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United Kingdom · Compliance, quality and safety · Entry Level (0-2 years)

OHSMS Coordinator

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  • Experience bandEntry Level (0-2 years)
  • Direct reportsNo direct reports
  • Reports toISO 45001 Administrator
  • UK framework levelUsually someone starting out, or keeping a process running

Also advertised as Junior ISO 45001 Assistant · Safety Compliance Administrator · Health & Safety Administrator

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The qualifications matched to this job

Cambridge OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Diploma in Sport and Physical Activity Cambridge OCR · Level 3 · covers 1 of 10 standards
1st4sport Level 3 Senior Equine Groom Diploma 1st4sport · Level 3 · covers 1 of 10 standards
IWFM Level 4 Diploma in Facilities Management Practice Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management · Level 4 · covers 1 of 10 standards

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Working safely in sport, exercise, health and leisure Cambridge OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma in Sport and Physical Activity Development
Promote health, safety and welfare in active leisure and recreation Focus Awards Level 2 NVQ Certificate In Active Leisure, Learning and Well-Being Operational Services (RQF)
Safe Working Practices 1st4sport Level 3 Senior Equine Groom Diploma
Implement health and safety and environmental facilities management procedures IWFM Level 4 Diploma in Facilities Management Practice

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  1. Working safely in sport, exercise, health and leisure Cambridge OCR · covers 1 of 10 standards Level 3
  2. Promote health, safety and welfare in active leisure and recreation Focus Awards Limited · covers 1 of 10 standards Level 2
  3. Safe Working Practices 1st4sport · covers 1 of 10 standards Level 3
  4. Implement health and safety and environmental facilities management procedures Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management · covers 1 of 10 standards Level 4
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  • AI-Assisted Data Validation & Cleaning
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3What this role really is

An OHSMS Coordinator keeps a health and safety management system running, with a focus on ISO 45001. The work involves keeping paperwork in order, data up to date, and procedures easy to find. It sits at the centre of safety compliance, keeping things ready for audit.

4What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

EHS Platform (e.g., Intelex, Cority, VelocityEHS) Intermediate

You'll be entering incident data, running pre-built reports, managing assigned CAPAs, and updating risk registers. You'll need guidance for anything complex, but you'll be comfortable with the day-to-day operations.

SharePoint (or similar Document Control System) Intermediate

You'll upload documents, manage version control for your own procedures, and follow established review/approval workflows. Keeping our documents organised and accessible is a big part of your role.

Microsoft Excel Advanced

You'll use VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, PivotTables, and complex formulas to analyse data, especially when compiling reports or cleaning up data. Strong Excel skills are a real asset here.

Microsoft Word & PowerPoint Advanced

You'll create clear reports, update procedures, and help prepare training materials. For PowerPoint, you'll assist in building presentations for internal meetings.

Microsoft Teams (or Slack) Intermediate

You'll actively participate in team channels, share files, and use basic features for team communication. It's how we stay connected globally.

5What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choiceComing in Where you are nowThe step above
Document Approval No authority to approve. You'll prepare documents for review and approval by senior team members. Can approve minor document updates (e.g., formatting changes) within defined guidelines. Major changes still require senior approval. Can approve new or significantly revised OHSMS procedures within their area of expertise, after consultation with relevant stakeholders.
CAPA Prioritisation No authority to prioritise. You'll track CAPAs as assigned and escalate any delays to your manager. Can suggest minor adjustments to CAPA due dates in consultation with the action owner and manager. Escalates significant delays. Can re-prioritise CAPAs within their workstream based on risk assessment, in agreement with the OHSMS Manager.
Tool/Software Selection No authority. You'll use the tools provided and report any issues or suggestions to your manager. Can research and recommend new features or minor tools to improve efficiency within their scope. Can evaluate and propose new EHS software modules or significant tool upgrades, presenting a business case to leadership.
Incident Classification You'll input incident data and apply initial classification based on clear guidelines. Any ambiguous cases are escalated immediately. Can independently classify most incidents based on established criteria. Consults on complex or novel incidents. Defines and refines incident classification criteria. Oversees the accuracy of incident data across multiple sites.

6How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, and what is not on it. The hard targets, how often each is actually looked at, and the quiet signals that never reach a dashboard.

