4839-E - Faculty Health & Safety Manager

Salary: £37,999 to £43,878 plus £5400 London weighting per annum

Contract Type: Permanent

Release Date: Friday 07 February 2025

Closing Date: Friday 21 February 2025

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Reference: 4839-E

Job Description

Working as part of the Vice Chancellor's Office, you will support the Associate Director of Health and Safety in the implementation of the University's Health and Safety Strategy and Plan within the Faculty of Education Health and Human Sciences (FEHHS), ensuring a safe working environment and maintaining the health and wellbeing of staff, students, contractors, and visitors.

Based at our Avery Hill campus and working across all of our sites, the successful candidate will be part of a small but high performing team, providing competent advice on operational health and safety matters, reviewing related risk assessments/codes of practice, conducting investigations into significant incidents, ensuring all local H&S post holders complete relevant training to enable them to complete their tasks, and maintaining associated local records.

You will provide a flexible, proactive, and visible approach to all Health and Safety matters and encourage a positive attitude towards Health and Safety throughout the Faculty.

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated self-starter to help the University meet and surpass its statutory obligations and ensure staff and students at the University of Greenwich are healthy and safe.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you will need to demonstrate broad knowledge of workplace Health and Safety, including UK legislation and enforcement systems. You will hold a relevant recognised qualification, to the minimum standard of NEBOSH Diploma/NVQ Level 5, or equivalent post-graduate Health & Safety related qualification.

Application Process

To apply, please visit the University of Greenwich vacancies page and complete all details, including the supporting statements (please note attached CVs and personal statements will not be seen by the recruitment panel at the application stage).

Employment Visa: Under the UK Government Points Based System scheme, this role meets the criteria to be sponsored for a Skilled Worker Route application.

We are looking for people who can help us achieve our Strategic Plan through the values we expect for our whole university community, of being Inclusive, Collaborative, and Impactful.

The university welcomes people from diverse and underrepresented communities who can help the university to achieve its mission.

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We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees' experience, and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.