Faculty Health & Safety Manager

Working 14 hours per week, as part of Vice Chancellors Office, you will support the Associate Director of Health and Safety in the implementation of the Universities Health and Safety Strategy and Plan within the Greenwich Business School (GBS), ensuring a safe working environment and maintaining the health and wellbeing of staff, students, contractors and visitors. 

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. 

The University is an exciting, constantly developing workplace, and the ability to provide pragmatic support in such an environment is essential.

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. 

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

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Karen Hall on K.P.Hall@greenwich.ac.uk.

Should you have any queries please contact the People Directorate Operations Team on peopleoperations-vco@greenwich.ac.uk 

We operate a hybrid working policy, as set out in the University’s Working Principles and Guidelines.

Further details of the fantastic benefits and what we offer can be found here: Our benefits - what we offer | Jobs and careers | University of Greenwich

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.

Academic Career Pathways

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

We do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Time to Change Employer Pledge/Mentally Healthy Universities, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff, and removing barriers to improve inclusion. 

We encourage applicants to disclose experience of mental health problems so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Any information disclosed will be kept confidential and separate from the job application form. 

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

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