Job Description

Location: UAL - High Holborn, London UK

Hours: Full time - 35 hours per week

This is an exciting role for a proactive and ambitious health and safety professional to join the health and safety team supporting staff and students in UAL\'s academic institutes, professional services teams and central support departments on all aspects of Health and Safety.

The role is part of the University\'s health and safety team and it reports to the Head of Health and Safety (College and Support Services).

In addition to providing face to face and remote advice and support on health and safety matters relating, you will also be responsible for: engaging departments in health and safety; supporting development of annual health and safety plans; undertaking inspections; monitoring compliance; supporting risk assessment, investigating accidents and incidents, and producing health and safety reports. You will also deliver health and safety training and participate in relevant committee meetings.

About you

The post holder will be authoritative, authentic and credible, with an ability to challenge constructively, engage colleagues and build solid, effective and enduring relationships.

The successful candidate will have excellent health and safety knowledge and be able to evidence how they have applied that knowledge in the workplace. They will hold a level 5 or 6 H&S Diploma .e.g. NEBOSH or NCRQ, or equivalent professional qualification and be at least a graduate member of IOSH working towards Chartered status. Experience of advising on health and safety within a creative, or complex and dynamic environment is essential.

You will be able to demonstrate and provide evidence of ongoing maintenance of professional competence as a Graduate or Chartered member of IOSH.

The successful candidate must have excellent communication, including a high standard of written work.

We are UAL

For the fifth year running, University of the Arts London is the world\'s second University for Art and Design in the QS World University Rankings\xc2\xae 2023. Our diverse and talented community comprises over 5,000 academic, professional, and technical staff. Together we are committed to social purpose. This includes creating a better and more sustainable world and championing race equality.

We offer highly creative working environments that inspire staff across all areas to fulfil their potential and continuous training to further develop their skills and expertise. We also offer hybrid and flexible working practices, and excellent staff benefits to improve your work life balance.

The Health and Safety team is part of the Chief People Officers department and is lead by the Director of Health & Safety. The team provides a trusted source of expertise as well as support to the university to ensure the health and safety of staff and students, and those affected by what we do.

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UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn - a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.

\xc2\xa341,454 to \xc2\xa349,534 per annum

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