Health & Safety Advisor

Health & Safety Advisor
Full time - Permanent - 37½ Hours per week

Based at Newbridge, Edinburgh

At Scotmid Co-operative, we are focused on serving our local communities and improving people’s everyday lives. We have been doing this for more than 160 years, and through the dedication of our incredible team and membership, we are committed to supporting our communities for generations to come.

We are excited to present a fantastic opening for a Health & Safety Advisor within the Scotmid team. We are seeking a forward-thinking Health & Safety professional, with broad experience across a range of health and safety areas. The Health & Safety advisor is a key role, with influence across all business areas.
The role provides a great opportunity to be hands-on when needed, while also working at a strategic level, harnessing the power of data analytics and insights to direct our health and safety approach.

With a workforce of around 3,500 colleagues, and a presence across the retail, funeral, distribution, and property sectors, safeguarding health and safety stands as a key priority for Scotmid. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to improving people’s lives right from day one. If this aligns with your aspirations, we would love to hear from you.

The Role

As our Health & Safety Advisor, you will champion a positive safety culture within our Society, making a significant impact on all business areas and in our 260 sites throughout Scotland, England, and Northern
Ireland. As a key member of our multidisciplinary Services team, you will be at the heart of our safety initiatives, working closely with our divisions to ensure compliance and best practice.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Proactive Guidance: Providing expert advice to ensure health and safety is at the forefront and guidance on all matters related to Health & of our operations and projects. Engaging with

Safety, promoting a culture of safety awareness external stakeholders and contractors on key and continuous improvement. focus areas.
- Risk Management: Conducting thorough risk **Data-Driven Insights: Utilising data analytics assessments, identifying potential hazards, and to inform safety decisions, identifying trends, implementing effective mitigation strategies to and proactively addressing potential areas of ensure the well-being of our staff and customers. concern.**:

- Management of Accidents: Including Regulatory Compliance: Staying up-to-date investigations, reporting, managing insurance with the latest Health & Safety regulations and claims, trend analysis and identifying remedial ensuring our business operations align with works. legal requirements. Managing our online health
- Training and Education: Developing and & safety compliance management tool. delivering engaging Health and Safety training **Presentations: to Executive Team and Board programs that empower our team members at on health & safety activity and strategy and all levels, fostering a sense of ownership and chairing health and safety meetings internally responsibility. and externally.**
- Stakeholder management and contract management: working with all business areas _continues overleaf_

You will have a minimum of three years’ experience in a similar Health & Safety position and will preferably have multi-site experience. Excellent communication skills are a must for this position, as well as a meticulous attention to detail.

Ideally, you will have experience of developing and presenting Health and Safety programmes to all levels of staff. You will have the ability to multi-task and enjoy working in a fast-paced organisation. You will be Proficient in Microsoft Office suite and have familiarity with data-driven decision-making. A full, clean driving licence is essential for this role as travel around the Society’s sites forms a large part of the role. A company car will be allocated for this purpose. Overnight stays will be required on occasions.

You will have the following qualifications:

- NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health (or equivalent)
- NEBOSH International Certificate in Fire Safety - desirable
- Qualification in asbestos, legionella and COSHH management - desirable
- Full, clean driving license.

What We Offer:

- Competitive salary and benefits package (DOE)
- Collaborative and dynamic work environment where employee wellbeing is prioritised
- Continuous learning and development opportunities
- Hybrid working
- Flexitime
- Service-related enhancement to annual leave
- Company Sick Pay
- Company car

Application Process

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £30,000.00-£35,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Flexitime

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Ratho Station

Application deadline: 23/09/2023