Job Title: HSE Manager

Department: Stadium Control

Based at: Ewood Park Stadium, Blackburn, BB2 4JF. You will on occasion be required to attend any other BRFC sites or associated external sites for the performance of your duties.

Reports to: Head of Operations

Responsible for: N/A

Hours of work: 35 hours per week plus any additional hours necessary for the performance of duties which will include events and matchdays.

Contractual status: Permanent

Job purpose: To assist the Club, Community Trust and Blackburn Rovers Women in ensuring the health, safety, welfare and environmental compliance with statutory requirements.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• To be committed to ensuring the safeguarding and welfare of all elite players, promoting their well-being whilst maintaining professional boundaries;


• Develop and implement organisational policies regarding health, safety and environmental operations;


• Proactively Improve and maintain health, safety and environmental standards;


• To be the point of contact for employees, visitors, contractors, enforcing authority, emergency services and insurance company in regard to all health and safety matters;


• Lead on the Club’s environmental and sustainability policies and processes;


• Develop (and deliver where necessary) health and safety induction training;


• Advise and assist with risk assessments;


• Organise and oversee company-wide health and safety training;


• Inspection and replenishment of First Aid kits and defibrillators;


• Maintain a duty of care audit trail;


• Attend monthly events meetings;


• Assist the Head of Operations with event management, Event Management Plans (EMP’s) and legislation in regard to the planning of public events;


• Update company notice boards and platforms with health, safety and environmental documentation including public/employee liability insurance certificate;


• Facilitate annual fire extinguisher service;


• Facilitate maintenance/upgrades of telecommunications installations on stadium roof; and


• Assist with service/maintenance contracts/engineers when required.


• Ensure Health & Safety inductions include reference to safeguarding;


• Ensure Health & Safety, Prevent and Safeguarding Risks are identified and mitigated when planning and delivering activities, and that they are recorded and shared with those who require it to support safe activity planning and/or delivery;


• Ensure all risk assessments and risk management plans consider risks to children, adults at risk and risks to the club and include appropriate safeguarding arrangements;


• Ensure Safeguarding risks are identified, mitigated and incorporated into effective risk assessment processes at all levels – identification of organisational risks through to planning an activity;


• Ensure Planning and Risk Management Policy and Guidance is in place and publicised to all staff: and


• Undertake or advise on Individual health/welfare related risk assessments.

Skills required:

• Interpersonal and communication skills;


• Problem solving and adaptability;


• Ability to work as part of a team;


• Ability to meet deadlines, budget and operational targets;


• Flexible approach to work pattern when required for events/matches; and


• Prepared to work in changing weather conditions.

Knowledge required:

• Site operations and staffing health and safety needs;


• Club’s policies and procedures; and


• Understanding of Safeguarding and PREVENT procedures.

Qualifications required:

Essential

• Degree level qualification in occupational health and safety and environmental management or equivalent;

Desirable

• Emergency First Aid at work including Defibrillation;


• Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health (Level 6);


• Diploma in Environmental Management (Level 6);


• HNC in Health, Safety and Risk Assessment;


• Certificate in Safety Management;


• Certificate in COSHH Assessment;


• Certificate in Fire Risk Assessment; and


• FA Safeguarding

DBS Check required: Yes (Enhanced)