National Standards and Compliance Officer

GLL is recruiting for a National Standards and Compliance Officer to join the National Standards and Compliance Team. The role will be primarily based out of Woolwich, with a requirement to travel to GLL premises as required. If you have the skills and ambition to join GLL as National Standards and Compliance Officer, there's never been a more exciting time. This is more than a job, it's a career.

What you'll do

As a National Standards and Compliance Officer you will be responsible for supporting operational teams across all divisions in relation to the provision of information, training and advice pertaining to health and safety standards, best practice and measures to achieve compliance across GLL's full range of business operations.

Within the role you will have the opportunity to review and shape the organisations operational procedures, improving standards and driving performance for the future.

A National Standards and Compliance Officer you will monitor performance through analysis of data, and support risk mitigation through the generation of tools and systems

As a leader within the leisure and library industries, we can offer scope to progress your career, and a variety like nowhere else.

What you need

• A Health and Safety Qualification (NEBOSH Certificate or above), or be willing to obtain this
• CPD demonstrating excellent understanding of industry specific operations
• Demonstrate and evidence a track record of:
• Successful and consistent performance within an operational role
• Undertaking accident and incident investigations
• Achieving results and bringing about change through positive influence
• Devising training packages and delivering training to a range of employees
• Demonstrable knowledge of operations across all GLL divisions
• Demonstrable knowledge of health and safety legislation, and best practice relevant to industry specific operations
• Understanding of risk management principles and how they can be applied
• Ability to interrogate information and data in order to establish route cause and effect
• Establish reasonably practicable risk reduction measures and influence change
• Communicate in a highly effective manner to various audiences, providing accurate information in a range of formats, suitable for internal and external audiences.

As a leader within the leisure industry, we can also offer scope to progress your career and job variety like nowhere else.

As a charitable social enterprise and cooperative owned by our staff, GLL is a unique organisation for you to have a career with!

The basics

* This is a Full time, permanent position. Hours of work will be negotiated with you in line with the needs of the service; flexible working may be possible. Working from home is not possible in this role.

* We are an accredited Living Wage employer with industry-leading rates of pay.

* We can offer a career, not just a job, with extensive Learning & Development support available.

* GLL is Values Driven, not Profit Driven. We work hard to benefit the communities we operate in.

* As a staff-owned organisation, you will be given the opportunity to join the Society and have a stake in your business.

Additionally, GLL offers employees a range of employment benefits:

* Access to a pension scheme.

* Health Assurance and access to Counselling services.

* Access to the tax-efficient Ride to Work bicycle purchase scheme.

* Free annual eye tests.

* Discounted nationwide (over 200 centres) inclusive leisure centre membership for you and your partner. This includes GLL Extras!

GLL Society benefits (if you choose to join the Society after your probation period) include:

* The right to stand for the Society board and to vote for board members to represent you.

* Access to team building and fun events such as treks, concerts, outings, etc.

* Access to a range of benefits exclusive to our people - ask your line manager for details or check out the Intranet.

About GLL

As the UK's largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries, and children's centres.

Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area.

One of our core values is 'More than a Job', because working with us opens a wide range of possibilities and opportunities for you, starting with how you work with us. To make sure we are having a positive impact on our people, we also offer some flexible and part-time working options so you can make sure your new job works for you. Subject to vacancies, whether you are after a contractual commitment and a regular work schedule or the freedom of flexible hours, you may be able to choose an arrangement that works best for you and play your part in improving the health and wellbeing of your community.

We offer two different types of work arrangements:

* A permanent employment contract - part time and full time.

* A flexible worker engagement by joining our flexible worker pool.

If you are looking for a regular number of hours that you can work and are flexible to meet the needs of a 7-day-a-week service, then a full-time or part-time permanent contract might be the right choice for you.

So whether your ambitions lie in sport and leisure, events & catering, health & beauty, corporate support, or working with children, you'll be able to find your ideal new job at GLL.

Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects, and people and are Investors in People Gold Award employer.

However you choose to work with us, you can be sure that you will be a valued member of our team, working with great colleagues, and making a real difference to people's lives.

We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams. All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications, and location.

Salary: £40,407.17