Health & Safety Coordinator

Reporting to the Director, Wellness, the Health, Safety & Wellness Coordinator will assist and support in the continued development, implementation and evaluation of our health & safety and well-being strategic framework, policies, and programs. The Health, Safety & Wellness Coordinator will assist with health, safety and wellness initiatives aimed at promoting healthy and safe lifestyles by fostering a healthy workplace culture at the individual and organizational level.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Create health promotion and HSE communications, including but not limited to, wellness/mental health moments, newsletter articles, social media posts, tool box talks, initiative communications.
• Work with Internal Communications to push out team member communications.
• Coordinates the revitalization of internal communication tool: SharePoint. This includes but is not limited to the redesigning, implementing and ongoing maintenance of the intranet site.
• Respond to inquiries and provide information to Team Members.
• Organize and facilitate virtual and in-person sessions and continuing education programs related to Well-Being with support from the Director, Wellness and various partners.
• Acts as a point of contact for all team member questions and concerns related to BGIS’ wellness program.
• Provide expert interpretation of Well-Being procedures and policies to team members and/or service providers, as required.

Training and Learning Sessions

• Coordinate and implement training; not limited to but including suicide prevention and MHFA (logistical planning, manage registration).
• Participate in and deliver mental health training.
• Facilitate sessions, including but not limited to, virtual well-being onboarding and movement breaks.
• Coordinate initiatives; speaker recruitment, logistical planning, manage registration.
• Support the development and execution of HSE training programs as required.

Program Leadership

• Play a leadership role for BGIS Balance (actively promote, implement and participate).
• Acts as a change agent to ensure knowledge and know how is transferred to leaders / managers and actions are taken to ensure health and well-being and Wellness strategies are embedded into BGIS’ workplace culture, operations, and strategic goals.
• Act as a mentor for Wellness Placement Student(s)

Program Support

• Work with Director, Wellness to provide feedback and recommendations for future programming.
• Forms and fosters effective partnerships within the organization.
• Engage with regional BGIS teams to increase the understanding and importance of BGIS Balance initiatives.
• Support Global initiatives such as well-being survey, challenges, global safety and wellness week.
• Create metrics for wellness (for ex. mental health practitioner data) and assist as needed with other data analysis projects.
• Ensures Well-Being initiatives are carried out efficiently and are responding to the established objectives and priorities.
• Tracks, measures, and reports on the effectiveness of the Well-Being programs and initiatives.
• First line approver for monthly Fitness Reimbursements, including, creating monthly report for payroll.
• Develop support structures for managers and team members to move towards greater workplace well-being.
• Works with the Director, Wellness, Global Learning & Development teams and other partners to assist in the development and roll out of live and online training programs as well as identifying existing training resources.

Continuous Improvement

• Conducts continuous research on health and wellness-related information topics and best practices.
• Assists in monitoring service delivery, identifying inefficiencies, and developing process improvements.
• Research industry trends.
• Co Chair BGIS Balance Well-Being committee meetings.
• Participate in activities with the HSE and Wellness teams.
• Assist with adhoc requests.

Knowledge & Skills

• University degree in health sciences, kinesiology, psychology and/or a Post-Graduate Certificate in Workplace Wellness or Health Promotion, Human Resources or related discipline is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated capacity in team member / stakeholder engagement, relationship building.
• Strong knowledge in the areas of health, wellness and risk management.
• Ability to effectively deal with situations that have no precedent and are sensitive, confidential and high-risk in nature.
• Effective interpersonal skills, especially communication (verbal / written) and influencing skills.
• Strong organizational skills, documentation and reporting skills.
• Self-motivated and proactive.
• Ability to design, deliver and evaluate training programs in a variety of health-related areas.
• Strong coaching and consulting skills and the ability to work with diverse client groups.
• Proven problem-solving skills, resourcefulness, independence, and collaboration.
• Able to distill data from a variety of sources, drawing conclusions, and develop action plans and mitigation strategies.
• High proficiency in Microsoft office (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation

• Post-Graduate Certificate in Workplace Wellness or Health Promotion is strongly preferred.

About Us

We value transparency in our hiring processes. Please note, artificial intelligence may be used in certain stages to screen, assess, or select applicants, however, a human reviewer makes all final decisions. This posting is for a future vacancy.

About The Team

BGIS is a global leader in integrated facility management services. With a combined team of over 10,000 globally, BGIS relentlessly focuses on delivering innovative service solutions that create value for its clients. Globally, BGIS manages over 50,000 facilities totaling more than 600 million square feet across several markets including government, higher education, utilities, telecommunications, financial services, oil & gas, healthcare and cloud enterprise. In addition to managing a diverse portfolio of corporate offices, retail, colleges, hospitals and industrial assets, BGIS is a world leader in the management of data centers and other critical environments.

At BGIS we believe that diversity and inclusion is a key business driver, such as we never lose sight of its importance as it is woven into the fabric if our organization. We are committed to maintaining a barrier-free recruitment process by providing equal employment opportunities through recruiting and retention of individuals of all backgrounds. We recognize that promoting diversity is an essential component of our continuing pursuit for organizational success!

BGIS is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome you to apply for a position with us! If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact us at View email address on apply.j-vers.com. Upon request for accommodation, we will consult with the applicant in question and provide, or arrange for the provision of, a suitable accommodation in a manner that takes into account the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability.