Group Health & Safety Manager

• Permanent/Regular or Fixed Term Contract/Temporary:
  Permanent (UK and ROW) / Regular (US)
• L&G Business Unit:
  Legal & General Group Functions
• L&G sub Business Unit: GROUP HR
• Primary
  
  Location:
  
  Cardiff, Four Central Square
• Job Family:
  Property Non Investment

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.

We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.

We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.

Our Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best.

Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day.

At Legal & General, we’re committed to creating safe, healthy and inclusive workplaces where our colleagues can thrive. We’re looking for a Group Health & Safety Manager to lead the day-to-day delivery of our Group Health & Safety function, providing expert advice, assurance and constructive challenge across the organisation. You’ll lead a small specialist team and collaborate with colleagues across Workplace, Property, HR, Security and Operational Resilience to ensure health and safety arrangements are practical, proportionate and embedded into everyday operations.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading the day-to-day operation of the Group Health & Safety function, ensuring agreed priorities, controls and programmes are delivered effectively
• Managing and developing the Health & Safety team, setting clear objectives and directing resources towards the highest-priority risks and business requirements
• Providing practical, competent advice and constructive challenge to leaders, business areas and key stakeholders
• Overseeing workplace inspections, audits and assurance activity, ensuring resulting actions are tracked through to completion
• Coordinating health and safety governance and performance reporting, providing clear analysis of material risks, trends and emerging issues
• Managing the operational response to significant incidents, including investigations, corrective actions, escalation and organisational learning
• Leading health and safety programmes associated with workplace changes, office openings, relocations and other significant projects
• Building effective relationships across the organisation to strengthen ownership, improve standards and embed a positive health and safety culture

Who we’re looking for:

• A NEBOSH Certificate, with a NEBOSH Diploma or progress towards the qualification preferred
• Strong knowledge of UK health and safety legislation, recognised standards and best practice within workplace environments
• A sound understanding of risk assessment methods, incident investigation and corrective and preventative action management
• Experience of leading and developing health and safety professionals across multiple sites
• Proven experience of designing, implementing and monitoring effective health and safety management systems
• Strong programme and change management skills, with the ability to turn requirements into practical and sustainable solutions
• Confident communication and influencing skills, with experience of coaching and constructively challenging senior stakeholders
• An inclusive and collaborative leadership style, with the ability to…