Health & Safety Advisor

Card Factory plc; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Job summary

Card Factory plc is seeking a Health & Safety Risk Advisor to support our Southern region, with field-based responsibilities across a broad portfolio of retail stores. You will work closely with Store Managers and Regional Managers to provide practical health and safety guidance, drive compliant behaviours, and coach teams to minimise risk.

Travel across the South is required and a company car is provided. You will investigate incidents, support risk assessments, deliver inductions and

Qualifications

• NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health.
• Experience in a health and safety role within a retail or multi-site environment.
• Ability to work independently, manage your own diary and prioritise a varied workload.
• Strong analytical skills with data-driven insight to identify trends and risks.
• Approachable communicator who can explain complex issues practically.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical guidance and support on health and safety across stores.
• Coach store and regional teams to uphold safe, compliant behaviours.
• Identify risks during store visits and support risk assessments.
• Deliver induction training and support new store openings.
• Investigate accidents and incidents and share root-cause learnings.
• Monitor data and trends to drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Independent worker

Diary management

Analytical skills

Stakeholder communication

Retail experience

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health

Job description

About The Role

Are you a Health & Safety professional who enjoys working independently, building strong relationships and influencing positive safety cultures across a multi-site retail environment? If you're looking for a field-based role where you can make a genuine impact, helping colleagues create safe places to work and shop, this could be the opportunity for you.

We're looking for a Health & Safety Risk Advisor to support our Southern region. Working closely with Store Managers and Regional Managers, you'll be the go-to expert for practical health and safety advice, helping to manage risk, improve compliance and support our continued commitment to colleague and customer safety. This is a field-based role with regular travel across the South and includes a company car.

What you'll be doing:

Working across a large portfolio of retail stores, you'll provide practical guidance and support on a wide range of health and safety matters, helping colleagues understand their responsibilities and create safe, compliant environments. Building strong relationships with operational teams will be central to your success, enabling you to provide coaching, challenge where appropriate and influence positive behaviours. A key part of the role will involve identifying risks during store visits, supporting risk assessments and providing on-the-ground coaching to store and regional management teams. You'll also deliver induction training, support new store openings and ensure colleagues have the knowledge and tools they need to maintain high standards of compliance. Investigating accidents, incidents and claims will form an important part of the role, ensuring root causes are identified and lessons are shared across the region. You'll monitor data, identify trends and provide targeted support where required, helping to reduce risk and drive continuous improvement. Alongside your day-to-day advisory responsibilities, you'll support the ongoing development of policies, procedures and best practice initiatives while helping to ensure risk assessment, incident and claims management processes are followed consistently across the business.

What we're looking for:

• NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health.
• Previous experience in a Health & Safety role within a retail or multi-site environment.
• The ability to work independently, manage your own diary and prioritise a varied workload effectively.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to use data and insight to identify trends, risks and opportunities for improvement.
• An approachable and credible communicator who can build strong relationships and explain complex issues in a practical and engaging way.