Job Title:                     Health and Safety Advisor

Reporting to:               Health & Safety Manager CFC, Hotel General Manager with dotted line to M&C H&S Manager

Department:                Health and Safety

Place of work:              Stamford Bridge

Working Hours:           35 hours a week across any 5 of 7 days

Job Function:              To assist the Health and Safety Manager implement and maintain an effective health and safety management programme which protects staff, contractors and visitors at all CFC premises

Main Responsibilities:

• Maintaining the workplace H&S training programme – ensuring training needs are identified, appropriate training sourced, provided and attended; monitoring to ensure training is beneficial and refresher training is completed, delivering training and inductions.
• To pro-actively manage and minimise operating risk in the Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, thereby ensuring the highest standards of health and safety management for the staff, customers and guests of the hotels.  To implement, monitor and manage all security, health & safety policies and procedures in line with M&C and CFC guidelines. To deliver the highest possible level of adherence to the environmental policies of all businesses.
• To offer assistance and act as a liaison between M&C and the Redevelopment Team
• Maintaining the risk assessment programme by assisting departments to complete suitable and sufficient risk assessments, that recommendations are completed, safe systems of work are devised where necessary and that assessments are revised annually or following an accident or when there is a change in activity.  Monitoring to ensure assessments are being communicated and followed
• Help write, review and implement policies and procedures and prepare reports
• Investigate accidents and ensure recommendations are completed
• Keep up to date with legislative changes, experiences and industry news
• Work with the Help Desk to keep the contractor management programme up to date
• Keep appropriate records and filing
• Assist with the running of the fire safety programme
• Audit the completion of statutory equipment tests and maintenance checks
• Manage the H&S pages of the intranet, updating documents and details as required
• Maintain the First Aid system – revising risk assessments, updating the register and departments, train staff on the procedures
• Assist departments to investigate adverse events, ensuring recommendations are completed to prevent reoccurrences
• Analyse incident statistics as directed
• Prepare information for and attend the health and safety committee meetings
• Work with department Safety Reps to implement safety initiatives within their departments
• Complete safety inspections and assist in audits of site services and contractors, writing up reports and ensuring recommendations are completed
• Maintain good relations with external agencies – HSE, LA, LFB, Insurers etc.
• Assist in the running of ad hoc projects and one off events
• Assist in the planning and set up of Meeting & Event functions

Measures of Performance:

• Assist in the completion of departmental and contractor audits, managing the progress of recommendation completion
• Undertake inspections and assist departments manage their inspection programmes
• Analyse accident and incident statistics and prepare reports
• Ensure documentation meets the standards required by the Local Authority
• Provide a safe working environment
• Investigate notifiable incidents to the standard required by the Local Authority
• Maintain +85% in Premier League H&S Audit
• Departmental KPI’s
• Reduce number of accidents year on year

Person Spec:

• NEBOSH certificated or equivalent

• Based at Stamford Bridge with travel to Cobham when required

• Varied health and safety experience would be ideal in the following areas: Hotels, building and facilities, leisure clubs, catering industry, events and exhibitions, agricultural equipment, public services and retail
• An organised and diligent person who can work on many projects at one time
• A disciplined person who can prioritise and work unsupervised
• A good administrator
• A proactive person with high professional standards
• Good spoken and written communication skills
• Good negotiation skills
• A tactful but assertive manner
• Trustworthy, discreet and able to maintain confidentiality
• Logical thinking and problem solving ability
• A good understanding of the HASAWA & Management Regs

The Employee must ensure a positive commitment towards equality and diversity by treating others fairly and not committing any form of direct or indirect discrimination, victimisation or harassment of any description and to promote positive working relations amongst Employees and customers.

Chelsea Football Club and the Academy is fully committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of all children, young people and adults at risk (vulnerable groups) that are in our care or attending our premises. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

The above Job Description is not intended to be exhaustive, the duties and responsibilities may therefore vary over time according to the changing needs of the Club.

Closing Date:3rd June 2018