Health and Safety Associate Director

Health & Safety Associate Director

€120K + Car Allowance and Bonus

€144K Package

Job Purpose

If you a Health & Safety professional based in Dublin looking to take the next step in your career to Associate Director, this opportunity is for you! As Health and Safety Associate Director you will deliver the Health & Safety service to our client base ensuring a best-in-class experience from both a technical and customer experience perspective. You will be responsible for a department of 15 plus, delivering a Health & Safety service for over 6000 clients across Ireland. We need someone with a real operational view on how we can enhance the customer journey, deliver the service through all available channels, embracing technology where possible. You will also play a key part in working with the Senior Leadership team to drive H&S sales through their knowledge of the marketplace, driving referrals, and engaging with our Sales Teams. Minimum qualification of CMIOSH or equivalent is a must.

Main Duties

• Manage the Health & Safety function both from a strategic and day to day operational viewpoint.
• Drive performance, development and motivate the H&S department. Achieving this through setting objectives, vision and strong communication and management
• To ensure that the consultants and advisors are managed in line with company procedures and protocols and to ensure they achieve the requirements of their KPI’s through effective use of root cause analysis.
• Drive and deliver a hands-on culture within the department, remaining close to the detail in every aspect of H&S service delivery.
• Deliver a continuous improvement culture, consistently reviewing the department from a technical, customer service, commercial and cost perspective.
• Maximise the use of technology within the department to drive time and cost savings.
• Report on and review all H&S delivery metrics to the board on a weekly basis, identifying issues at source quickly and rectifying them.
• To ensure that knowledge levels, of both sales and service teams, and control mechanisms are maintained through the appropriate provision of management information, quality management, the monitoring of performance levels and the provision of development activities within an established culture of change.
• Manage team resources through effective planning and workload allocation; including managing absence and staff turnover; recruitment and succession planning.
• Manage the department to performance targets in relation to client service, retention, referrals, and profitability.
• To develop links and relationships with internal stakeholders to enhance and maximise development opportunities.
• Contribute to effective cross department and cross team communication with a particular emphasis on collaborating with the wider teams.
• To support the continuing accreditation and certification of ISO standards
• Manage internal Health & Safety compliance.
• Work closely with the Directors to help drive the strategy for increasing H&S Sales across the business.
• Represent the business on all matters linked to Health & Safety
• Own the budget for the H&S Department ensuring the department is run commercially and drive cost savings through optimisation of systems, people, and technology.
• Recruit, manage and lead a motivated department with a high-performance culture.

As a Health & Safety professional, you will bring dynamism, operational excellence, and technical expertise and can thrive working in a fast paced and entrepreneurial environment to join us on a full-term basis. You will have a proven track record managing teams and leading them successfully, while working in a fast-paced environment. If you’re ready to make the next step to join this global organisation apply with your cv or reach out to sinead.killalea@theportfoliogroup.co.uk

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