Practice Group / Department:

Office Services - Operational Risk and Resilience - London

Job Description

We're Norton Rose Fulbright - a global law firm with over 50 offices and 7,000 employees worldwide. We provide the world's preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. At Norton Rose Fulbright, our strategy and our culture are closely entwined. We know that our expansion will mean little unless it is underpinned by truly global collaboration and we understand that pioneering work only takes place when our people have room to move and think beyond boundaries. As well as the relevant skills and experience, we're looking for people who are innovative, commercial and value the work that they do.

The Team

This role will report to the Health and Safety Manager as part of the wider Real Estate team covering EMEAPAC. The role will be based in NRF's London HQ, with appropriate travel as needed.

The Role

This role will report directly to the Health and Safety Manager for EMEAPAC and be responsible for assisting in the compilation and implementation of a comprehensive EMEAPAC regional health and safety strategy for the effective management of enterprise level risk across the EMEAPAC region.

The role will also work closely with NRF's partner organisations, suppliers, joint ventures, supply chain and NRFs Chief Legal Officer for the EMEAPAC region, leveraging existing operational risk and H and S policies, processes and documentation and partnering with others to ensure a comprehensive and integrated risk strategy.

A key focus of this role will be stakeholder management, with demonstrable ability in consulting and influencing skills along with the ability to help define and implement a transformative H and S strategy, support the ongoing refinement of robust H and S policies/ guidelines and assist in building a H and S management framework across EMEAPAC.

Key Responsibilities

Health and Safety

Work as part of a team to implement appropriate system of enterprise-wide H and S standards/protocols and audit processes.
Review policies and procedures for contractor management and control, create and implement new ones where they don't exist or are suboptimal
Help improve and develop a training program for first aiders, fire marshals, both directly employed and outsourced, to ensure consistently high standards of H and S awareness, stakeholder engagement and organisational resilience.
Undertake H and S investigations as appropriate
Working with the Health and Safety Manager develop EMEAPAC policies and standards for H and S as appropriate.
Develop event H and S policies to ensure safety of event space and participants, brand reputation and smooth running of client and partner interaction.
Work with Health and Safety Manager to establish technology capability to drive H and S best practice.

Incident/Crisis Management/BCP

Work with Health and Safety Manager to ensure all Incident/Crisis Management and BCP initiatives are H and S compliant and have staff welfare at their heart.

Operational Risk Management

Work with the Health and Safety Manager to further refine our enterprise risk management framework, identifying key risks with the potential to impact operations, brand, reputation and finance.
Help to develop comprehensive risk review mechanisms, reporting procedures and audit capability.

Key Skills And Experience

Between 5-10 years as a professional Health and Safety Manager with knowledge and expertise in the area of operations, health and safety, operational risk management.
Experienced at stakeholder management with good communication and influencing skills.
Experience of contract management, budget discipline and resource mapping.
Highly organized and skilled in managing the multiple moving parts of a fast-moving operations

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

To attract the best people, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work, have a sense of belonging, and realize their full career potential.

Our new enabled work model allows our people to have more flexibility in the way they choose to work from both the office and a remote location, while continuing to deliver the highest standards of service. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies and provide access to programmes and services aimed at nurturing our people's health and overall wellbeing. Find more about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion here.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams. We strive to create an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any tailored adjustments or accommodations, please let us know here.

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