Retail Health & Safety Advisor

CardFactory; England; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Job summary

Cardfactory Gmbh is seeking a Health & Safety Risk Advisor to support our Southern region. This field-based role involves working closely with Store Managers and Regional Managers to provide practical health and safety guidance, manage risk, and improve compliance across a multi-site retail network.

Regular travel across the South is required and a company car is provided. You will lead coaching, deliver inductions, support new store openings, investigate accidents, and help develop safety

Qualifications

• Nebosh General Certificate required.
• Experience in health & safety within retail or multi-site environments.
• Ability to work independently, prioritise and manage a varied workload.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical health and safety guidance across stores and manage risk during visits.
• Coach store and regional teams, deliver inductions and support new store openings.
• Investigate accidents/incidents, identify root causes and share lessons across the region.
• Support development of policies and procedures to ensure consistent safety standards.

Skills

Nebosh GC

Retail HSE experience

Independent worker

Analytical skills

Stakeholder communication

Education

Nebosh General Certificate

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.