Property Safety Support and Implementation Manager

About the roleAs one of the Safety Support and Implementation Managers for the Partnership you will be accountable to deliver both proactive and reactive support services for health and safety within the Partnership’s Property Team. This role will work closely with the Property’s Leadership Team to provide safety assurance and specialist property safety expertise.

This role will be the face of health and safety for Property working directly with, and supporting Property Partners on a day to day basis and will require extensive stakeholder management.

As a subject matter expert you will be a critical business partner to the Property Team providing expert advice and support across all areas of safety. You will manage investigations into Property related incidents and provide support in emergency situations.

You will support the management and continuous improvement of the Partnership’s central safety management system (including the safety management manual) relevant to Property.

You will represent the Health and Safety Team on Property steering groups as required and will liaise directly with democratic bodies across the Partnership to ensure that you are aware of and responsive to Partner sentiment in particular around health and safety in Property.

This role requires you to be on call (on a rota basis) in order to provide emergency safety response 24/7 for all JLP sites.

• Full Partnership salary range - £57,100 - £90,000

• Expected salary - Up to £70,000

• Contract type - This position is a Permanent contract

• Working pattern/flexible working - The Partnership has adopted a hybrid working approach, meaning you'll be able to work a mixture between the office and home based upon your personal needs whilst balancing the needs of the business. The Health and Safety team aims for around 1 day a week in the office to connect and on a more ad-hoc basis to attend key meetings. 

• Location -  This role is based at our London Head Office campus in Pimlico. This role requires you to be on call (on a rota basis) in order to provide emergency safety response 24/7 for all JLP sites.

• FYI - A full Clean driving licence is required for this role. Your business mileage will be reimbursed. 

• NEXT STEPS - You will be required to upload copies of your qualifications along with your CV and answer some applications. Successful candidates will be invited to a 2 stage interview process. The 1st stage will be held virtually (w/c 22nd and 29th September), and the successful candidates will be invited to meet and present a project to members of the Property Senior Leadership team in person at our head office in Pimlico (dates TBC).

Key responsibilities

• Influence senior stakeholders across the organisation through both personal subject matter expertise and wider industry knowledge to drive change across all directorates to ensure that health and safety is key criteria for decision making.

• Ensure improvement programmes are targeted to all relevant business areas to this role. Ensure the appropriate governance is in place (including democratic channels) and chair groups where appropriate.

• Identify current and emerging safety issues. Develop plans to manage these trends and adapt our capability accordingly.

• Support the Property Team to develop solutions which makes it easy to be safe and work with the managers across the Partnership to ensure that safety is included in any design activity as required.

Crisis Management:

• Similar to other L6s in the team, you will deputise when required for the Health and Safety Lead and provide safety subject matter expertise if required to the Silver crisis team, ensuring that all actions taken by the Partnership are thought through and lead to a successful conclusion of the event.

Essential skills/experience you’ll need

• NEBOSH National Diploma or equivalent

• May hold or work towards either CMIOSH, MIIRSM or equivalent status.

• Sound working safety knowledge and experience of working within facilities management or closely with Property Teams.

• Sound working knowledge and experience of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations.

• Subject Matter Expertise in health, safety and safety quality management systems (ISO 45001)

• Results orientated and comfortable communicating at all levels of seniority within a large organisation.

• Flexible, adaptable and able to work work well under pressure in a dynamic environment

• Externally networked and aware of industry trends

• Experience working in retail and/or supply chain

• A full clean driving licence

Desirable skills/experience you may have 

• Project management qualification (eg. Prince 2).

• Management of Asbestos in Buildings (including Asbestos Removal) P405

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About The Partnership

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.  

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.   

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect. 

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective. 

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.  

Important points to note:  

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.  

We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.  

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.