Description
Dublin Zoo holds the prestigious position of being ‘Ireland’s Number One Fee Paying Family Attraction’ welcoming in excess of one million visitors each year.
Our purpose is to save wildlife and inspire a passion for nature – one person, one family at a time.
We are currently seeking to recruit a Health, Safety and Environment Manager on a Full-Time Permanent Basis. This role will support and advise management (Board, Director, Senior Management Team and Safety Committees) on health, safety and environmental (HSE) management matters. It will also manage and further develop the HSE management arrangements at Dublin Zoo to ensure the effective and compliant delivery and maintenance of all aspects of Dublin Zoo’s operations, to include, but not limited to, staff and visitor safety, animal husbandry, environmental management, fire safety, facilities and infrastructure management, etc.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Operational
- Responsible for the day-to-day coordination and management of HSE activities at Dublin Zoo.
- Provide oversight and leadership of HSE management matters across the Zoo and provide professional direction and support to management and staff in accordance with legislative requirements and best practice standards (as they apply) and in line with the Zoo’s policies and procedures.
- Develop, implement, and maintain integrated management systems and documentation in alignment with relevant standards and regulations, (e.g. ISO 45001 and ISO 14001) to support safety, health and environmental management at Dublin Zoo.
- Develop, manage and deliver the Zoo’s health, safety and environmental management work programme.
- Contribute to the identification of health, safety and environmental risks for consideration and inclusion in Dublin Zoo’s risk register.
- Prepare, review and update health, safety and environmental risk management policies and procedures to ensure compliance with legal requirements, best practice standards and other internal policies – consult with staff as required.
- Support the review and enhancement of the Zoo’s Emergency Procedures and exercising drills. Manage and maintain fire safety requirements to include risk assessment, drills, fire register etc.
- Support the maintenance and management of the Zoo’s legal register of compliance to ensure the Zoo is up to date with legislation and best practice standards.
- Co-ordinate and support the risk assessment process to ensure that it is streamlined and bespoke to Dublin Zoo and clearly reflects and addresses the associated risks, e.g. staff, visitors, facilities, fire, emergency response, animal management and care, etc.
- Scope and, where possible, develop appropriate in-house health, safety and environmental training programmes in consultation with subject matter experts, e.g. Animal Team etc. and Human Resources management.
- Support Human Resources management to source external training courses in accordance with the Zoo’s training needs analysis.
- Assist with programmes and campaigns that promote health, safety and environmental management awareness and culture among management and staff (and visitors and contractors).
- Prepare and present health, safety and environmental management reports and year end reports to the Board; Health, Safety & Sustainability Committee; and the Director.
- Prepare and present health, safety and environmental reports to Senior Management, internal Safety Committee and staff.
- Establish and maintain a risk management consultation and participation strategy between management, staff and external stakeholders to include visitors, volunteers, contractors etc.
Incident Management
- Lead the management of incidents and associated investigations across the Zoo.
- Review all incident and investigation-related records, forms, statements, CCTV etc.
- Co-ordinate and manage incident investigating, recording and reporting in accordance with the Zoo’s incident management procedure.
- Implement resultant corrective action plans and lessons learned to enhance Zoo practices, to create a safer Zoo environment for Staff, Animals, Visitors etc. and drive continuous improvement.
- Co-ordinate and generate incident trend analysis reports for the Board, Director, Senior Management Team and the Safety Committee to drive the decision-making process and improve risk management practices across the Zoo.
- Co-ordinate and manage the reporting of incidents to the Health and Safety Authority, Environmental Protection Agency etc. (in line with legislative requirements) and insurer.
Monitoring Performance – Inspection and Audit
- Develop and monitor key performance indicators for health, safety and environmental management at Dublin Zoo to measure the effectiveness of the health, safety and environmental management arrangements.
- Develop and implement formal inspection, monitoring and audit processes (criteria, scope, checklists, timelines, reports, action plans, communication, close out etc.) to ensure that the health, safety and environmental risk management arrangements are:
- in compliance with common law duty, legislative requirements and best practice standards e.g. safety, health and welfare, environmental protection, waste management, fire, etc.
- in accordance with the Health, Safety and Environmental Management Work Programme and objectives.
- Prepare reports with findings and recommendations (including where applicable statistical trending and analysis).
- Generate and coordinate action plans for improvement (track to close out).
Building Relationships
- Work with the Senior Management Team and staff to develop and implement strategies to manage health, safety and environmental risks, reduce incidents and enhance health, safety and environmental management across the Zoo in accordance with the Zoo’s Risk Management Strategy.
- Collaborate with key internal stakeholders (as required) to ensure the integration of health, safety and environmental management practices in the day-to-day operations of the Zoo.
- Work with Senior Managers and Managers across all departments to support them to identify and manage interdependent risks and agree arrangements for health, safety and environmental governance and management.
- Champion and increase awareness of good health, safety and environmental governance and build and maintain strong working relationships to promote, develop and embed health, safety and environmental management across the Zoo.
- Liaise with external monitoring and oversight bodies and facilitate site inspections as required, e.g. Health and Safety Authority, environmental protection agency, local authorities, etc.
- Liaise with external stakeholders and neighbours in the Phoenix Park on health, safety and environmental matters (as applicable) to ensure active communication and consultation.
Sustainability
- Lead and coordinate the Dublin Zoo Sustainability Team to support overall implementation of the Zoo’s Sustainability Master Plan.
- Ownership and delivery of HSE related actions within the Sustainability Master Plan.