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About the Role

This role is responsible for ensuring the firm's compliance with health, safety, and environmental legislation. Key responsibilities include policy development, risk assessments, incident management, business continuity planning, compliance training, and supplier compliance oversight. The role also involves managing the Workplace Operations environmental and sustainability team member and ensuring compliance with ISO 14001, 45001, and 50001 standards.

Responsibilities

Act as the primary point of contact for compliance and workplace risk-related matters.
Oversee all aspects of Workplace Operations compliance, ensuring adherence to statutory, contractual, and environmental requirements.
Develop and approve Health and Safety policies, fostering a strong health and safety culture across the firm.
Ensure compliance across all Health and Safety areas.
Ensure trained first aiders and fire marshals are in place.
Lead the development and implementation of the Workplace Operations sustainability strategy.
Provide line management to the Workplace Compliance team.
Ensure legal and regulatory compliance, including the completion of comprehensive risk assessments and the implementation of effective mitigation strategies.
Develop, implement, and maintain internal policies, procedures, and controls to manage workplace risks.
Oversee business continuity planning, including regular testing and ensuring robust incident response protocols are in place.
Define incident types, maintain incident logging systems, investigate and follow up on incidents, generate regular reports, and deliver relevant training.
Develop and deliver compliance training on incident reporting, risk awareness, business continuity roles, and other key compliance topics in collaboration with internal stakeholders.
Identify opportunities for improvement and drive enhancements to compliance programmes and overall effectiveness.
Oversee independent monitoring and performance audits of service partners, contractors, and suppliers, ensuring compliance with ISO certification and other relevant standards.

Requirements

Ability to work effectively and co-operatively with senior stakeholders.
Build and maintain relationships as well as influence all members of the Firm.
Ability to build strong working relationships with specialist suppliers, clients, and internal stakeholders.
Skilled in strategic supplier selection and contract management.
Proven ability to analyse performance and compliance data generating actionable insight that improve user experience.
Ability to work under pressure while maintaining sound judgment and professionalism.
Flexible and effective verbal and written communication skills.
Commercially minded with strong organisational and interpersonal skills.
Act as the subject matter expert across the firm.
Experience leading continuous improvement initiatives.
Proven experience of emergency planning and business continuity principles.
Experience in Environmental monitoring and reporting.

Skills

Health and Safety legislation
Environmental legislation
ISO 14001
ISO 45001
ISO 50001
Risk assessment
Incident management
Business continuity planning
Compliance training
Supplier compliance
Strategic supplier selection
Contract management
Performance analysis
Data analysis
Continuous improvement
Emergency planning
Environmental monitoring
Environmental reporting
Occupational safety and health
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Location

London

Work Type

Hybrid working

Experience Level

Senior level experience in compliance and risk management
Experience leading continuous improvement initiatives
Proven experience of emergency planning and business continuity principles
Experience in Environmental monitoring and reporting

Education Level

Chartered member of the institution of occupational safety and health or appropriate experience
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Benefits

Varied opportunities for continuous growth and development
Formal training
Informal coaching and mentoring
Skills-based training
Technical training
On the job learning
Financial benefits
Wellbeing benefits
Lifestyle benefits
Family friendly benefits

About the Company

As a global law firm, our work spans jurisdictions, cultures, and languages.
Our culture is collaborative and inclusive, where diverse perspectives are recognised and valued.
We combine deep legal expertise and commercial intelligence to grow, transform, protect, and defend our clients' businesses.
We operate in the sectors and regions that matter to our clients with forward-thinking insights and innovative, tech-enabled solutions.
We empower each other to be exceptional and create advantage for our clients.

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age.
This applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every other aspect of employment.
We have a variety of flourishing employee networks.
Our goal is to deliver an equality of opportunity, an equality of aspiration and an equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm.