Health & Safety Advisor

The opportunity 

This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive and ambitious Health and Safety professional to join the Health and Safety team for a 12-month period, supporting staff and students in UAL's University Services on all aspects of Health and Safety. 

The role is part of the University's Health and Safety team, reporting to the Head of Health and Safety.

In addition to providing face to face and remote advice and support on health and safety matters, you will also be responsible for: engaging departments in health and safety; supporting development of annual health and safety plans; undertaking inspections; monitoring compliance; supporting and reviewing risk assessments; investigating accidents and incidents; and producing health and safety reports.

You will also deliver health and safety training and participate in relevant committee meetings.

The role is based at 272 High Holborn, with some travel between other UAL sites to attend meetings and support the wider H&S team.

About you

The post holder will be authoritative, authentic and credible, with the ability to challenge constructively, engage colleagues and build solid, effective and enduring relationships.

The successful candidate will have excellent health and safety knowledge and be able to evidence how they have applied that knowledge in the workplace. They will hold a level 5 or 6 H&S Diploma (e.g. NEBOSH, NCRQ or an equivalent professional qualification) and be at least a graduate member of IOSH working towards Chartered status. Experience of advising on health and safety within a creative, or complex and dynamic environment is essential.

Experience working and advising on new building projects is desirable.

The successful candidate must have excellent communication, including a high standard of written work. 

What we offer

To recognise the hard work of our staff and their contributions, we provide a wide range of benefits – please check our careers site/Canvas for further information as conditions and exclusions apply:

• At least 31 days of annual leave in addition to bank holidays.
• Equal parental leave offering up to 6 months full pay for maternity and paternity.
• 2 days of paid volunteering leave for a UK registered charity.
• Generous defined benefit pension schemes (LGPS/TPS).
• Discounts including gyms, nursery and private healthcare insurance.
• Learning and development opportunities including free short courses.
• Season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, free counselling and more!

For further details and to apply please click the apply button.

Closing date: 17^th January 2025, 23:55.

Our culture

UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.

Advert information