Safety Learning Facilitator - Temporary (up to 12 months) - Internal only

Safety Learning Facilitator - Temporary (up to 12 months) - Internal only

Internal vacancy

The RNLI actively promotes continuous development within the organisation and is only seeking applications from current RNLI employees and volunteers at this time. If this position is not filled internally it may be re-advertised openly. #LI-DNI

About us

We are the charity that saves lives at sea. We can only do that if we keep our people safe too. That requires us to learn from what goes well and what doesn’t. Learning is vital and there is a brilliant opportunity help us with that by joining our safety learning team.

As a Safety Learning Facilitator you will become a vital part of the RNLI safety team and a key person in helping us to improve how we operate safely and continuously improve. The safety team leads the way in which the RNLI learns as an organisation and implements its safety lessons to ensure a safe, compliant and sustainable environment for our volunteers and staff.

Delivering across the UK and Ireland the team continue to develop a proactive and just approach to learning from incidents both afloat and ashore. Recognising the importance of human factors in improving safety performance, it’s our role to put learning and continual improvement at the heart of our operations and activities to keep our people safe – whether that’s while fundraising, educating members of the public, building lifeboats, lifeguarding a beach or saving lives at sea.

The RNLI is a charity that provides a 24-hour search and rescue service in the UK and Ireland. Volunteers make up 95% of our organisation; supported by expert staff, all working together to help communities at home and abroad save lives.

Your role

Be a driving force behind transformational safety learning at the RNLI.

As a Safety Learning Facilitator you will sit as a core member of the Safety Learning Team, reporting into the Safety Learning Manager. You’ll play a pivotal role in facilitating the way in which the RNLI learns and implements its safety lessons to ensure a safe, compliant, and sustainable organisation.

In this exciting role, you will be responsible for providing guidance and support to those outside of the safety learning team, supporting the safety learning process, and shaping recommendations. Supporting our Safety Learning Leads, you will facilitate both the progression of learning reviews through the lifecycle journey of the process, and the management of safety learning, including recommendations and associated processes.

About you

To be considered for the role of Safety Learning Facilitator, you will need to demonstrate:

• Substantial experience in a health and safety / investigation role.
• Strong IT skills with experience using multiple systems to capture and extract information.
• High level of organisation skills and experience working with stakeholders at all levels of an organisation.
• Ability to coach others through complex processes to achieve desired outcomes.

If this sounds like you, and you are someone who understands the complex factors that may create the conditions for an accident to occur, and can identify preventative actions to improve safety, with a focus on failing safely rather than preventing all, apply today.

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.