Health & Safety Coordinator

​​​​​​Casual Health and Safety Coordinator
Hourly Rate

Main Purpose of the Job

Emirates Old Trafford, the home of Lancashire Cricket Club, are looking to recruit a Health & Safety Coordinator to join the Operations Team. This role is primarily focused on health and safety administration at Emirates Old Trafford and at other venues that may be used during the season. This role will form part of the Safety Team, supporting the Safety department with day-to-day management of all health and safety aspects at the Club.

About Us

Emirates Old Trafford, home of Lancashire Cricket, is an award-winning world-class stadium and venue. It is recognised as one of the UK’s most prestigious venues for sport, business, leisure and entertainment with a capacity of up to 50,000 people for concerts; 26,000 for international cricket matches; meetings and events spaces for up to 2,000 delegates; the stadium is home to a 250-bedroom Hilton Garden Inn hotel, which has 135 pitch facing rooms, and an on-site Caffè Nero.

The venue has played host to some of the world’s biggest sporting and music names, take a look at all the exciting fixtures and event’s we've got coming up here: https://emiratesoldtrafford.lancashirecricket.co.uk/cricket-concerts/
It’s a unique place to build a career where no two days are ever the same!

Principle Responsibilties:

• Assist and support the Head of Department as required for them to deliver their role.
• Assist with the implementation of Health and Safety policies and arrangements site wide.
• Support the delivery of monthly Health and Safety committee meetings.
• Work with the conference and event teams to ensure that corporate events are delivered safely, and contractors are monitored throughout.
• Work with all Managers to deliver the Clubs requirements in  
• Coordination and review of site risk assessments.
• Complete near miss and accidents reports if required, as well as reporting incidents to the HSE.
• Coordinate accident or incident investigation where required.
• Carry out regular workplace Health and Safety Audits across all departments.
• Ensure that COSHH assessments are up to date and complete within certain departments.
• Provide performance reports to Head of Department and assist with report preparations for the Operations Director and Executive Team.
• Coordinate all first aid resources on site (first aid boxes and defibrillators), ensuring these are audited and replenished where necessary.
• Identify staff health and safety training requirements through a training matrix and coordinate the delivery of training.
• Assist in managing the Food Safety Management System in use at the club.
• Support the maintenance of all necessary records and documentation related to the safe operation of events at the venue and report to the ECB, SGSA or local authority as appropriate.
• Analyse near misses & incidents, providing data to the Head of Safety & Resilience as required.
• Provide administrative support on all capex decisions and delivery of projects

Knowledge / Experience / Skills Needed

(the expertise needed to perform the job to the required standard)

Required Health and Safety Qualifications and Experience -

• Operational background within a large venue / sports arena / entertainment arena or shopping centre (an organisation with a large footfall).
• IOSH qualified or working towards
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, and have the confidence and ability to present to groups from all disciplines and levels.
• The ability to communicate across all levels of the organisation.
• Self-motivation with excellent analytical, organisational, report writing and problem-solving skills.
• Good IT skills (Experience in using Microsoft packages, especially Excel, Outlook and Word).
• Ability to create clear procedures and guidance documents.
• High level of work accuracy.
• Ability to complete tasks against tight deadlines.
• Presentation skills.

Desirable Health and Safety Qualifications and Experience –

• NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety or similar

Please take a look at the full job description and, if you have the experience and skills required, please submit your CV along with any other required or relevant documentation.

We look forward to hearing from you if you have skills that support our future vision. Lancashire Cricket is an equal opportunities organisation, and we are committed to providing new opportunities and striving for greater diversity.

It is a priority for Lancashire Cricket to ensure our Club appropriately reflects the wider communities across the North West and as we strive to meet Sport England Guidance in this regard, we would welcome applications from individuals with the appropriate skills and experience that can also enhance our current diversity mix at the Club. 

We welcome applications from all ages and backgrounds and are looking for candidates who can contribute diversity of representation and thinking to Lancashire Cricket. Please also be aware, all of our roles are subject to reference checks from previous employers.

Lancashire Cricket Club and the Hilton Garden Inn are committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk. Due to this post being in regulated activity, the potential employee will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check at the appropriate level. It is a criminal offence for a barredperson to attempt to engage with vulnerable groups. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.