Health and Safety Training Coordinator – Origin Living Landscapes

Role Outline

Origin Living Landscapes businesses offer future-ready products, services, and advice across the sports, environmental, and landscapes sectors. The businesses are located around the UK and Ireland and include manufacturing and warehousing sites. A number of businesses also provide off-site services to customers.

We now have a new and exciting opportunity to become a part of the Health & Safety support to Origin Living Landscapes as a Health & Safety Coordinator.  The position is a roving role working directly for the Health & Safety Manager.  The core responsibility of the role will be coordination and provision of Health & Safety training which will require periods spent travelling and delivering support at our business locations,

The role requires a self-motivated individual with a strong work ethic capable of working independently and as part of a team holding a can-do attitude with a strong ability to communicate effectively both in person and through online media with employees at all levels.

The wide ranging and interesting position at its core is about providing support and assisting management level positions in ensuing Health & Safety and other related training aspects are tracked, maintained and delivered. The role offers a fantastic ‘first’ step opportunity on the ladder for a focused Health and Safety career with the company keen to develop new talent and support their professional development.

This role is Home Based with extensive travel within the UK, as and when required.

Main Responsibilities

Maintain the training database/software and provide reports on training indicators.

Liaise with business managers around the UK with regards to the general training requirements and those specific to locations.

Coordinate the use of 3rd party training organisations where required.

Develop and provide on-site training (e.g. Manual Handling training).

Support all businesses in providing new employees induction training relevant to their roles.

Assist the H&S Team, where required, in providing on-site support.

Skills & Experience

ESSENTIAL SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS

Excellent people skills with the ability to develop a rapport with individuals and groups.

The ability to deliver training packages to audiences of any size in person or across online media.

Willing to travel and spend a significant part of the working week away from home.

Full clean Driving Licence.

Desire to undertake further qualifications in H&S and training provision.

IT literate including use of Microsoft products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) to a high standard.

DESIRABLE SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS

Qualification in Health & Safety (IOSH, ROSPA, NEBOSH Cert).

Experience in Health & Safety (including Safety Rep).

Experience in Environmental / Sustainability Practices

Qualifications or experience in training provision.

Values & Behaviours

People: We operate locally but act as one Company. We grow futures together by collaborating with each other and our customers. Our people are critical to sustaining our competitive advantage.

Competencies:

Influencing – credible in approach, building rapport and strong relationships with stakeholders and colleagues.

Encourages & Motivates – Realises the potential in everyone, inspires colleagues/team members to develop and deliver. Highlights success.

Caring & Compassionate – Shows empathy, understanding and concern for colleagues, recognising their needs and providing practical support.

Developing others – Someone who encourages colleagues and team members, understanding their needs and devotes time to helping them achieve success.

Partnerships: We are dedicated to adding value to lifelong relationships

Competencies:

Teamwork – Someone who takes ownership, but values the expertise, individuality, contribution of all colleagues, working as a team. Readily shares good practice in pursuit of shared team/company goals.

Collaboration – working with various internal and external partners, to enable the effective delivery of service.

Innovation: We shape the future through curiosity and determination to solve fast-changing challenges

Competencies:

Problem Solving – Someone who is a quick and effective problem-solver, capable of handling complexity or a variety of information, an objective analyst who can also use intuition to formulate solutions.

Innovation – Someone who is creative, innovative and imaginative person, quick to adopt new ideas and opportunities.

Creative & Initiative – Creating and identifying novel approaches to address a variety of situations and problems. Comes up with new or different ideas or adapts old ideas to generate solutions and approaches.

Integrity: We do the right thing, staying true to our values.

Competencies:

Demonstrates excellence and acts as a role model by maintaining high professional standards that align with the organisation's values, principles and code of conduct. Confronts and addresses inappropriate or unethical behaviour and always acts in the best interest of the organisation and others, choosing the appropriate course of action.

Accountability – Demonstrates a high level of dependability in all aspects of the job. Can be relied on consistently by stakeholders and colleagues.

Community: We contribute to the success of the communities where we operate, combining our global capability and local expertise

Understanding, Knowledge and Awareness of:

The economy and governance of the agricultural and amenity industries.

The relationship between environment, climate change and economics and social issues in the agricultural and amenity industries.

Behaviours:

Works collaboratively to achieve the best outcome and common aims.

Follows appropriate escalations procedures.

Proactively shares information, knowledge, expertise, best practice and learning with colleagues.

Is flexible in approach to work.

Demonstrates a professional approach.

Treats everyone (internally and externally) fairly and with respect.

Chooses to do the right thing, even when it’s difficult.

Has high standards of ethical behaviour and acts in an ethical and responsible way.

It’s you we’re interested in

At Origin, we want everyone to have an equal opportunity to achieve their full potential. We positively encourage applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of their gender, ethnicity, disability, age, sexuality, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy and maternity.

Having a diverse and inclusive business is vital for our future success and that’s why we treat all our applicants fairly and with respect, irrespective of their background or any other protected characteristic.