What will you do?

1. Objective

Contribute to the well-being and engagement of all employees and improve the company’s overall performance by acting as an advisor, expert, project manager and coach for operational middle and first-line management. This is done in line with the legal obligations described in the Codex on well-being at work for six of its domains: safety at work, protection of workers’ health, ergonomics, occupational hygiene, improvement of workplaces and the environment. For the seventh domain, psychosocial workload, the Prevention Consultant I will be able to recognise signals and establish the link with colleagues responsible for psychosocial prevention.

2. Main tasks

a. Support, guide and advise middle and first-line management in the field of safety at work, in cooperation with the experts of the Centre of Expertise (COE) for prevention and by proactively providing targeted advice:

• Provide support in safety at work, including promoting and supporting the use of available safety management tools, such as the safety performance barometer, the occupational accident dashboard and fire alarms.

• Coach, supervise and follow up middle and first-line management at individual and collective level. Organise training and learning sessions on safety-related topics where necessary.

• Support and guide middle management in setting up specific annual action plans and thereby contribute to developing strategies, processes and structures to protect employees, customers and bpost’s assets.

• Develop and facilitate workshops on specific issues, such as roles and responsibilities, reporting and analysing occupational accidents.

• Provide advice based on risk analyses concerning the organisation of workplaces and workstations, environmental factors, physical, chemical, carcinogenic and biological agents, work equipment and personal protective equipment, as well as trial projects involving new work equipment or new work organisation. Complex advice must be validated by a Prevention Advisor II until the level 2 prevention advisor diploma has been obtained.

• Carry out systematic visits to the various workplaces, whether or not as part of an official company visit, in cooperation with local management, the occupational physician and the social partners.

b. Develop, coordinate and monitor the health policy:

• Provide support in the context of protecting workers’ health.

• Ensure good interaction with local management and the occupational physician of the external service for prevention and protection at work.

• Develop and coordinate the local health policy in order to reduce absenteeism and increase engagement: take the initiative to optimise the organisation of health surveillance; propose ergonomic improvements to support primary health; develop new proposals and concepts supporting the local health policy; support local management in its efforts in this area; and positively influence social dialogue by actively involving the social partners in decision-making and change processes.

• Coordinate preventive activities to reduce the risk of a local health crisis, in cooperation with the occupational physician: develop and deploy preventive measures relating to health crises; develop new proposals and concepts supporting this local prevention policy; monitor the quality of prevention processes, for example the quality of the induction programme for newcomers; and support local managers in current and new initiatives aimed at promoting health prevention.

c. Contribute to business continuity management:

• Contribute to an effective crisis management system for different types of crises, such as pandemics, emergency plans in the event of fire, terrorism or suspicious items.

• Support middle management in developing effective emergency plans.

• Support middle management in organising exercises to evaluate the effectiveness of the plans and adjust them where necessary.

d. Provide support for change management in the context of strategic business projects for the assigned site(s):

• Understand all major operational changes and be able to translate them into all processes related to well-being.

• Support line managers in applying these change processes.

• Show flexibility in the approach in order to better deal with resistance. Demonstrate the necessary powers of persuasion. A clear understanding of the business is required.

e. Guide, support and coach management in all communication and interaction activities related to well-being, in order to increase engagement and performance:

• Guide middle management in planning and organising collective and individual communication on specific topics, such as the use of new work equipment, incident reporting and health prevention.

• Coach first-line managers on topics defined during individual or group sessions, for example giving feedback on behaviour and communicating with the team, in order to strengthen their communication and interaction skills.

f. For the assigned sites, ensure the smooth running of social dialogue on well-being at work:

• At local level, focus on effective social dialogue by advising and assisting middle management.

• At regional level, participate in the organisation of the advisory committee for prevention and protection at work.

• Maintain good contacts with various external bodies: the Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue inspectorate, the fire brigade, inspection bodies and the external prevention service.

g. Reduce the number of occupational accidents within their own area of activity:

• Manage the proper reporting process for occupational accidents.

• Analyse and interpret monthly statistics, formulating concrete, action-oriented proposals for local management.

• Supervise the implementation of an appropriate analysis of occupational accidents in order to develop effective preventive actions.

3. Scope of the function

a. Freedom of action (autonomy):

• Autonomous decisions possible: setting priorities following company visits and drafting simple advice on employee well-being.

• Decisions possible subject to the agreement of a third party: carrying out risk analyses and formulating complex advice on well-being at work.

4. Interpersonal contacts

Contact persons	Internal/external	Frequency	Type and content of contacts
Psychosocial prevention colleagues	Internal	As needed	Cooperate and follow up
Middle management	Internal	Daily	Cooperate, provide advice and coach
Middle management of other BUs	Internal	Monthly	Cooperate, provide advice and coach
Corporate audit	Internal	Quarterly	Share information and align

5. Innovation

• Contribute ideas to improve the implementation of the well-being at work policy within bpost.

• Contribute to reflection on the introduction of optimisations in existing processes.

• Develop close cooperation on the well-being policy with all operational units.

6. Working conditions

a. Tasks requiring effort or involving monotony: must be willing to be flexible regarding working hours, including early or late/night schedules

Who are you?

Technical expertise

a. Education level: bachelor’s degree or equivalent through experience or level 2 prevention advisor diploma.

b. Required experience level for the function: at least 4 years.

c. Language knowledge: bilingual or very good knowledge.

French

Dutch

As the workplace is located in Walloon Brabant and Brussels, communication in both languages is essential.

d. Technical knowledge required for the function:

• Solid knowledge of the business organisation (MPO, Channels & Banking, Cleaning, Maintenance).

• Solid knowledge of IT applications.

• Knowledge of bpost’s safety policy.

e. Hold a category B driving licence.

What do we offer?

Like a long-awaited parcel, we want to make you feel welcome and valued. Our offer includes a competitive monthly salary, that goes without saying. On top of that, you can count on: