Health, Safety and Wellbeing Manager (Welsh Parliament)

The health, safety and wellbeing of our staff has never been more important, and we are passionate about continuing to embed a positive safety culture across our organisation.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Health, Safety and Wellbeing Manager to join our team. You would work alongside two other managers, and be responsible for ensuring that the organisation meets its legal and statutory health and safety duties, whilst implementing best practice wellbeing processes and support for staff.

This role is an integral part of the Health, Safety and Wellbeing Team. We are committed to continuous improvement that makes a positive impact, not only to the health, safety and wellbeing of our Senedd Commission staff, but also all visitors to the Senedd Estate.

In addition to promoting health awareness campaigns, you would provide advice and guidance to managers and staff across the Commission to manage risk, and ensure that our legal obligations are met at all times. As well as reviewing, updating and communicating our health, safety and wellbeing policies and procedures, you would champion our Wellbeing Strategy with internal stakeholders to raise awareness.

As the role-holder you would report to the Head of Employee Services, and work as part of the Employee Services team within HR, which includes the Health, Safety and Wellbeing Team, HR Operations, Payroll, and Management Information and Systems.

Your responsibilities in this role will include:

• Providing general health, safety and wellbeing advice, guidance and communications to managers and staff at all levels across the organisation;
• Undertaking, where required, DSE Assessments for Commission staff, Members’ and their support staff at their workstations on the Senedd estate;
• Leading on/supporting with the development of risk assessments, and evaluating the effectiveness of the associated control measures;
• Conducting investigations related to accidents/incidents/near misses and ensuring that statutory reporting requirements are adhered to;
• Implementing the First Aid Policy and coordinating the associated processes;
• Monitoring on-site first aid provision of equipment, and liaising with the Organisational Development and Learning Team to arrange training;
• Working with the Organisational Development and Learning Team to review, improve and implement our health, safety and wellbeing training and development offering;
• Managing core health and safety processes such as lone working undertaken by Commission staff;
• Undertaking regular departmental floor walks/on site health and safety checks and audits;
• Managing Covid-19 related protocols including our internal Track and Trace process;
• Developing relevant policies, procedures, training, and awareness-raising initiatives whilst ensuring that they are kept up to date with the current legislation;
• Promoting guidance and ensuring that it remains accessible for employees and stakeholders;
• Maintaining confidential, detailed and accurate records relating to health safety and wellbeing, ensuring that they are securely stored;
• Gathering, analysing and presenting health, safety and wellbeing data for senior stakeholders;
• Supporting, coordinating and participating in, Health, Safety, Wellbeing and Safeguarding Committee meetings.

• Advise senior management of relevant health safety and wellbeing issues and of any changes in legislation or best practice that could have a bearing on the Commission’s activities.
• Proactively lead the implementation of the Wellbeing Strategy across the organisation
• Manage, promote and co-ordinate the Employee Assistance Programme.

• Work with key stakeholders to deliver health awareness campaigns and promote health, safety and wellbeing.
• Manage, review and update the Corporate health, safety and wellbeing intranet pages to promote health, safety and wellbeing across the organisation with fellow Health, Safety and Wellbeing team members.