ROLE DESCRIPTION Responsible to: Director of Estates and Facilities Main duties As Goldsmiths’ Head of Health and Safety, you will feed into the direction, strategy and objectives for health and safety of all of our activities. You will be consulted on the drawing up a Health & Safety Policy with a 5 year horizon for the University. You will also review how we currently deliver health and safety requirements in the areas of your responsibility with a view to ensuring that we undertake this work in the most effective and efficient manner. You will continually develop and improve the management of health and safety by providing leadership and direction for the health and safety function, working with senior colleagues across all directorates to ensure the safety of staff, students and visitors in all of our actions. You will be a professional adviser and co-ordinator for health and safety issues, working with members of the Estates & Facilities Senior Management Team and staff representatives to develop the culture for health and safety and will undertake a key role in reporting to the Health and Safety Committee.
Key tasks include: • As the main professional adviser take a leading role by working in partnership with Academic Departments and Professional Services, to ensure a consistent, professional and positive approach to the management of health and safety, and to promote and engender appropriate culture change and organisation development. • To protect, where possible, the University against the impact of litigation and reputational risk arising out of breaches of the aforementioned acts and regulations. • To take lead responsibility for communications with staff at all levels of the organisation to promote better health and safety management. • To promote a safety culture throughout the organisation by keeping up-to-date with the legislation and developments in the field of health and safety. • To monitor the safety performance of the University and its departments by inspections and incident investigations, and feed outcomes into the strategic role. Management • To line manage a small team of Health and Safety professionals, currently comprising the Health & Safety Officer, Fire Safety Manager and Sustainability and Compliance Manager. • To act as Business Continuity lead for Estates and Facilities. • To have responsibility for PEEPS and review RASRS in relation to students and staff. • To have responsibility for the fire safety records, evacuations and management procedures.
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Appointment of Head of Health & Safety
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