Safety and Risk Manager

Job Introduction

HMP Forest Bank are currently recruiting for Safety and Risk Manager.

You will provide fire, safety, health and risk management support to Sodexo operations and external clients in accordance with Company procedures and agreed objectives.

Awarded a bronze accreditation by Investors in People, HMP Forest Bank is one of the largest prisons in the UK and demonstrates custodial excellence in many areas with an emphasis on risk assessment, addressing comprehensive needs and forming strong links with the community outside which all contribute to reducing reoffending.

Sodexo Justice Services delivers custodial and community rehabilitation services that challenge offending behaviour, protect the public and offer individuals the opportunity to change their lives for the better. We deliver the total operation of five prisons within England, Scotland and Wales and own six Community Rehabilitation Companies in partnership with crime reduction charity Nacro.

Role Responsibility

Visible Senior Management Leadership

• Provide a high level of operational service support to management and operational staff, establishing specific requirements, identifying and facilitating the resolution of all specific issues to provide a high level of support and add value to operations, across all SJS activities, including HMP Forest Bank.
• Ensure consistent application and communication of Sodexo SEMS policies, procedures, practices and initiatives by line managers and staff.
• Ensure that the prison director and senior management teams conduct regular auditable site safety tours, inspections, and spot checks to ensure that SJS staff are taking appropriate action to control potential hazardous situations / unsafe conditions and are maintaining up to date effective Risk Assessments; including Fire, COSHH and Manual Handling assessments for their areas of responsibility across all SJS activities, including HMP Forest Bank
• Arranges and help prepare for annual audits.
• Work closely with the Safegard team, to provide technical and accurate advice and support to all staff with regard to fire, safety, health and risk management matters across all SJS activities, including HMP Forest Bank.
• Ensure that all quality systems for fire, safety health and risk management are maintained and monitored by the prison director and the senior management team across all SJS activities, including HMP Forest Bank.

Risk awareness in decision making
 

• Monitor compliance with fire safety legislation
• Work closely with the prison director and senior management team to ensure that Vendor and subcontractor audits includes auditable safety due diligence reviews, are appropriately timetabled throughout the year and carried out.
• Identify, manage, control and review safety risks (operational, financial, reputational, compliance, and knowledge and people); and contributes to and supports the Sodexo’s risk management framework and process across all SJS activities, including HMP Forest Bank.

Effective Communication Systems

• Ensure that the prison director, senior management team and line managers properly record and report all incidents; and conduct timely investigations on DATIX (and SALUS) for staff incidents to establish and rectify root causes and prevent recurrence; and ensures that lessons learned are promulgated across all SJS activities, including HMP Forest Bank.
• Provides operational and technical input from a Safety & Risk perspective to the Operational and Business Development teams.

Employee engagement/participation

• When appropriate, assist in the training of SJS personnel in fire, safety, health and risk procedural requirements.
• Guide managers to undertake regular review on the effectiveness of control measures and the validity of risk assessments across Sodexo Justice Services sites, including HMP Forest Bank.
• Properly record and report all incidents; assists line managers with timely RIDDOR and accident investigations to establish and rectify root causes and prevent recurrence; and ensures that lessons learned are communicated to line managers and the Group Head of Safety & Risk.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• National H&S qualification (NVQ Level 5 or equivalent)
• NEBOSH Fire Certificate
• Detailed knowledge of current fire, health & safety legislation
• Proven recent experience and solid knowledge of in fire, safety, health and risk management sys-tems; fire, health, safety and risk audit; safety management and incident investigation.
• Self motivated with high performance and outputs achieved with minimal supervision - able to make sound judgements in a politicised environment.
• Ability to prioritise, work to tight deadlines, both prescribed and self-imposed using project man-agement and risk management skills.
• Passion for being proactive and taking ownership for delivery of outcomes: e.g. risk assessments; DATIX/SALUS reports; safety tours
• Good professional approach to communication skills – engaging / supporting staff and managers, both internal and external
• Flexible working both at the prison and to be able to travel to other SJS sites to deliver enhanced Safety & Risk operational resilience support to managers.
• Confident at effective planning and organisation: e.g. action plan completion; following up dead-lines; risk assessment QA's
• Good team player with sound interpersonal skills.

Desirable

• Risk Management and Business Continuity Management training.
• BRE Fire Safety Risk Assessment certificate
• Experience of implementing and maintaining Health & Safety and Quality Systems              
• ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 audit training.
• PAS 79 Fire Safety Risk Assessments.
• Previous experience in a custodial environment 
• Member of IOSH

Package Description

Salary £32,252.40 plus excellent benefits including free meals, free parking, group discount schemes and pension.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.

Please note all roles within Sodexo Justice are subject to security and recruitment checks which may include a Social Media Check. You will also be asked to provide 3 years’ worth of references and request employment history details from the HMRC.