Document Control Accuracy
Ensuring all OHSMS documents (procedures, forms, records) are correctly filed, version-controlled, and accessible.
Target · 99% accuracy in document version control and filing.

If we pull 50 documents, only one or two at most should have a minor error like an incorrect version number or be filed in the wrong place. We're aiming for near perfection here.

CAPA Tracking & Follow-up Timeliness
Promptly logging corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs) and following up on their progress.
Target · 95% of assigned CAPA follow-up actions completed by their due date.

If a CAPA needs a follow-up email sent by Friday, you'll get it done. We're looking for you to keep the ball rolling, even if you're just reminding someone else.

Training Record Maintenance
Keeping employee health and safety training records up-to-date and accurate.
Target · 100% of new hire H&S training records entered within 48 hours of completion.

When new folks join, their basic H&S training needs to be logged immediately. It's a non-negotiable for compliance.

Incident Report Processing Speed
Timely entry and initial categorisation of incident and near-miss reports into the EHS system.
Target · 98% of incident reports entered into the system within 24 hours of receipt.

Someone reports a near-miss at 3 PM on Monday. By 3 PM on Tuesday, it needs to be in the system, even if it's just the basic details. Speed matters here for investigations.

Proactive Learning & Initiative
Actively seeking to understand the OHSMS, asking clarifying questions, and taking initiative on assigned tasks.
  • You'll ask 'why' when something isn't clear, suggest small improvements to your own tasks, and show you're taking notes and remembering processes. Your manager won't have to repeat instructions constantly.
Team Support & Collaboration
Being a helpful and reliable member of the H&S team, assisting colleagues when needed.
  • You'll offer to help with overflow tasks, respond promptly to internal requests, and generally be seen as someone who contributes positively to the team's workload and atmosphere. People will genuinely appreciate your help.
Adherence to Procedures
Consistently following established OHSMS procedures and guidelines without needing constant reminders.
  • Your work will consistently meet the required standards. You'll follow the document control process every time, use the correct templates, and won't cut corners. Essentially, you'll be trusted to do things the right way.

7Would you like it

Both sides. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy
Making a Tangible Difference in Safety

You'll find satisfaction in knowing that your accurate record-keeping and diligent follow-ups directly contribute to preventing accidents. When you close out a CAPA or ensure a training record is correct, you're literally helping to keep someone safe.

Seeing a new safety procedure, which you helped document, being followed on the shop floor, knowing it's reducing risk.

Learning and Developing Expertise

This role is a fantastic entry point into the world of Health & Safety and ISO management systems. You'll be constantly learning about regulations, audit processes, and how a global organisation manages risk. If you love understanding how things work and building a solid knowledge base, you'll thrive.

Successfully explaining a clause of ISO 45001 to a colleague after researching it, or understanding the full lifecycle of an incident report.

Order and Structure

If you enjoy bringing order to chaos, organising information, and ensuring consistency, you'll genuinely enjoy the core tasks here. Maintaining accurate registers, controlling documents, and following clear procedures will feel satisfying.

Successfully tidying up a messy set of old safety records into a clear, searchable digital format.

What frustrates people
  • Chasing busy operational managers for overdue CAPAs or risk assessment updates—it can feel like pulling teeth sometimes.
  • The sheer volume of paperwork and digital records needed to prove compliance. It's essential, but it can be a grind.
  • Dealing with inconsistent, manually entered data from different sites that you then have to clean up to make sense of.
  • Sometimes feeling like you're fighting the perception that safety is just 'red tape' rather than a critical business function.
What this role does not give you
  • Immediate leadership or strategic decision-making responsibilities.
  • A role where you're constantly out on site, hands-on with equipment (though you will have some site visits).
  • A 'hero' role where you single-handedly solve major safety crises (you'll be supporting the team that does).
  • A role with minimal administrative tasks; documentation is a big part of this.

8Who you work with

Your work directly underpins our ISO 45001 certification. You're helping us prove that we're serious about keeping people safe, which affects our reputation, our ability to win contracts, and frankly, our legal standing. Getting it right means we avoid fines and, more importantly, prevent injuries.

