THE ROLE You are an experienced health and safety leader with a successful track record of delivering organisational change in the management of health and safety and risk. Reporting to the Registrar (Chief Operating Officer), you will have a key strategic input to the University Leadership Team, helping to establish health and safety as a core organisational priority. You will act as the University’s senior competent person in relation to health and safety and – as such – will be accountable for the development of an organisational strategy that is aligned with other core strategic priorities of the institution.
Your focus will be to raise the profile of health and safety amongst senior stakeholders, ensuring they are able to demonstrate visible leadership of health and safety within their areas of responsibility. A key part of your role will be the development and continual improvement of a health and safety management system that is reflective of both the legal obligations of the organization and global best practice. You will lead the health and safety management function and will be the focal point for external engagement with key stakeholders (including enforcement agencies). You will be responsible for developing relationships with unions and our Primary Authority Partners. RESOURCES MANAGED The Health and Safety (H&S) Management team consists of a mixture of permanent staff and specialist consultancy support. This equates to approximately 10 FTE (with consultants supporting key activities in construction delivery, asset management, training, audit and review). You will be responsible for managing this resource to ensure it is sufficiently competent to deliver health and safety advice. Areas of particular importance to the university are: • Health and Safety Business Partners providing H&S management and advice to the leadership teams in Colleges, Professional Services and Estates and Campus Services • Fire Safety Advisor for Colleges and Professional Service • Fire Safety (Design) Advisor for Estates and Campus Services • Health and Safety Advisor (academic activities) • Biological and Chemical Safety Advisor • Radiation Safety Advisor • H&S Training • CDM Support to Estates and Campus Services
In your role you will be expected to continually review the effectiveness and suitability of the health and safety services being provided to all stakeholders and will be accountable for ensuring best value solutions are delivered by developing a mix of internal and external competent resource that best reflects the requirements of the university. You will be responsible for continually reviewing the resource and reassuring the university that it continues to be reflective of the scope and complexity of our undertakings. Effectiveness of health and safety resource provision should be measured within the performance metrics developed and reported to the University Leadership Team. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES • Develop a vision and strategic framework for health and safety that ensures our undertakings are reflective of best practice management solutions; to ensure that the health, safety and welfare of everyone affected by our activities is fundamental to our organisational thinking and where each stakeholder understands what contribution they are making to our health and safety obligations. • Engage with all university senior management, including those based in academic departments, to ensure integrated health and safety processes and efficient use of resources across the whole University respecting but not restricted by departmental boundaries. • Foster the culture of collaboration and communication across all departments; share and increase knowledge and understanding across all those with health and safety responsibilities, “upskill” and keep all colleagues aware of new developments as necessary.
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