Health & Safety Manager in Dunfermline

We are currently looking for a Health and Safety Manager to join the team at the Scottish SPCA. This is a hybrid role based at our HQ in Dunfermline with a combination of home working and regular travel across Scotland. If this sounds like a role you would be interested in, please read on for more information.

Hours – 35 hours per week

Salary – Starting salary £38,693.20 - £44,480.80 per annum

Contract Type – Permanent

About the Scottish SPCA: Since 1839 the Scottish SPCA has existed for one reason – to make Scotland the best place in the world for an animal to call home. We rescue, protect and lead the conversation on animal welfare. We are Scotland’s animal champions.

As Health & Safety Manager you will be responsible for the implementation of the Society’s health and safety strategy and in leading the development of appropriate policies, practices and reporting procedures. You will provide expert advice and assurance, ensuring compliance with health, safety and environmental legislation, to promote a safety culture that protects our colleagues, volunteers, contractors and visitors while supporting high standards of animal welfare.

In providing an advisory service to management, you will build strong relationships and influence managers at all levels, ensuring nominated colleagues are aware of their individual responsibilities and are trained and supported to carry them out competently. You will balance the requirement for legal compliance with the operational needs of the Society and build workplaces where a positive safety culture becomes part of how we operate as a charity.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Inspire the team: You will inspire the Society to embrace a positive health & safety culture, champion us to perform to a high standard, while ensuring you build a shared purpose on health and safety to take people on the journey with you.
• Meeting statutory obligations: You will ensure the Society meets its statutory obligations and act as the Society’s “Competent Person” in relation to health and safety legislation, regulations and standards. You will be responsible for internal audits, health and safety related investigations and liaising with regulatory bodies on SHE standards and for the facilitation of any external audit requirements.
• Providing expertise, support and advice: You will assist all levels of management to implement and comply with legislative requirements, building the right policies and procedures, preparing the right guidance, building the right training and giving advice on preventative measures to minimise risk.
• Incident and risk management: You will implement suitable control measures and lead on building effective risk management procedures which enable the Society to investigate incidents effectively, meet our statutory reporting requirements, identify root causes, analyse trends and support recommendations that promote continuous improvement in our safety awareness and culture.
• Monitoring progress: You will monitor the compliance of our health and safety records, ensuring appropriate reporting, KPI measures, identification of emerging risks and supporting health and safety performance reporting to the leadership team and Trustees as required.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Prepare, review, update and provide guidance to ensure our health and safety policies and procedures are simple, accessible and focus on materiality to inform best practice across all the Society.
• Support the operational teams to develop safe systems of work relating to work environments; including areas such as animal handling and restraint, work practices within animal housing facilities and biosecurity and hazardous materials protocols.
• Develop and oversee Society-wide risk assessment processes which are focused on higher risk activities.
• Develop and implement internal inspection and audit programmes.
• Support managers in managing workplace health and safety risks, ensuring appropriate advice and recommendations to promote colleague and volunteer wellbeing.
• Ensure compliance with all UK health & safety legislation and regulations and monitor any legislative changes and to ensure implementation of necessary Society updates.
• Monitor compliance with policies and procedures, including the implementation as necessary of workplace inspections, audits and corrective actions.
• Carry out investigations of accidents, dangerous occurrences and near misses, including giving advice on preventative measures to minimise risk.
• Working collaboratively across the Society to identify opportunities to strengthen health and safety effectiveness and enhance consistency in how safe practices are adopted across the Society.
• Liaising with operational managers and learning & development colleagues on training requirements and the development of in-house and external courses on mandatory health and safety subjects.

Please see full Job Description link for more detailed information on the role.

What makes a good Health and Safety Manager?

You will have worked in a dedicated Health and Safety role for at least 3 years, preferably working in a multi-site operational setting. You will be qualified at a NEBOSH Diploma level or equivalent. You will have a NEBOSH certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management and a Technical IOSH membership. You will have in-depth knowledge of health and safety legislation and regulations and a clear understanding of how these can be effectively implemented in complex, challenging and/or emotionally charged environments. You will understand how purpose-driven organisations think and act and how to engage teams on health and safety topics who deliver care and service every single day. Leveraging your excellent stakeholder management skills, you can influence decisions and develop approaches which embed safe ways of working in everything we do. Your strong attention to detail and a pragmatic approach means that while policies and practices are grounded in compliance, they are easy to implement and manage for the operational teams.

Additional relevant criteria

• Full driving licence required
• Flexibility and ability to undertake regular travel and overnight stays

We are fortunate that some of our roles attract a high level of interest therefore, we may have to close roles earlier than advertised. Early application submissions are highly recommended. This also means that we cannot provide individual feedback to unsuccessful candidates due to receiving high levels of applications.