Safety & Health Consultant (APAC)

Safety & Health Consultant

The International Chief Operating Office (ICOO) has responsibility for supporting International (EMEA and APAC) with the facilitation of key governance and control activities across multiple Wells Fargo legal entities.

Within ICOO the Business Support function encompasses several business management and risk programs, including office services, third party, business resiliency and disaster recovery, safety and physical security.

Safety & Health Consultants ("consultants") are members of the Business Support function. They are based in APAC (Singapore) and EMEA (London) with responsibilities that span the legal entities and personnel within their respective locations.

Consultants are responsible for the strategic planning and implementation of a fit-for-purpose safety and health framework covering (i) policy and guidelines development, (ii) risk identification and control, (iii) safety and health monitoring, (iv) employee engagement to promote safety and health awareness and competence.

As the subject matter expert, the Consultants provide leadership on safety and health across their region and work collaboratively with one another and internal and external stakeholders (including Risk & Insurance Management, Corporate Properties Group, HR, Lines of Business and Second Line teams) to ensure compliance with legislative requirements, creation of safe work environments and practices, development of a positive safety culture and continuous improvement in the company's safety and health performance.

(Note: In addition to these functions employees are required to carry out such other duties as may reasonably be required)

Responsibilities

• Adopting a common-sense approach to implementation; ensuring that all Safety & Health legislation is complied with and that policies and procedures relevant to the companys undertakings are developed, kept up-to-date and communicated.
• Identifying country specific legislative requirements and instituting (where possible) common standards of S&H best practice consistent with Enterprise guidance throughout the companys International locations.
• Demonstrating leadership in all areas pertaining to health, safety and welfare at work and working with Enterprise partners to set strategic direction for the program.
• Ensuring a programme of risk assessments covering all key risks associated with the companys undertakings is instituted and reviewed regularly.
• Influencing and inspiring team members in creating a positive S&H culture through training programmes, consultations and engagement initiatives.
• Liaising with all stakeholders to develop and regularly review workplace emergency arrangements procedures.
• Developing and maintaining an S&H management framework that meets the needs of the company.
• As required, co-ordinate injury and illness insurance policy review and renewal and act as claims co-ordinator for workers compensation and injury matters.
• Implementation and day-to-day management of a fit-for-purpose ergonomic workstation assessment programme.
• Collating and reviewing accident reports, investigating accidents and making recommendations to prevent reoccurrence.
• Providing guidance and updates to stakeholders on applicable legislative changes that impact the company.
• Monitoring safety and health compliance and performance through workplace audits, S&H metrics review, S&H audit of key contractors.
• Leading continuous improvement actions in safety and health compliance and performance e.g. through co-ordination with company Wellbeing programs
• Follow a programme of continuing professional development in order to stay abreast of legislative and best practice changes.

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of Business Execution, Implementation, or Strategic Planning experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• A recognized degree in S&H, (e.g. NEBOSH diploma or an equivalent qualification).
• Chartered membership (e.g. CMIOSH) of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) or Graduate membership (e.g. GradIOSH) working towards the chartered status.
• Excellent knowledge of safety and health legislation and risk management practices.
• Engagement within the wider S&H community in order to apply best practices within Wells Fargo.
• Working knowledge of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) matters.
• Ability to think strategically and still be hands-on in dealing with day-to-day health and safety matters
• Ability to develop and implement initiatives and arrangements to drive S&H performance across International.
• Ability to analyze health and safety risks with a common-sense approach and be proportionate in the application of control measures.
• Experience of implementing and managing multi-regional S&H programmes is desirable.
• Sound knowledge of workstation ergonomics, the ability to identify the needs of Display Screen Equipment users and proffer ergonomic solutions.
• Excellent interpersonal skills - engaging, flexible, persuasive and able to build relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Effective change leader, strong organisational skills, analytical ability and communication flair.
• Resourceful self-starter who works well both independently as well as a part of a team, with the drive to take ownership of initiatives and situations.
• Competent user of Microsoft Office applications (including Word, PowerPoint and Excel).