Inside the business
  • Site Health & Safety Representatives
  • Departmental Managers (e.g., Operations, HR)
  • Internal Audit Team
  • Learning & Development Team
Outside the business
  • External Certification Body (e.g., BSI, DNV) during audits
  • Regulatory bodies (indirectly, through data collection)

9What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

  • A genuine interest in Health & Safety and a desire to contribute to a safer workplace.
  • Strong organisational skills; you're the kind of person who keeps a tidy desk (physical or digital).
  • Excellent attention to detail – seriously, this is non-negotiable for compliance work.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
  • The ability to communicate clearly, both in writing and verbally.
  • A proactive attitude and a willingness to learn and ask questions.

10What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Enhanced EHS Platform Configuration

You'll move from just using the EHS platform to understanding how it's built and how it can be tweaked. This means you can help tailor it to our specific needs, making it more effective for everyone.

Module Customisation · User Access & Permissions · Workflow Automation within EHS Platforms

  • This quarter: Ask your manager to show you how new forms or fields are added to the EHS platform.
  • Next 6 months: Participate in any internal training sessions on advanced EHS platform features.
  • Within a year: Seek out vendor-specific training or certifications for our chosen EHS platform.

Quick win: Offer to help your manager test new configurations or updates within the EHS platform, getting hands-on experience.

Intermediate Data Visualisation (Power BI/Tableau)

Simply collecting data isn't enough; we need to tell a story with it. Being able to create clear, impactful visualisations helps managers quickly understand trends and make better decisions. You'll move beyond just viewing dashboards to building simple ones.

Dashboard Design Principles · Connecting Data Sources · Basic Chart Types & Usage

  • This month: Spend an hour each week exploring existing dashboards in Power BI/Tableau, trying to understand how they were built.
  • Next quarter: Complete an online introductory course on Power BI or Tableau (there are many free options).
  • Within 6 months: Try to build one simple dashboard using a small dataset from your daily work, even if it's just for practice.

Quick win: Ask your manager if you can help update an existing dashboard with new data, getting familiar with the tools.

11Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up
  • Attend internal company training sessions on our EHS platform and ISO 45001 processes.
  • Shadow experienced H&S team members during site visits or incident investigations (where appropriate and safe).
  • Join relevant professional groups or forums (e.g., IOSH Future Leaders) to network and learn from peers.
  • Read industry publications and articles to stay updated on best practices and emerging trends in H&S.

12The rising capability

The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

AI-Assisted Data Validation & Cleaning

Honestly, EHS data can be a mess. Different sites, different entry methods. AI tools are getting really good at spotting inconsistencies, flagging missing information, and suggesting corrections. This will save you hours of manual 'data janitor' work.

  • Data Anomaly Detection
  • Automated Data Standardisation
  • Prompt Engineering Basics

13What you’ll use

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

  • ISO 45001:2018 Interpretation & Application
  • Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Support
  • Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment (HIRA) Support
  • Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) Management
  • Document Control Principles

14The pathway

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

  1. 1

    Administrative Assistant / Office Support

    1-2 years

    Skills to master

    • Organisation, document management, basic data entry, communication, supporting multiple stakeholders.

    You're ready to move on when

    • You're the go-to person for keeping the office running smoothly.
    • You've managed complex schedules or filing systems without a hitch.
    • Your colleagues consistently praise your reliability and attention to detail.
  2. 2

    School Leaver / Apprentice (Health & Safety)

    0-1 year (following an apprenticeship programme)

    Skills to master

    • Foundational H&S knowledge, workplace procedures, professional communication, learning on the job.

    You're ready to move on when

    • You've completed relevant vocational training or an apprenticeship.
    • You show a strong, demonstrable interest in Health & Safety.
    • You're eager to learn and apply new knowledge in a practical setting.
  3. 3

    Compliance Support Assistant (non-H&S)

    1-3 years

    Skills to master

    • Regulatory compliance, record-keeping, audit preparation, stakeholder communication, attention to detail.

    You're ready to move on when

    • You've worked in a regulated environment and understand the importance of compliance.
    • You're skilled at preparing for audits or inspections.
    • You can demonstrate a transferrable understanding of management systems (e.g., ISO 9001).

15Where this role leads

The long view: This role can lead to senior OHS specialist work, then to lead auditor or principal OHSMS strategist roles, and on to managing OHSMS across several sites or an entire organisation.

