Salary: £37,099 to £42,978 plus £5269 London weighting per annum Part Time Hours: 0.4 FTE Contract Type: Permanent Release Date: Thursday 12 September 2024 Closing Date: Thursday 26 September 2024 Interview Date: To be confirmed Reference: 4731-E
Working 14 hours per week, as part of Vice Chancellors Office, you will support the Associate Director of Health and Safety in the implementation of the Universities Health and Safety Strategy and Plan within the Greenwich Business School (GBS), ensuring a safe working environment and maintaining the health and wellbeing of staff, students, contractors and visitors.
The successful candidate will be part of a small but high performing team, providing competent advice on operational health and safety matters, reviewing related risk assessments / codes of practice, conducting investigations into significant incidents, ensuring all local H&S post holders complete relevant training to enable them to complete their tasks, and maintaining associated local records.
You will provide a flexible, proactive and visible approach to all Health and Safety matters and encourage a positive attitude towards Health and Safety throughout the Faculty.
The University is an exciting, constantly developing workplace, and the ability to provide pragmatic support in such an environment is essential.
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated self-starter to help the University meet and surpass its statutory obligations and ensure staff and students at the University of Greenwich are healthy and safe.
To be successful in this role you will have a broad understanding of workplace Health and Safety, including knowledge of the UK legislation and enforcement system. You will hold a relevant recognised qualification, to the minimum standard of NEBOSH Diploma / NVQ Level 5, or equivalent post graduate Health & Safety qualification.
For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Karen Hall on [email protected].
Should you have any queries please contact the People Directorate Operations Team on [email protected]
We operate a hybrid working policy, as set out in the University's Working Principles and Guidelines.
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Employment Visa: Under the UK Government Points Based System scheme this role meets the criteria to be sponsored for a Skilled Worker Route application.
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