Health & Safety Training and Communications Lead

Competitive salary, £4,800 Car allowance or £4,300 cash equivalent, plus healthcare, 18% annual bonus potential with 27.5 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days after 10 years' service and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates.

Permanent, Full time Location: This is a national working role with travel to Royal Mail Group sites including regular team meetings in our London Farringdon office. The role requires flexibility in line with business needs.

Royal Mail Group is seeking a dynamic and innovative Health & Safety Training and Communications Lead to create impactful H&S training and communication programmes across Royal Mail Group. Reporting directly to the Head of H&S Governance and Assurance, you will play a crucial role in mitigating risk and driving compliance so that H&S training and communication programmes are aligned to the overall H&S strategy and organisational profile.

About the role

As the Health & Safety Training and Communications Lead, you will:

• Develop and implement H&S training and communication programmes.
• Provide insights into health and safety trends, gaps, and areas for improvement.
• Align programmes with the overall H&S strategy and organizational profile.

Key Accountabilities:

• Annual Communication Plan: Create and align with the H&S strategy, focusing on compliance and risk management.
• Lead Contact: Collaborate with Royal Mail Group Communications teams for all H&S-related communications and help embed safety message in overall business communications.
• Training Development: Partner with Learning Services to develop and maintain H&S training materials.
• Upskilling: Ensure H&S Field Team is proficient in training materials.
• Web-Based Training: Deploy and deliver H&S web-based training modules.
• Audit Integration: Incorporate audit findings and emerging risks into training and communication plans.
• Data Analysis: Use metrics to review and focus training and communication activities.
• Event Management: Plan and manage national H&S events.
• SHE Knowledge Database: Support the maintenance and governance of standards.
• Engaging Content: Create engaging content for the H&S function.

About You

We are looking for a candidate with the following skills, experience, and industry qualifications:

• Design and Innovation: Strong design capability and innovative approaches, outside-of-the-box thinking.
• Proactive Approach: Confidently handle competing demands with excellent prioritisation and planning skills.
• Communication: Excellent communicator, able to engage, consult, influence, negotiate, and challenge while recognising alternative views.
• Presentation: Excellent presentational skills, delivering with confidence and clarity.
• Relationship Building: Capable of building effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels.
• Self-Motivation: Requires limited supervision and is focused on achieving objectives.
• Teamwork: Works well both as part of a team and on an individual basis.
• Training Background: Strong training background, able to effectively support the design and deployment of training content.
• Engagement and Communications: Experience in engagement and communications within a large complex organisation.
• Senior Management Experience: Experience functioning at a senior management level in a large complex organisation.
• Health and Safety Knowledge: Excellent knowledge of Health and Safety legislation.
• Programme Development: Proven record of developing plans and implementing programmes.
• RMG Operations Knowledge: Desirable.

Qualifications:

• Essential Level 6 Occupational Health and Safety Practitioner qualification or NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent) or NEBOSH certificate and actively working towards a level 6 Occupational Health and Safety Practitioner qualification Or CIPD Training Qualification.
• Certified Member of the IOSH or equivalent professional safety body or equivalent; or working towards this qualification.

Extra Benefits

• Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave.
• Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills.
• Supportive and generous company sick pay.
• Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life.

Next Steps

Closing Date: Monday 21st April 2025. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached. The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face interview consisting of competency based, role specific questions and presentation.

Royal Mail Group values both trust and our people. We don’t expect every candidate to meet the full criteria for the role. If your experience looks a little different from the job requirements, but you feel you have the relevant skills to bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you.

Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve.