Technical Services Health and Safety Coordinator - Manchester, United Kingdom - Manchester Metropolitan University

Manchester Metropolitan University

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Manchester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Technical Services Health and Safety Coordinator

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Technical Services team at Manchester Metropolitan University as a Health and Safety Coordinator.

The Role:

In this new role, the role holder will provide a range of health and safety direction and support across Technical Services.

They will work with Technical Services teams and customers to embed a positive, compliant and responsive health & safety culture.

They will devise and lead a range of activities including annual continuous improvement plans, audits and inspections. The role spans all University specialist teaching and research specialist spaces and so will be varied and interesting.

About you:

The post holder will enjoy working with a range of different people and will be effective at supporting others to build and develop their own health and safety knowledge.

To succeed in this role, you will:

Have achieved a NEBOSH Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety
Be able to explain complex health and safety concepts and risk assessment techniques in ways that can be understood and appreciated by a variety of stakeholders (sometimes with very limited health & safety knowledge)
Possess experience of assessing and minimising risk
Possess experience of translating legislation or policy into easy to understand and follow systems of work.
Possess experience of acting as a health & safety professional

Working at Manchester Met:

Manchester Metropolitan University is a great place to work, and you will be part of a great team. We are ambitious for our staff; we recognise the key contribution our colleagues make. Our staff are one of our four strategic priorities.

In addition to a great working environment, you will have access to the University facilities including sport, library and wide range of benefits including health and wellbeing support.

We offer a competitive salary alongside an industry beating pension scheme. We also offer generous holiday packages, which includes 35 days per year holiday with Christmas closure and bank holidays.