Health and Safety Advisor

We are seeking an experienced and proactive Senior Health and Safety Advisor to provide professional advice, guidance and support across the organisation, promoting a positive health and safety culture and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and best practice. The successful candidate will have a strong track record in health and safety management, risk assessment, incident investigation, developing and implementing safe working arrangements, developing and delivering training, advising stakeholders at all levels of the University on effective risk control.

Demonstrable competence of planning and undertaking audits, evaluating compliance, identifying improvement opportunities and monitoring corrective actions is essential, together with a recognised ISO accredited auditing qualification, such as ISO 45001 Lead Auditor or Internal Auditor. The post holder will be an effective communicator and influencer, capable of engaging stakeholders at all levels, challenging constructively, and supporting continuous improvement in health and safety performance.

The team/The department

As part of the Governance, Legal and Compliance Directorate, we support Colleges and departments across the University to meet their responsibilities under the Health & Safety at Work Act and associated regulations.

Working alongside Academics, Researchers, Technical Operations, Human Resources, Estates and Facilities colleagues, we aim to ensure all staff and students can work, learn and thrive in a safe environment. As part of this, we are delivering a University-wide improvement programme to modernise our safety culture, strengthen risk management and compliance, and embed proportionate, enabling and effective HSW arrangements.