Safety & Compliance Training Manager

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Greater Anglia operates a busy railway network from London Liverpool Street to destinations across the east of England. We have a high standard of service for our customers throughout their journey experience so they can sit back relax and travel with confidence. Not to mention a whole new set of modernised greener trains, it’s never been a more exciting time to start a career with us. Do you want to be part of the journey? Come along and join Greater Anglia!

The Safety of our colleagues, customers and everyone who interacts with our operations is at the heart of everything we do and believe that our people is fundamental to that success.

We have a fantastic new opportunity within our Safety, Security & Sustainability team for a Safety & Compliance Training Manager. Although the position will be based at Stratford / Shenfield, the role will involve both a combination of office working, when required by the business and also the flexibility to work remotely from home.  This is subject to workload and business needs/commitments. This position will require travel across the Greater Anglia region.

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Safety, Security and Sustainability you will liaise closely with key department heads to design and deliver the mandatory health, safety and environmental training to ensure that Greater Anglia meets its statutory needs and business objectives, and as well as designing and delivering bespoke training, you will also oversee the management and delivery of our in house IOSH accredited training material (Working safely and Managing Safely).

The successful candidate will also be responsible for ensuring suitable training records are maintained and providing management reports on the status of training delivery to the senior leadership team.

A key member of team who will be able to gain insights of emerging risks and findings from incidnets, and turn these into opportunities to share good practice and learning through the training that they deliver.

What we are looking for

You will be an occupationally competent Safety and environmental practitioner and an experienced trainer with the ability to design and deliver quality training material in a thought provoking and engaging way.

Excellent inter-personal and communication skills are essential within this role.

As well as being an effective team player, you will have a collaborative style of working with the willingness to challenge in collegiate style, and the ability to listen.

The ideal candidate will hold / demonstrate:

• NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health level 3 or equivalent.
• NEBOSH Environmental Management level 3 or equivalent.
• Member of an appropriate safety and environment professional body– maintenance of CPD.
• Knowledge and experience of the rail industry - beneficial, or experience in a similar industry.
• Relevant Trainer qualification level 3+ (PTTLS, CIPD, GTC, CTP, TAP or equivalent).
• Innovative facilitator; able to apply accelerated learning, making training engaging and interactive. for the audience/learner with creative design skills incorporating blended learning

The closing date for all completed applications is on Friday 11th November 2022

*Please note vacancies can close earlier due to high influx of candidate applications*

To succeed in this role, we are looking for people who can bring our four values to life in your everyday work:

·        Genuine … be welcoming, customer-centric and respectful

·        Professional… be solution-oriented, accountable and delivering to promises

·        Proactive … be progressive, innovative and decisive

·        Inclusive … be connected in your thinking, empathetic and promote diversity

Greater Anglia can offer a healthy work life balance, holiday entitlement and an environment where you can learn, develop, and grow in your career. If you think you would be a great addition to GA then apply now!

What can we do for you?

• Defined Contribution pension scheme after 2 years option to move across to Defined Benefit (Final Salary) pension scheme
• Free Travel on GA for you and your eligible family members
• Free Leisure travel on GA and 75% discount on other TOCS for leisure travel for eligible family members
• International travel discount card (FIP) for staff and eligible family members after 12 months service
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave of up to 10 days
• Gainshare bonus paid if GA hits relevant yearly targets, up £550 for permanent and £300 for agency
• GA offers maternity, paternity and adoption leave and time off for prenatal care, as well as shared parental leave after 26 weeks of service - part of our commitment to family friendly policies
• GA Hapi Benefits App– our great benefits app which includes discounts across many retailers, days out and dining
• 24/7 Employee assistance programme, eyecare and flu jab vouchers and access to physiotherapy services
• Annually issued 12 discount vouchers for family and friends to use
• Salary Sacrifice schemes such as Cycle to work and Technology scheme (eligible once passing probation)