Risk and Assurance Advisor 

£34,000 to £42,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 6A) 

Fully flexible hybrid working, with a requirement to come to our head office in Manchester for team meetings when needed (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy). 

We’re looking for a Risk and Assurance Advisor to join our property team here at Co-op. In this role you’ll help us to effectively implement the risk management and assurance requirements of the Co-op Property RHSE (Risk, Health, Safety and Environment) strategy, across all Co-op trading and non-trading properties.

We’ll look to you to provide development, monitoring and co-ordination of risk management frameworks to make sure they are effective and to assist with delivering audit and assurance plans. If you have the analytical skills and continuous improvement approach that we need, we can offer you the opportunity to develop your career in a business that puts people at the heart of its strategy. 

What you’ll do

• Lead and support the development and maintenance of the RHSE integrated management system (IMS) on SharePoint
• Conduct audits of systems and procedures to check whether they’re working effectively – making recommendations for improvement
• Review dashboard reports to make sure that they’re accurate
• Manage RHSE documents and procedures, making sure they’re kept up to date 
• Support the supplier assurance system to make sure that it continues to develop and remains effective, including completing regular audits and conducting trend analysis around findings
• Manage the risk acceptance process relating to risk and compliance within property 
• Coordinate engagement and communication activity for internal and external partners 
• Support with RHSE function administration
• Support with organising continuous improvement groups with the supply chain 

This role would suit people who have

• A relevant health and safety/risk management qualification or working towards one (i.e. NEBOSH General Certificate)
• Experience in completing audits to an agreed set of standards 
• Capability to spot gaps/issues and make strong recommendations to fix them
• Experience in managing risk acceptance processes 
• The ability to write well informed and engaging audit reports 
• Excellent communication skills with the confidence to challenge and escalate, where necessary 

Why Co-op? 

If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).

• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays 
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream app – giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn
• YuLife app – rewarding you for exercising with discounts and vouchers for your favourite brands

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities. 

Building a diverse environment

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing

Please note that we may close applications for this role early.