The ten Future Fluencies

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The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how OHSMS Coordinator is actually changing.

Where it leads

Roles this leads to

The record names a next step, but the catalogue has no page for it yet:

  • ISO 45001 Administrator / OHS Specialist (Level 2)

How you would learn this

One to one, on the work you already do

A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.

A lesson from Working safely in sport, exercise, health and leisure, worked against OHSMS Coordinator.

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Applied to your work in OHSMS Coordinator

This unit aims to provide learners with a comprehensive understanding of health and safety within sport, exercise, health and leisure environments. Learners will be able to identify hazards, implement risk assessments, respond to emergencies, and promote a culture of safety, ensuring a safe working environment for themselves and others.

How the thinking builds
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  2. 2 Understand
  3. 3 Apply
  4. 4 Analyse
  5. 5 Evaluate
  6. 6 Create
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OHSMS Coordinator
  • ISO 45001:2018 Interpretation & Application
  • Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Support
  • Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment (HIRA) Support
  • Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) Management
  • Document Control Principles
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16The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

OHSMS Coordinator is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

  1. ISO 45001 Administrator / OHS Specialist (Level 2)

    2-3 years in the OHSMS Coordinator role

    This is the natural next step, moving from supporting tasks to owning specific processes and projects.

    • Leading basic Root Cause Analysis sessions for minor incidents.
    • Conducting Job Safety Analyses (JSAs) independently.
    • Managing the incident reporting process for a specific site or region end-to-end.
    • Developing basic safety training materials.
Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be real, a lot of the work in Health & Safety involves sifting through data, writing reports, and making sure everything is filed correctly. Imagine if you could get a significant chunk of that done faster, freeing you up to learn more, get out on site, or simply have a less stressful week. That's where AI comes in.

We're not talking about robots replacing you; we're talking about smart tools that act as your personal assistant, taking care of the repetitive, time-consuming tasks. For an OHSMS Coordinator, this means less 'data janitor' duty and more time actually understanding and improving our safety system.

Automated Incident Triage

Imagine AI scanning all those incoming free-text incident reports. It'll pick out keywords like 'fall' or 'chemical spill,' auto-categorise the event by type and severity, and then flag the high-risk ones for your immediate review. You won't have to read every single one from scratch, saving you precious time.

Regulatory Change Summariser

Keeping up with changes to OHS law or ISO 45001 interpretations can be a full-time job in itself. An AI assistant can monitor regulatory bodies and standards organisations, then give you a concise summary of what's changed and its likely impact on our OHSMS. No more sifting through dense legal documents.

Draft Audit Finding Generator

During an internal audit, you'll be taking notes. Picture this: based on those notes and any evidence photos you upload to a tablet, AI drafts a standardised non-conformance report. It'll even cite the specific ISO clause and suggest common corrective actions, ready for your final review. Much faster than writing it all from scratch.

Smart Document Search & Retrieval

Ever spent ages trying to find that one specific procedure or risk assessment? AI-powered search can go beyond keywords, understanding context and content to pull up exactly what you need in seconds. It's like having a super-organised librarian who knows every document inside out.

Common questions

Common questions

How do you become an OHSMS Coordinator?

Common routes in include Administrative Assistant / Office Support (1-2 years), School Leaver / Apprentice (Health & Safety) (0-1 year (following an apprenticeship programme)) and Compliance Support Assistant (non-H&S) (1-3 years). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can an OHSMS Coordinator progress to?

This role can lead on to ISO 45001 Administrator / OHS Specialist (2-3 years in the OHSMS Coordinator role), depending on the skills you build.

What new skills matter most for an OHSMS Coordinator?

Increasingly, AI-Assisted Data Validation & Cleaning. These are the skills our record of this role lists as growing.

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17Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 2

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

 More jobs in compliance, quality and safety

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.
If you leave this industry

Skills in ISO 45001, risk management and compliance apply across most industries. Manufacturing, logistics, construction, healthcare and tech all need health and safety systems. This gives good scope to move between sectors as well as up within one.

This role profile is © 2026 Growth Engineering Technologies Ltd. Built from UK occupational standards and regulated qualification data, and written for Zavmo.

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