H&S Coordinator

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

Are you an experienced H&S practitioner, with a background in Retail H&S covering multiple sites?

Please be aware, this is a re-advertisement - previous applicants need not apply.

The Role:

Oxfam GB are looking for H&S Coordinator to support our Retail Operations. Working with the Retail Health and Safety Advisor, H&S coordinators work as part of the Health and Safety team in promoting a positive health and safety culture across the Retail network. Supporting shops, warehouses and associated support functions, H&S coordinators should promote best practice and provide support to enable the retail network to meet its organisational and legal H&S obligations.

The role will be hybrid, with a mix of home-based and field-based working in our shops and warehouses as required. You may also be expected to occasionally attend meetings at our Head Office in Oxford.

What we are looking for:

Our H&S Coordinators will need great influencing skills and the ability to share their knowledge and experience of operationalising H&S best practice within a retail network.

We offer:

This role will give you an opportunity to make a difference in Oxfam GB, and to work with a group of passionate people that are specialists in their respective fields. We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance and a range of other benefits.

We have a wide range of internal Learning & Development courses on offer, with on-the job learning opportunities, mentoring, certified coaching, in house courses, and much more. You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer here for UK-based, local, and International staff.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

How to apply

As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and a covering letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.

About us

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.

Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.

A thriving diverse Oxfam:

It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we’re committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today.

To do that:

• We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
• We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
• We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.