Health and Safety Advisor

The FA is looking for a Health,Safety & Risk Advisor - Events to provide a high quality, well-informed and consistent event health & safety service to the Wembley Stadium Operations team and the FA On The Road Team by:

- ensuring that all events and the overlay installed at the Stadium for those events are designed, planned, installed, operated and removed in a safe manner and in line with all relevant laws, rules, guidelines & regulations, and in keeping with industry best practice,
- acting as the key point of advice on health and safety matters for the event delivery teams, and the key contact for regulatory authorities on matters of health and safety,
- seeking opportunities to highlight and discuss safety related matters, promoting a pro-active safety culture and ensuring that H&S remains firmly on everyone's agenda,
- driving continual improvement in health and safety standards and performance through a sensible, risk-based approach.

This role encompasses ‘bowl' events, conference & banqueting events and the provision of advice to support FA ‘on-the-road' events across England.

**What will you be doing?**
- Ensure Wembley National Stadium is a safe venue during events and event-related activities.
- Act as H&S advisor to both the Stadium event delivery team and the FA Events team, providing high quality, well-informed and consistent event health & safety expertise & advice.
- Actively seek and review all plans, method statements, technical calculations, certifications, insurances and other safety related documentation in advance of all events so all potential risks are identified & understood.
- Support the Event Team in the production of all safety related documentation required of the venue in advance of events e.g. Event Risk Assessments, Method Statements, capacity calculations etc.
- To be present on-site during periods of high risk activity and act as Wembley's senior H&S representative (e.g. stage construction & removal, production load-in & load-out, testing of special effects), monitoring & auditing activities, highlighting areas of concern and making interventions as required via the appropriate channels.
- Work closely with the Event Owners and /or their nominated H&S representative(s), ensuring that they have a full understanding of the Stadium safety rules & regulations and what is required of them during event installations, operations & removals.
- Both in advance of and during events, act as a conduit between LBB Licensing Officers, the Event Organisers and the Event Team, ensuring that a pragmatic, consistent, informed & solutions-driven approach to Health & Safety is adopted wherever practicable.
- Implement and develop the Football Association Health and Safety Management System.
- Ensure full & detailed investigations are carried out into all event related accidents and near misses, utilising the appropriate staff depending upon the nature of the incident and that any lessons learnt are documented and disseminated as appropriate.
- Provide written event H&S documents and reports as required including policies, procedures, performance reports and trend analysis of accidents and incidents.
- To provide all internal departments with H&S support and advice in relation to their event day operations, assisting in particular with risk assessments, method statements and safety training as appropriate, ensuring a consistent approach across the organisation.
- Undertake inspections and audits of internal departments and contracted service providers to assess and improve health and safety performance.
- Execute additional tasks as required in order to meet the stadium and FA group priorities.
- Deputise for other members of the H&S Team as required.
- Share best practice within the Health and Safety Team, including with H&S Advisor (Property) and H&S Advisor (St. Georges Park), providing assistance as required.
- Provide health and safety advice to the wider FA business where required.
- Any other reasonable additional tasks.
- Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure that the highest standards of health, safety, and well-being can be maintained.
- As part of the FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.

**What are we looking for?**

Essential for the role:

- Ability to negotiate, be diplomatic, self-motivated, proactive attitude, with a can-do approach, and focused on issue resolution.
- In-depth understanding and knowledge of health and safety legislation particularly as it relates to the live event industry, including Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015. Demonstrated through qualifications, experience and/or evidenced through a desire to develop this skill.
- The ability to liaise with, and influence, a wide range of stakehol