Health and Safety Advisor - Brighton, United Kingdom - University of Sussex

University of Sussex

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Brighton, United Kingdom

5 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Health and Safety Team support the University of Sussex in delivering a safe working environment for over 2000 staff and 19000 students on the Falmer Campus (over 200 acres) and a range of off-site locations.

The Health and Safety Team's key purpose is to promote and improve the safety culture within key areas of the University.

The key function of this post is to provide an excellent standard of professional safety advice/guidance to University Schools & Departments.

Duties will include.

Working in partnership with the universities estates and facilities team on new and ongoing projects
Providing health and safety advice to Schools and Professional Services Staff, with a particular focus on COSHH and DSEAR
Running local audits/inspections and supporting Schools with external audits/ inspections
Providing an interpretation of any changes in legislation before disseminating key content to relevant members of the University
Updating and developing new policies/guidance
Incident investigation
Reviewing risk assessments
Attending safety committee meetings
Developing and delivering H&S briefings/ tool box talks
Note taking at meetings and some clerical duties will be required as part of this role.

In addition to this a successful applicant will be expected to perform other tasks as called upon by the Head of Health and Safety, including some distinct project work in support of the core departmental goal of promoting a safe working culture.

The University of Sussex values the diversity of its staff and students and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds._
You can find out more about our values and our EDI Strategy, _Inclusive Sussex_, on our webpages._