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Additional Information

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.

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Company Description

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.

We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.

We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.

Our Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best.

Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day.

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Job Description

At Legal & General, we’re committed to creating safe, healthy and inclusive workplaces where our colleagues can thrive. We’re looking for a Group Health & Safety Manager to lead the day-to-day delivery of our Group Health & Safety function, providing expert advice, assurance and constructive challenge across the organisation. You’ll lead a small specialist team and collaborate with colleagues across Workplace, Property, HR, Security and Operational Resilience to ensure health and safety arrangements are practical, proportionate and embedded into everyday operations.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading the day-to-day operation of the Group Health & Safety function, ensuring agreed priorities, controls and programmes are delivered effectively
• Managing and developing the Health & Safety team, setting clear objectives and directing resources towards the highest-priority risks and business requirements
• Providing practical, competent advice and constructive challenge to leaders, business areas and key stakeholders
• Overseeing workplace inspections, audits and assurance activity, ensuring resulting actions are tracked through to completion
• Coordinating health and safety governance and performance reporting, providing clear analysis of material risks, trends and emerging issues
• Managing the operational response to significant incidents, including investigations, corrective actions, escalation and organisational learning
• Leading health and safety programmes associated with workplace changes, office openings, relocations and other significant projects
• Building effective relationships across the organisation to strengthen ownership, improve standards and embed a positive health and safety culture

Who we’re looking for:

• A NEBOSH Certificate, with a NEBOSH Diploma or progress towards the qualification preferred
• Strong knowledge of UK health and safety legislation, recognised standards and best practice within workplace environments
• A sound understanding of risk assessment methods, incident investigation and corrective and preventative action management
• Experience of leading and developing health and safety professionals across multiple sites
• Proven experience of designing, implementing and monitoring effective health and safety management systems
• Strong programme and change management skills, with the ability to turn requirements into practical and sustainable solutions
• Confident communication and influencing skills, with experience of coaching and constructively challenging senior stakeholders
• An inclusive and collaborative leadership style, with the ability to prioritise effectively, develop others and drive continuous improvement

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• We’re creating net‑zero carbon workplaces by 2030 by investing in our sustainable, modern offices across the UK, all designed to bring people together and elevate the in‑person experience

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