The Role: Health, Safety and Wellbeing Manager
This role holder is key to ensuring statutory compliance and driving a positive safety culture throughout the Estates Division and the wider University.
Specifically, the post holder will be accountable for drafting, developing, maintaining and communicating health and safety codes of practice, guidance and standards. They are also responsible for establishing processes and for monitoring and reporting on health, safety and wellbeing performance across all services and functions provided and managed by the Estates Division. These include construction project works, building maintenance activities, accommodation services, housing operations, land management, catering, waste management and the dairy farm. The remit involves direct interfaces with Department leads, employed staff, external contractors, and service providers.
The role acts as an expert health safety and wellbeing advisor, setting standards for monitoring health and safety performance including that of consultants and contractors.
The role also involves leading and supporting safety and wellbeing projects, developing/managing systems, analysing performance, designing and delivering training/briefings, engaging and motivating University and Estates Division staff to work without breach of statutory compliance and with attention to reduced risk.
About you:
A successful applicant will have:
- sound working knowledge of health and safety legislation and best practice
- the ability to identify risks and advise on risk solutions in compliance with legislation and standards
- experience of developing policy and procedures in compliance with relevant legislation and standards
- proven experience of undertaking and reviewing risk assessments in compliance with national and corporate standards
- experience of project leadership, including developing and implementing staff development and training programmes
- ability to interpret the requirements of legislation, guidance and standards and apply these to a large, complex, multi-site organisation.
- excellent communication skills, be a team player, with a strong customer focus
- ability to think flexibly, simulate and analyse information quickly and make reasoned judgements using pragmatic and effective decision making and problem solving.
They will hold a NEBOSH national diploma (or equivalent level 6 qualification) and be at least a graduate level member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (or other professional and informative organisation).
In return we offer an encouraging and supportive environment, a salary of between £47,389 and £59,966 (depending on experience), an attractive pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and many other employee benefits.
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If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please email Estates Division on [email protected]
Please quote reference BA50988 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.
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