Health and Safety Manager (646770)

Salary range:  £45,585-£56,021

FTE:  1.0 (35 hours per week)

Term:  Open

Closing date:  15 October 2024

An experienced Health and Safety Practitioner, qualified to degree level with relevant safety qualifications, it is expected that you will have both strategic and operational experience of managing a broad range of risk, ideally in high hazard science/ engineering environments although other relevant experience will be considered.

The Health and Safety Manager will help support the implementation of the University’s ambitious safety, wellbeing and resilience strategy. The role will manage and oversee health and safety within the University’s Technology and Innovation Centre (TIC), providing competent advice, further developing and reviewing the occupational health and safety management system and enabling a positive safety culture within the TIC building. Additionally, you will work alongside senior colleagues in the department and across the organisation to put in place processes to safeguard the delivery of University services and critical business functions.

The role will also involve supporting other areas across the University and provides an opportunity for a diverse range of activities within a thriving, dynamic and world-leading, international University.

You will direct and manage incident investigations, identify lessons learnt and manage remedial actions as necessary. You will use a variety of techniques to review, monitor and report on health and safety arrangements to drive compliance, best practice, and continual improvement. Previous experience of health and safety auditing would be an advantage.

You will have excellent organisational and planning skills, and an outstanding track record of supporting colleagues at all levels of a large organisation. You will be required to adopt a collaborative, influential approach to ensure leaders and senior managers have the necessary awareness and understanding of their role to meet necessary legislative obligations and to drive the health and safety agenda forward.

You will have a comprehensive knowledge of the UK’s health and safety regulatory framework and extensive experience of dealing with the Health and Safety Executive, SEPA, local government and other regulatory bodies. You will hold appropriate health and safety qualifications applicable to the role.

Reporting to the Director of Safety, Wellbeing and Resilience you will be part of a dynamic and innovative directorate with great opportunities for development.

You will be an enthusiastic individual with the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team. This role will demand drive, vision and the ability to work innovatively across boundaries to deliver world class services to the wide range of customer groups using TIC and the wider University.

For informal enquiries, please contact Charlotte Cannon, Director of Safety, Wellbeing and Resilience at charlotte.cannon@strath.ac.uk