Health and Safety Advisor

The Royal Veterinary College, University of London - Human Resources

Location: Potters Bar Salary: £40,528 to £51,470 per annum including London Weighting Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Permanent Placed On: 13th February 2026 | Closes: 8th March 2026 | Job Ref: HR-0044-26

The Royal Veterinary College has an exciting permanent opportunity to join our Corporate Health and Safety Team

Supporting our Corporate H&S Manager, your key focus will be in providing specialist advice on fire safety and on risks within the built environment including supporting existing buildings and ongoing construction projects.

You will have experience of providing this advice as well as general Health and Safety Advice to support the rest of the CHST and hold at least both a NEBOSH National General Certificate and NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety.

You will also have strong interpersonal, organisational and multi-tasking skills, a sound working knowledge of current H&S law, and you must be committed to your own continuous professional development.

This role, although primarily based at our Hawkshead Campus, will require travel to our Camden campus.

We offer a generous reward package and benefits including:

• Competitive and attractive pension package
• Generous 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays + concessionary days)
• Access to free in-house CPD and funded external CPD
• A range of family friendly policies, including adoption, maternity and paternity pay and leave
• On site café and restaurant
• Free membership to the newly built Fitness and Wellbeing Centre located on site (gym, badminton, climbing wall, Zumba, yoga and Pilates classes included)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free mini-bus service to and from Potters Bar station and Hawkshead Campus

For informal enquiries, please contact Beth Webster (Corporate Health & Safety Manager) at ewebster@rvc.ac.uk

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