Safety Assurance Business Partner

FirstPort

  • London
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 7 days ago
FirstPort, are on an ambitious journey to redefine excellence in UK residential property management. We are committed to elevating and resetting industry standards to be the most trusted and professional residential property management company.By joining us as an Safety Assurance Business Partner, you will play a pivotal role in achieving our vision:
  • Impactful Work: You will directly support FirstPort's mission to elevate industry standards and provide an exceptional service to our customers.
  • Professional Growth: With access to accredited training and development programmes, you will be empowered to reach your potential.
  • Supportive Environment: We foster a culture where collaboration and innovation thrive, ensuring you feel valued and supported every step of the way.
  • A Future of Opportunity: Be part of a forward-thinking organisation that is shaping the future of residential property management in the UK.
At the core of everything we do are our leadership principles:
  • Collaborative: We work together, combining expertise to deliver outstanding outcomes for our customers
  • Consistent: We deliver dependable results, building trust with customers and colleagues.
  • Simple: We simplify the complex, ensuring our financial processes are straightforward and understood.
  • Clear: We communicate with clarity, making information accessible and transparent to all stakeholders.
Your Role, Your ImpactAs a Safety Assurance Business Partner, you will be an inspiring safety leader who will directly lead and manage the work of the safety assurance team. You will provide leadership in relentlessly developing industry and driving a culture of improvement within the business. This will involve leading the business to identify and mitigate risks and ensure compliance with standards. You will develop and implement tools to effectively audit, monitor and review safety performance in relation to building safety, fire safety and health and safety.Key Responsibilities:
  • Proactively identify and manage potential hazards and risks within the business
  • Development and implementation of risk mitigation strategies to reduce or eliminate identified hazards.
  • Advise the business on and set in place processes to adherence to relevant safety regulations, standards, and best practices
  • Monitor and review safety management systems to ensure their effectiveness and continuous improvement, implementing improvements where required
  • Promote and develop a strong safety culture within the business working closely with the senior leadership team
  • Oversee the provision and effectiveness of safety training and education to employees
  • Ensure major risks and safety incidents are reported and investigated to determine root causes and prevent recurrence by sharing learning
  • Ensure a suitable audit programme is in place to identify potential hazards and ensure compliance
  • Ensure key safety information is effectively communicated and share concerns with relevant stakeholders
  • Collaborate with all key stakeholders to address safety issues
  • Continuously look for areas for improvement in safety performance and work with business leaders to implement any necessary changes.
  • Continuously horizon scan and stay up to date on the latest and up-coming safety agenda
  • Be accountable to produce quality performance data, analysis and recommendations for the business
  • Set up and maintain governance processes
  • Build positive and open relationships with key stakeholders both inside and outside of the business
  • Lead, mentor and coach the assurance team to develop and deliver clear improvement plans
Required Skills & Qualifications:
  • Experience of a health & safety leadership role in the residential built environment sector
  • Experience in a H&S leadership role in medium to large sized organisation
  • Able to develop and drive the implementation of health and safety strategies in collaboration with leadership teams
  • Experience of leading and inspiring health and safety teams
  • Expert in providing critical management information and giving high quality analysis
  • Able to build and implement performance management and assurance controls
  • Experience of running high level audit programmes
  • Able to create simplicity out of complexity, an expert in shaping and delivering key messages to business leaders
  • A proven agent of change
What's in it for you?Our customers deserve the best and the same applies to our people. We will provide you with the technology, training and support that you need to do your job well. We offer competitive salaries and a range of benefit packages depending on the grade of your role, such as private medical insurance, pension contributions and life assurance. In addition, we also offer a range of exclusive discounts on extra benefits to help you, and your family make the most of your money, safeguard your future and look after your health, including discounted gym membership for all colleagues.DiversityWe're committed to promoting diversity at FirstPort and recruit on merit. We will ensure we make any adjustments that we can to support both through the recruitment and on-boarding process.Ready to make a difference?If you're ready to take the next step in your career and make a difference we'd love to hear from you!All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK without restrictions, and documented evidence of eligibility will be required.Join us at FirstPort, where we not only manage properties but strive to lead and transform the industry. Together, we can make a difference - for our customers, our colleagues, and the future of residential property management in the UK.Elevate your career. Reset the standard. Join FirstPort.Job AdvertNot SpecifiedAbout The CompanyNot Specified

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