JA Safety Services Ltd (JASS), provide a health, safety and environment consultancy service. This will include a competent person retainer service for small to medium sized organisations.

JASS can also provide strategic support for large companies including training for Senior Managers and Directors.

We will provide a fluid and consistent consultancy service that will have seven main strands:

a)    Competent person provision

b)    Desk top service – audit of documentation-producing strategies, policies and procedures

c)    Practical service-auditing-inspection-risk assessment etc

d)    Staff training

e)    Incident Investigation

f)     Starter packs for new businesses

g)    Face fit Testing

Lead and managed the delivery of a Health, Safety and Environmental service to provide assurance to internal and external stakeholders on the effectiveness of governance, risk management and internal control across the group including compliance with regulatory and contractual obligations.

• Developed the Health and Safety and Environmental Strategy.
• Lead, motivated and engaged my team to ensure delivery of the group’s overall strategic objectives.
• Provided regular assurance to senior stakeholders, including the Board and the Audit Committee regarding group’s health and safety obligations, highlighting trends, issues and potential risks, for review at regular performance meetings and to input into decision making as required.
• Developed and managed relevant budgets ensuring effective financial planning and forecasting takes place to deliver the strategy, and robust controls are in place to monitor spend and produce financial reporting as required to range of senior stakeholders.
• Implemented and managed the ISO 14001 Environmental system.
• Managed the performance and development of my team, providing coaching and guidance.
• Built strong sustainable relationships with stakeholders and other Regulatory Bodies and Local Authorities, influencing, negotiating and building constructive working relationships.
• Lead the implementation of the strategy and the continuous review of all Health Safety and Environmental matters across over 50 centres, 2000 staff and tens of thousands of learners.
• Manage a team of Health, Safety and Environment advisors.
• Implemented and managed a risk control system to protect thousands of learners.

Health and Safety auditor promoted to Group Health and Safety Manager in 2001 for the NTP Group of Companies with responsibility for six health and safety advisors. Responsible for the production, implementation and effective management of all Group Health, Safety and Environment Management systems. Main contact for the Training and Enterprise Councils and Learning and Skills Council. Responsible for all audit activity for Thousands of learners. Responsible for investigating around 250 RIDDOR reportable incidents a year.

Intraining are a wholly owned subsidiary of the NGC Group, I was responsible for implementing the NCG policies by designing, writing and implementing divisional statements, processes and guidance documents. Reporting directly to the Intraining Board and the Chief Operating Officer.

·            Managed and mentored a team of Health, Safety and Environment advisors.

·            Implemented and managed a risk control system to protect thousands of learners.

·            Lead and manage the delivery of a Health, Safety and Environmental service to provide assurance to internal and external stakeholders on the effectiveness of governance, risk management and internal control across the group.

·            Managed the health and safety budget and a team of four Health and Safety Officers within a property portfolio of multiple various sized premises employing over thirteen hundred staff.

·            Oversaw the correct implementation of risk control procedures by the property and facilities department.

Working across several Government Departments building effective working partnerships, ensuring the NES and large organisations were represented in key funding/inspection decisions. This also included the management of up to fifteen subcontracted companies. I was employed by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) formerly the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) for nine years as the Health and Safety Manager for the National Employer Service (NES). Subsequently also becoming the Senior Policy Lead for Quality and Safeguarding, working to support the delivery and management of employer and provider delivered programmes. Provided advice to the NES in a wide range of quality and health and safety related aspects of work with large National Employers including programme design, improvement planning and equality and diversity.

·            Working across several Government Departments including Ofsted, the HSE, the Department for Education and the Department for Business Innovation and Skills.

·            Responsible for the initial design and implementation of the NES strategies and arrangements for Learner Health Safety and Welfare.

·            Built effective working partnerships, ensuring the NES and large Organisations were represented in Key funding/inspection decisions.

·            Ensured the NES were compliant with the wider SFA priorities ensuring that we did not exceed our Legal or contractual responsibilities.

·            Management of up to fifteen externally sourced QHSE consultants.

·            Responsible for a budget of £400,000.

Developed and managed relevant budgets ensuring effective financial planning and forecasting takes place to deliver the strategy.

Responsible for the production, implementation and effective management of the NES health and safety strategies and working processes for up to a hundred thousand Government funded learners

·            Produced and implemented an effective management of the NES health and safety strategies for learner health and safety across the UK.

·            Key contact for Government Departments including the HSE.

·            Produced auditing processes for up to a 100,000 Government funded learners.

·            Responsible for a budget of £250,000.

·            Auditing of large blue chip organisations who held contracts with the SFA to train thousands of learners.

·            Line management of up to five externally sourced HSE consultants plus one internal health and safety administrator.

Health and Safety auditor promoted to Group Health and Safety Manager in 2001 for the NTP Group of Companies with responsibility for six health and safety advisors.

·            Responsible for the production, implementation and effective management of all Group Health, Safety and Environment Management systems.

·            Main contact for the Training and Enterprise Councils and Learning and Skills Council.

·            Responsible for all audit activity for Thousands of learners.

·            Responsible for investigating around 250 RIDDOR reportable incidents a year.