She Advisor

**Job reference number** **294632**

Salary £49,742 - £53,359 per annum (dependent on experience) plus future incremental pay progression
10% bonus potential

£1,500 electric car allowance per annum
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Pension scheme

Permanent, full time, 41 hours per week

Royal Mail is transforming; it’s an exciting period as we adapt and invest in cutting edge technology as we continue to transform into a highly efficient, delivery business for the future. Automated parcel ‘super’ hubs are opening, our green credentials are growing as our vehicles are going electric and most importantly, we put people at the heart of our business.

With a property portfolio of 2,500 and the UKs largest fleet of approx. 50,000 vehicles, this is a great time to join a UK wide, large-scale organisation. Our organisation is huge and so is our safety responsibility. To support this, we have a vacancy for a **Safety Advisor **to join our team and cover the Oxford, Reading and Swindon region.

**The role**

Working with the Strategic Safety Business Partner, Safety team and senior stakeholders, you’ll be accountable for a large geographical area to support the implementation of safety standards and programmes to reduce safety risks and impacts nationally.

You’ll be responsible for completing comprehensive annual integrated audits for approx. 35 sites which will include delivery offices, collection hubs and admin buildings. This will involve taking ownership of the planning, scheduling, conducting audits and sharing the outputs to drive safety, improve performance and ensure legal compliance.

As the designated SIO, you’ll conduct safety risk assessments, undertake serious/fatal incident investigations and business partner with the Regional Operational Director (ROD) by providing support and direction, participate in ROD weekly calls, provide robust data and attend the safety committee meetings.

With a passion for safety, you’ll deliver safety coaching, training, upskilling, advice and support to the Royal Mail Group management teams, including the engineering functions and have a critical focus on high-risk parts of the operation, driving up compliance to the Safety Health and Environment Management System (SHEMS).

The role is big, with potentially demanding timescales, however the rewards will be vast. You’ll have ownership of your audit plans, manage your own diary, priorities and schedule your own site audits. Furthermore, you’ll have the opportunity to develop your safety career with one of the UKs largest organisations.

**Location**
The role is to cover Oxford, Reading and Swindon and will require continued flexibility to support managers over a 24-hour operation. This will involve periods of travel, overnight stays, on a workload demand basis. Coverage is c35 Units; c600 - 2,000 commercial vehicles and c600 - 3,000 people.

**About you**
From a safety background, you need to demonstrate the following skills and experience on your CV:

- Holder of NEBOSH certificate or equivalent and IOSH technical level membership (essential)
- Experience of conducting risk assessments, investigations, inspections and audits
- Strong influencing at frontline to senior level, leadership and coaching skills.
- Experience of a safety role within manufacturing, distribution or logistics industry would be beneficial.
- Experience in taking responsibility for resolving safety, health and/or environmental issues.
- Able to understand and analyse basic safety and environmental data.
- Able to prioritise activities and plans time effectively.
- IT literate and able to write reports and undertake detailed investigations.
- Fully flexible, with the ability to travel/cover a large geographical area.
- A full, UK driving licence in your current address (essential)

**Next Steps**

**Interviews**:Competancy based interviews will take place at the end of May/early June via teams

**Extra Benefits**
- ** RMG Share Schemes** - partnership and matching share offer
- ** 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**:

- Access to our **Feeling First Class** service, providing both mental and physical wellbeing support
- **Lifestyle benefits** - You can purchase a car, bike, home technology or mobile phone, or choose from a range of health benefits and insurance products. You make regular payments from your salary, and so could save on tax*.
- **Financial support**:

- information and services to help you manage debt and grow your financial knowledge, with debt consolidation & savings plans*
- **Your peace of mind with** - Healthcare CashPlan, Dental Cover, Additional Life (life insurance) & Additional Life Partner, Hospital & Death Benefit Plans; Volunta