At AQA were committed to advancing education and were committed to our people. As the largest provider of academic qualifications in the UK we mark over 10 million exam papers each year and its our people who make this happen.

HSE Advisor
Permanent
Manchester
38500 to 40000
Hybrid Working 3 days in office per week

Youve read a hundred job ads that all sound the same. Dynamic environment. Fast-paced. No two days the same. Yawn.
Lets cut to it: AQA needs an HSE Advisor who knows their stuff cares about people and wants to make a real differencenot just tick boxes.

There are loads of company benefits too including private medical insurance a fantastic pension (up to 11.5% employer contributions) a 35 hour working week 25 days annual leave with additional office closure in December and bank holidays on top the opportunity to join lots of network groups (LGTBQ neurodiversity disAbility empowering women wellbeing ethnic minority and more) an extensive online learning platform days for volunteering and more.

This isnt just about clipboards and compliance. Youll be the right hand to the Group HSE & Business Continuity Manager helping shape how health safety and environment are delivered across all AQA sites. We are expanding our portfolio so construction experience could be helpful to support HSE services. Youll work with a respected Workplace team (seriously they scored sky-high in the latest engagement survey) and youll be rubbing shoulders with operational leaders senior managers and hybrid workers across the UK.

Youll be the go-to for:

• Making sure our HSE practices are more than just paperwork.

• Auditing investigating advising and improving.

• Training people so they get itnot just nod along.

• Supporting sustainability and business continuity projects that actually matter.

Youll thrive here if:

• Youve got the NEBOSH Diploma or General Certificate (and the scars to prove it).

• You know your way around data audits and risk assessments.

• Youre organised proactive and allergic to mediocrity.

• You are able to speak with colleagues at every level

• You want to be part of a team thats not just respected but genuinely liked.

This is your chance to be more than a cog in the compliance machine. Youll be part of a team thats building something betterfor colleagues for the business and for the planet.

Ready to step up
Apply now and show us how youll make AQA safer smarter and stronger.
Or dontand keep wondering what it wouldve been like to actually enjoy your HSE job.

AQA is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyoneregardless of religion ethnicity gender identity or expression age disability sexual orientation or backgroundis valued respected and supported to thrive
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Full Job Description

Summary

Purpose: Our HSE Advisor will assist the Group HSE & Business Continuity Manager with the delivery and on-going development of health safety and environment provision ensuring a high quality legally compliant customer focused professional service at all times at all AQA : The HSE Advisor is part of the Health Safety and Environment (HSE) team who lead the Group HSE compliance activities. This role will be responsible for supporting the HSE function in gathering and maintaining its data and providing organisational and planning support to help it deliver its workstreams.
Working directly with the national site based HSE team but with daily interactions with wider Workplace team and Operational role directly reports to the Group HSE & Business Continuity Manager but will work closely with the Head of Workplace Experience and Sustainability. The role forms part of a well-respected wider Workplace team which boasts one of the highest departments score within AQA in our latest engagement survey.
Key stakeholder relationships with the Operational Leaders and other Senior Managers whilst ensuring delivery of customer satisfaction for our colleagues who use the office spaces.

Activities:
To play a key pivotal role in implementing the HSE working practices and SLAs to ensure we can deliver an exceptional experience to all users of the AQA estate and smart (hybrid) workers
Providing a customer centric workplace experience whilst representing AQA in a positive professional manner
Provide a comprehensive health safety and environment advisory service to AQA managers and staff enabling all legal obligations to be met and best practice implemented
Identify areas for continuous improvement of the HSE function
Ensures all practices systems and processes are thoroughly documented and compliant reducing the potential of risk to the organisation to minimise any financial impact
Implements and promotes the effective operation of the group health safety and environment policies and procedures including the monitoring and measuring of systems where appropriate
Carry out the internal HSE auditing programme with efficiency and effectiveness to ensure legal and best practice compliance
Undertake specialist risk assessments investigations and auditing to defined procedures and protocols to ensure legal and best practice compliance
To investigate accident reports and near miss incidents to minimise reoccurrence and where required
Collate HSE performance data required and preparation of reports including annual compliance reports
Undertake monitoring of action plans arising from internal and external audits and providing reports to the Group HSE & Business Continuity Manager
Develop and deliver high quality and impact training courses and initiatives (where necessary)
Apply specialist knowledge of high-risk activities undertaken by staff and advise on appropriateness of health and safety arrangements
Support the Group HSE & Business Continuity Manager in the development of a business response and necessary plans of action to new and amended health and safety legislation
Assist with the management the departmental mailbox and departmental shared drives
Attend internal/external meetings and health and safety committees when required
Support the sustainability function and wider Workplace Team with key activities and project work as required.

To be successful in this role you will need to know:
Extensive knowledge of Health Safety and Environment management systems and the necessary recording auditing and measuring systems to ensure compliance
Hold NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health or NEBOSH General Certificate with relevant H&S experience
Excellent data management skills to organise and maintain data from multiple sources and in multiple formats
Excellent programme and time management skills with the ability to thrive in pressurised situations across multiple workstreams
Have a step up mindset: use sound judgement and initiative to deliver
Excellent organisational skills attention to detail accuracy and ownership of processes and service delivery
Base competencies such as Excel Word PowerPoint and Outlook (essential)
Ability to resolve issues and problems by gathering information pertinent facts and situational analysis to arrive at sound conclusions and take appropriate actions
Accomplished communication skills: written and oral
Continuous improvement ethos to develop and enhance processes to build efficiencies
Demonstrate attention to detail and ownership of processes and service delivery.