Group Head of Health

3 weeks ago


Farnborough, United Kingdom QinetiQ Full time

Role Purpose

The Group Technology and Operational Excellence Function (GTOE) provides leadership for technical and operational excellence across QinetiQ Group, our customers, and partners to deliver operational advantage.

Part of GTOE, the Safety Excellence Team enables the Operating Sectors for QinetiQ Group, in the area of Health & Safety through the provision of group standards, policy governance and approaches to help enable a safe working environment for the benefit of all our stakeholders.

This role will have global impact on safety processes, policy, culture, and performance and play a key part in safely enabling our people and customers.

Key Accountabilities

Design, control, monitor and review the global health and safety audit and assurance strategy, process and framework, collectively known as the plan. The plan should satisfy the requirements of ISO 45001, legislation and other requirements plus deliver governance of 1st and 3rd line assurance activities.

Collaborate with global stakeholders to implement the above ensuring that each legal entity has appropriate content in the management system for audit and assurance.

Provide consultative input to global management system documents and their deployment anticipating future audit and assurance requirements.

Act as the point of contact for external safety audits and where requested regulator visits/liaison.

Deliver 2nd line global health and safety audit and assurance to plan or as directed in response to an emerging issue.

Produce reports satisfying various business needs for the area of accountability.

Maintain SQEP by continuous professional development of all team members and appropriate understanding of the global business undertaking.

Provide global audit and assurance data to enable knowledge management, continual improvement and cross-organisational learning.

Use audit and assurance outputs to inform global risk profile and required corrective/preventive actions.

Monitor service levels and team adherence to the plan.

Ensure actions raised are SMART and closed with demonstrable evidence and escalate delinquency in circumstances where inaction may result in injury, non-compliance or reputational damage.

Key Capabilities/Knowledge

Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage with and influence colleagues globally across all levels of the organisation.

Solution-focused with the ability to think creatively and exercise sound judgement in scoping, developing and coordinating global health and safety assurance and audit.

Creative approach to problem solving, whilst being able to complete, finish and deliver to defined deadlines.

Capability to provide a global approach, maintaining an appropriate level of strategic direction, without losing sight of the need to be practical to help embed and operationalise any approach.

Excellent written and oral communication skills; able to express complex issues using clear and accurate language.

Leadership skills demonstrating strong planning and management skills. Experience in developing and leading high performance and self-directed teams. Ability to use sound judgment and critical thinking skills.

Project management skills to establish priorities and deadlines, obtains necessary resources, and oversees implementation.

Technical skills able to demonstrate high proficiency in the discipline.

Experience & Qualifications

Essential Experience

Significant experience (10 years +) post qualification as a health and safety practitioner in a senior leadership or managerial role.

Working within a highly matrixed organisation, collaborating broadly across functions, businesses, and levels, where influence is required to be successful.

Practical experience (as a health & safety professional) of assurance and/or auditing processes, reporting, KPIs and performance insights and how they fit into the overall governance frameworks.

Development of group-wide health and safety policies, standards, processes, and tools.

Formal investigative interviewing training.

Experienced IRCA approved lead auditor.

Working in a health and safety function in an international or global capacity.

Systems development/implementation experience required.

Experience of managing multiple streams of activities with conflicting priorities.

Extensive experience of working with and knowledge of how to identify international and country specific health and safety laws.

Working in industry.

Desirable Experience

Project/programme management experience desirable.

Essential Qualifications

Recognised health & safety qualification (e.g. NEBOSH certificate or diploma or equivalent).

Desirable Qualifications

Chartered member of IOSH, or equivalent professional body, or working towards this.

Why join QinetiQ?

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