Overview

Job Title: Health and Safety Adviser
Job Reference: REQ250371
Date Posted: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT
Application Closing Date: Mon, 26 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT
Location: Loughborough
Package: Management and Specialist grade 6 from £35116 to £45413 per annum. Subject to annual pay award.

Health, Safety and Wellbeing

 

Part Time, (18.5 hours per week), Open Ended

 

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Health and Safety Team at Loughborough University to build on the strong commitment within the University to drive Health and Safety standards. 

  

Sitting within the University Health and Safety Service this role has the benefit of being surrounded by high performing and supportive colleagues, whilst the senior leadership support means that this role presents a real opportunity to influence the way we work.

  

This is a key role within the Health and Safety Services team.  A team which is committed to supporting the University in driving good health and safety standards, so that no one is harmed by the work undertaken at the University.

  

We welcome applications from persons with experience of health and safety in construction and/or facilities maintenance. The University recognises that this is a wide-ranging specialist area and so further training will be provided for the successful applicant to allow them to fully develop their skills and knowledge.

 

This role will report through Health and Safety Services with the main activities being:

  • To provide a proactive and professional ‘business partner’ service to one of the University’s largest professional services – Estates and Facilities Management (E&FM) and primarily it’s Engineering, Maintenance and Sustainability sections. This is an exciting opportunity to engage and influence at all levels and will be suited to individuals who have a real energy to drive towards a positive health and safety culture and corresponding behaviours. 
  • As a Health and Safety Adviser you will play a vital role within the central Health and Safety Service and will help to ensure the delivery of the Health, Safety and Wellbeing strategies through direct work with our university customers and partners.

  

Duties will also include: 

  • Providing professional advice to the E&FM leadership and management teams based on changes to legal requirements or interpretations, incident trends or new, relevant, guidance.
  • Providing information identified through benchmarking activities to the E&FM leadership and management teams so they are able to make informed decisions regarding health and safety management.
  • Providing guidance on the development, maintenance, control and implementation of property/estates related health and safety practice, policies, guidance and training.
  • Advising on risk assessments and systems of control for E&FM related issues including permit to work.
  • Triaging and investigating incidents and initiating incident reviews where required.
  • Interrogating and reporting on incident data – providing safety advice and recommendations as required.
  • Developing and managing work-based projects such as the deployment of risk assessment strategies.
  • Performing inspections and audits where required.

  

Applicants must hold a higher level health and safety qualification (e.g. NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent) and need to be able demonstrate that they have a good  understanding of:-

  • the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations
  • the risks associated with ‘hard facilities management’ to include construction project management, contractor management, planned and reactive maintenance.

 Additional skills required:

  • IT literacy and competence in the use of MS Office
  • Strong literacy and numeracy skills
  • The ability to work with tact and diplomacy
  • The ability to prioritise workload and work alone and in small groups as appropriate.

For further information please refer to the job description and person specification.

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