Health & Safety Business Partner

Halfords; Manchester; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in the North of England seeks a Health and Safety Business Partner to foster a robust safety culture across its operations. The role involves conducting audits, providing expert safety advice, and improving safety practices. Ideal candidates should have an established health and safety background, NEBOSH certification, and the ability to work flexibly across multiple sites. The company offers competitive pay and support for professional development.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual discretionary bonus

Employee discounts

Pension and life assurance

Qualifications

• Established experience within a health & safety role.
• Experience within multi-site locations is desirable.
• Proven record of promoting a positive health & safety culture.

Responsibilities

• Undertake audits and workplace inspections to improve safety management practices.
• Provide reports to assist Halfords in improving health & safety performance.
• Conduct investigations for accidents and incidents.
• Provide expert advice on health & safety matters when needed.
• Liaise with enforcement agencies and other relevant stakeholders.

Skills

Health & safety management

Ability to influence and negotiate

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Microsoft Office proficiency

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate

Job description

About us

At Halfords, our mission is to inspire and support a lifetime of motoring and cycling. As a specialist retailer, we lead the market through customer-driven innovation and a distinct product range. We are dedicated to providing our customers with an integrated, unique, and convenient service experience—from e-bike and electric vehicle servicing to on-demand solutions. Our commitment is to foster customer loyalty by offering compelling reasons to keep coming back to our stores, ensuring a lifetime of motoring and cycling enjoyment.

The teams at our Redditch Support Centre work with every other area of our business, putting them at the heart of the action and playing a key role in our success and growth. Everyone brings their individual knowledge and experience to work every day, working as one team to keep things moving smoothly.

If you’re willing to get stuck in, you’ll love it here too. So put yourself at the heart of a dynamic, fast-paced working environment where expertise and focus take people far.

About the role

We are looking for a Health and Safety Business Partner in the North of England to support a robust and sustainable health and safety culture across Halfords Garages, Halfords Retail and Halfords Mobile Experts. Overcoming cultural and behavioural challenges to monitor and steer progress whilst identifying the impact of safety processes and practices, ensuring these are implemented to the highest possible standards. This role will build rapport and strengthen relationships across the Halfords Group to both empower & promote colleagues to take ownership of health & safety.

Key responsibilities

• To undertake audits and workplace / area inspections to proactively identify where health & safety management practices and overall standards can be improved.
• Provide written reports by the way of inspection, visible safety leadership (VSL), and monthly summaries where necessary to assist Halfords in implementing solutions to improve its overall health & safety performance.
• To undertake investigations for all accidents, incidents, significant events, and safety concerns as required to identify both root cause and preventative measures to prevent reoccurrence.
• Provide both competent and expert advice on all health & safety matters that arise when called upon.
• Prioritise and respond to safety concerns identified from colleagues, contractors, and visitors who enter any Halfords Group operation.
• Liaise with enforcement agencies in conjunction with both the Senior Health & Safety Business Partner and Group Head of Health & Safety.
• To contribute to the design, development, production, and delivery of training materials including (but not limited to) risk assessments, safe working procedures, manual handling, traffic management, wellbeing & welfare, vehicle operations, housekeeping standards, PUWER, LOLER ensuring that appropriate records are kept, and quality of content meets the specific requirements of the Group.
• Assist the Group Head of Health & Safety and Senior Health & Safety Business Partner in maintaining effective working relationships with Halfords Directors, Managers, Colleagues, Trade Unions, Partners, Contractors, and all other relevant stakeholders.
• Identify, promote, and raise awareness of ‘Good Practice’ throughout the Halfords Group.
• To liaise and support the Halfords Group on all matters concerned or connected with Employee and Public Liability whilst always maintaining the strictest confidentiality.
• Assist management and departmental heads with site improvement plans to aid continuous improvement in all matters related to health & safety.

About you

• Established experience within a health & safety
• Experience within a multi-site locations is desirable
• NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent qualification
• Proven record of promoting a positive health & safety performance culture.
• Ability to influence, persuade and negotiate with both internal & external stakeholders at a management level.
• Good understanding of PUWER and LOLER
• Flexible and able to work independently.
• Strong organisational & planning skills and good attention to detail
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Good navigation for the use of Microsoft Office applications such as word, excel, power-point, and outlook.
• Full UK driving licence

Reward & benefits

• A fair and competitive salary evaluated against market data, annual discretionary bonus scheme, pension, life assurance, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and enhanced family leave.
• Commitment and dedication to your ongoing personal and professional development. We help you to own and grow your potential so you can be at your best in your current role and to support your future career aspirations.
• You will have access to a wealth of employee discounts across the Halfords suite of products and services.
• Wellbeing and inclusion are at the heart of our colleague experience. We offer resources and ongoing support to enhance your wellbeing at work and active Colleague Networks supporting inclusion initiatives across Halfords.

Not sure you meet all the criteria? We'd encourage you to take the wheel and apply anyway! At Halfords we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for our colleagues. We're an equal opportunities employer and proud to welcome applications from all backgrounds and embrace diversity within our one Halfords Family.

This is a field-based role visiting sites across the North of England and Ireland therefore requires a full UK driving licence and flexibility to travel across sites.