Safety Advisor

As one of the world's oldest universities, the University of Cambridge is a renowned centre for research, education, and scholarship. Critical to our success is ensuring that everyone at Cambridge has a safe and healthy place to work, study, visit and enjoy. The Safety Office is part of the Health, Safety & Regulated Facilities Division and our mission is to assist all sectors of the University in managing health and safety, by delivering professional services in support of teaching and research.

To help fulfil our mission we are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic safety professional to join our workplace safety team. If you have a proven record in safety and are looking for a challenging role to help further develop your career then this could be the opportunity for you.

You will be supporting the work of the Safety Office by developing guidance, delivering training, providing sound practical, pragmatic advice on workplace safety to the wider University community, assisting is audits and inspections and helping everyone to understand and fulfil their health and safety responsibilities.

In addition to the above, you will also be involved in the management of the University statutory inspection contract for pressure systems and lifting equipment, knowledge in these areas would be preferable but not essential.

We are looking for someone with at least a NEBOSH certificate or equivalent safety qualification, excellent communication, organisation and problem- solving skills with good attention to detail and computer literate. If you feel that this describes you then we would welcome the opportunity to discuss this further with you.

Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a health assessment.

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

Informal enquiries may initially be directed to Andrea Eccles at email: [email protected]. We aim to hold interviews in week commencing 26th August 2024.

Please quote reference AS42244 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Occupational Health and Safety Service

£33,966-£44,263

AS42244

Academic-related

5 July 2024

16 August 2024