Senior Faculty Health & Safety Manager

University of Greenwich - Secretariat - Health & Safety Unit

The University of Greenwich is a world-class institution with a diverse student and staff community with an ambitious forward-thinking vision. With campuses in Greenwich, Avery Hill, and Medway, we are proud to deliver an inclusive and transformative student experience while fostering academic excellence, inclusivity, collaboration and impact.

Working as part of Vice Chancellors Office, you will be advising the Faculty of Engineering & Science (FES) on health and safety matters related to activities undertaken within the Schools of Science, Pharmacy, Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences and the Natural Resources Institute.

The successful candidate will be part of a small but high performing team, providing competent health and safety advice, reviewing related risk assessments / codes of practice, conducting investigations into significant incidents, overseeing local workplace inspections, ensuring all H&S post holders complete relevant training to enable them to complete their tasks, and maintaining associated local records.

You will also oversee the work of the Faculty Health & Safety Managers for Education, Health and Human Sciences (FEHHS), Law, Arts and Social Sciences (FLAS) and Greenwich Business School (GBS); Helping all Faculties to meet and surpass their statutory obligations for health and safety, ensuring a psychologically safe working environment and maintaining the wellbeing of staff, students, contractors and visitors in support of the University’s Corporate Strategy.

The post holder will also act as a deputy to the Associate Director of Health and Safety on the Emergency Response Group.

The University is an exciting, constantly developing workplace, and the ability to provide pragmatic support in such an environment is essential. This is a busy, highly collaborative and visible role, providing an excellent opportunity for a motivated self-starter to help the University meet and surpass its statutory obligations and encourage a positive health and safety culture. Most of the faculty's activities occur at our Medway campus, which will be the primary location for your work during the week.

To be successful, you will have significant experience working as a health and safety professional within a scientific or engineering industry, reviewing and assessing H&S performance and using your excellent interpersonal and communication skills to achieve positive changes in practice. You will hold a relevant recognised Health and Safety qualification, to the minimum standard of NEBOSH Diploma / NVQ Level 5, or equivalent, and be able to provide a proactive and collaborative approach to all Health and Safety matters.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Vikki Wood on v.l.wood@gre.ac.uk.

Should you have any queries please contact:

People Directorate Team on peopleoperationsadmin@greenwich.ac.uk.

The university is a brilliant place to work. We aim to become the top modern university in the UK by 2030 and our people are truly at the heart of what we want to achieve. We offer a great set of benefits including an excellent pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement, flexible working options including hybrid working & a genuine commitment to development.

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 & Impactful.