Safety Champion - Dun Laoghaire

About us

You will help us save lives at sea by promoting a proactive safety culture for all our people.

What you will be doing

• Being a local advocate for safety, health, and environment.
• Actively promoting, supporting, and encouraging volunteers and employees to engage with safety best practice.
• Encourage communication and discussion of all RNLI SHE messages and briefings in a timely and consistent manner.
• Reporting any problems or ideas for improvement with health and safety systems.
• Support managers with ensuring local safety noticeboards contain up to date and relevant information.
• Feed into Regional SHE committee meetings via the local representative providing the voice of the customer.
• Signpost and promote where to find safety, health, and environmental information or how to seek further support.
• Identify SHE awareness requirements in your area, report to and if necessary, liaise with the Safety team to organise coaching or training opportunities.

What do you need for this role?

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Experience of interacting with volunteers
• Passionate and keen interest in safety, health, environment.
• Ability to prioritise effectively.
• You do not need to be a safety professional or hold safety related qualifications.

What’s in it for you?

• Join an inclusive and diverse organisation.
• Have fun, meet new people, and join a motivated and enthusiastic team who are making a difference.
• Learn skills and gain experience to enhance your CV.
• Gain the satisfaction of giving back.
• Training to fulfil your volunteer role will be provided. and reasonable out of pocket expenses reimbursed.

Safeguarding

The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).

Diversity at the RNLI

Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.