Halfords

About us

At Halfords, our mission is to inspire and support a lifetime of motoring and cycling. As a specialist retailer, we lead the market through customer-driven innovation and a distinct product range. We are dedicated to providing our customers with an integrated, unique, and convenient service experience from e-bike and electric vehicle servicing to on-demand solutions. Our commitment is to foster customer loyalty by offering compelling reasons to keep coming back to our stores, ensuring a lifetime of motoring and cycling enjoyment.

The teams at our Redditch Support Centre work with every other area of our business, putting them at the heart of the action and playing a key role in our success and growth. Everyone brings their individual knowledge and experience to work every day, working as one team to keep things moving smoothly.

If you’re willing to get stuck in, you’ll love it here too. So put yourself at the heart of a dynamic, fast-paced working environment where expertise and focus take people far.

About the role

We’re looking for a Health & Safety Process Specialist to help strengthen and embed a positive, sustainable safety culture across Halfords group. You’ll tackle cultural and behavioural challenges head‑on, champion best practice, and ensure our safety processes are implemented to the highest standard.

This is a role for someone who builds trust, influences effectively, and empowers colleagues to take ownership of health and safety across the Group.

Key responsibilities

• Support the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of Group-wide health & safety strategies, policies, and procedures.
• Play an active role in delivering the Halfords Group Health & Safety Roadmap.
• Conduct workplace and area inspections, identifying opportunities to raise standards and strengthen safety management.
• Produce clear written reports, including VSL observations, to support improvements in health & safety performance.
• Provide expert advice on health & safety matters as required.
• Lead the creation of health & safety training materials and collaborate with the training team on delivery.
• Oversee the production, review, and coordination of risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Support Senior Health & Safety Business Partners in building strong working relationships with Directors, Managers, Colleagues, Trade Unions, Partners, and Contractors.
• Promote and share examples of good practice across the Group.
• Support the business on matters relating to Employee and Public Liability, maintaining strict confidentiality.
• Assist with Group-wide initiatives that drive continuous improvement in health & safety.

About you

• Experience in a health & safety advisor or coordinator role.
• NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent (NVQ 5) desirable.
• A track record of promoting a positive safety culture.
• Strong influencing, negotiation, and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Experience creating and delivering training materials.
• Confident in prioritising and producing risk assessments and Safe Systems of Work (SSOW)
• Able to assess, prioritise, and mitigate risk effectively.
• Highly organised, detail‑focused, and able to work independently.
• Flexible, proactive, and comfortable working in a field‑based environment.

Reward & benefits

• A fair and competitive salary evaluated against market data, annual discretionary bonus scheme, pension, life assurance, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and enhanced family leave.
• Commitment and dedication to your ongoing personal and professional development. We help you to own and grow your potential so you can be at your best in your current role and to support your future career aspirations.
• You will have access to a wealth of employee discounts across the Halfords suite of products and services.
• Wellbeing and inclusion are at the heart of our colleague experience. We offer resources and ongoing support to enhance your wellbeing at work and active Colleague Networks supporting inclusion initiatives across Halfords.

Not sure you meet all the criteria? We'd encourage you to take the wheel and apply anyway! At Halfords we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for our colleagues. We're an equal opportunities employer and proud to welcome applications from all backgrounds and embrace diversity within our one Halfords Family.

This is a field-based role that involves flexibility in traveling to garages across the UK as well as Halfords support centre- Worcestershire when required.