promoting a positive health & safety performance culture.
• Ability to influence, persuade and negotiate with both internal & external stakeholders at a management level.
• Good understanding of PUWER.
• Good understanding of LOLER.
• Flexible and able to work independently.
• Strong organisational & planning skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Good navigation for the use of Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• NEBOSH Diploma or Safety Diploma / NVQ 6.
• NEBOSH Construction Certificate.
• Automotive sector experience.
• Experience in behavioural based safety.
• Self-Driven to succeed.
• Claims defensibility trained or considerable experience.
• Experience in manual handling.
• Experience in fire risk assessments.
• First Aid trained.
• IOSH Membership (Associate / Member).