Health & Safety Governance and Assurance Coordinator

Job reference 324315
Health & Safety Governance and Assurance Coordinator

Salary: £51,741 increasing to £55,451 after 12 months, 10% annual bonus potential, company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates and generous annual leave offering of 25 days, plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to purchase extra annual leave.
Permanent, Full time
Location: This is a national working role with travel, this can be at short notice. You will visit Royal Mail Group sites including regular team meetings in our London Farringdon office. The role requires flexibility in line with business needs.

Join Our Team as our Health & Safety Governance and Assurance Coordinator!

Are you passionate about health and safety? Do you have a knack for data analysis and a keen eye for identifying trends and areas for improvement? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

As our H&S Governance and Assurance Coordinator, you will provide valuable insights on safety trends, identify gaps, and suggest areas for improvement in data reporting. You will support the management of governance and risk safety work activities and manage Health and Safety (H&S) data sets.

About the role

• Tool Development: Support identifying and managing the development of new tools and data sets to support H&S and Operations.
• Act as the point of contact for IT-related products and platforms, including Qlikview Safety Insights and Learning App.
• Data Analysis: Support the analysis of leading and lagging metrics, working closely with the Head of H&S Governance and Assurance.
• Support the review of audit and unit check outputs, providing data for deep dive discussions.
• Performance Monitoring: Produce National performance slide decks and monitor key performance indicators.
• Incident Investigation: Assist in the review and interrogation of data from Serious & Fatal Incident Investigations.
• Community Site Management: Maintain the safety community site, ensuring it is up to date with relevant products, templates, and standards.
• Act as the point of contact for assurance processes for subsidiaries.
• Knowledge Database: Support the maintenance of the SHE Knowledge database.
• Task Calendar: Provide access to support materials for unit compliance.
• Complaint Handling: Lead contact for responding to safety complaints and issues.
• Governance Confirmation: Support physical checks and audits within the field.

About You

We are looking for a candidate with the following skills, experience, and industry qualifications:
Skills:

• Communication: Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Presentation: Strong presentational skills to engage any audience.
• Collaboration: Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with colleagues and key stakeholders at all levels.
• Critical Thinking: Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Organisation: Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing demands.
• Experience:
• Data Analysis: Strong ability to analyse and interpret data.
• IT Skills: High level of computer literacy, including design and use of IT products.
• Budget Management: Experience with budgetary responsibilities.
• Industry Knowledge: Good working knowledge of RMG Operations is desirable.

Qualifications

• You will be a member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health or equivalent professional safety body or working towards.
• Holder of a NEBOSH Certificate or Health and Safety Practitioner qualification or working towards.

Extra Benefits

• 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.
• Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It's free, and it's for everyone.

*Available only to perm employees

Next Steps

Closing Date: Monday 21st April 2025. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

The next stage of the selection process will be a face-to-face interview consisting of competency-based and role-specific technical questions. We plan to hold interviews at Royal Mail, 185 Farringdon Road, London, EC1A 1AA.

Trust forms the foundation of everything we do in Royal Mail. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean your interview. We want to give you the opportunity to shine. To enable you to do this, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place. This will allow you time to prepare, and ensure you have your best examples in mind. Royal Mail Group values both trust and our people.

We don't expect every candidate to meet the full criteria for the role. If your experience looks a little different from the job requirements, but you feel you have the relevant skills to bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you.

Royal Mail is proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve.

We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/

Closing Date: Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

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