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About the vacancy

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Health & Safety Advisers to join our multidisciplinary Health and Safety Team at the UWE Bristol. We provide professional advice, support and guidance across the whole of the University on a wide array of relevant legislation.

In this specific role you will work as a lead business partner to a portfolio of both colleges and professional services.

The Colleges operate across all three of our major campuses and their teaching and research activities include art and engineering workshops, healthcare skills suites, laboratories and collaborative initiative working with other institutions and organisations. Staff and students also undertake a range of activities to include fieldwork and overseas travel.

As a business partner you will be the first point of contact providing coaching, advice, support, training and audit support to the portfolio area within your remit.  You will also work collaboratively with the rest of the Health and Safety Team as part of our day-to-day work. UWE Bristol is a campus-based University and it is important for our success and the delivery of an outstanding health and safety service this role is front facing and campus based.

About you

To be successful in this role you will need to demonstrate the following attributes:

• a proactive professional health & safety adviser
• able to work and advise across a diverse range of risk topics
• experienced at working in a large complex organisation
• enthusiastic and able to engage and influence at all levels
• skilled with core health & safety competencies of auditing, training, developing and implementing policy’s
• able to demonstrate your commitment to continual development
• holder of NEBOSH Diploma or similar and Certified (CertIOSH)
• able to develop and deliver innovative improvements to health and safety management systems
• someone who enjoys collaborative team working and can lead by example as a business partner
• good at analysing and interpreting data, drafting complex reports and have excellent IT skills

Please refer to the job description for the full details of essential criteria and key competencies for the role.

This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed. However, given the nature of this role there will also be requirement to work at our other campuses, City campus and Glenside campus

Why UWE Bristol?

We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in Bristol, one of the UK’s most exciting and forward-thinking cities, we are regionally embedded and globally connected, with an established network of employer and academic partners.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.

Add your individuality to ours

UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community.

We are proud to be part of a vibrant, multicultural city that celebrates diversity, we’re always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us. Our people are our strength, and diversity enhances our creativity and leads to better decision-making and problem-solving. Bring your talent and ambition to our growing community and find yourself in a stimulating and supportive environment where you’ll thrive.

We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates as we are currently under-represented in this area of the organisation, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.

As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.

Further information

For further details about the vacancy please contact Mark Scott on 0117 328 2214 or email: [email protected] for an informal discussion.

This is a full-time, permanent post working 37 hours per week.

This post is not available on a job share basis.

Interviews are provisionally scheduled for week beginning 10^th of March 2025.

The University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. You will therefore be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK, please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist for information on which documents are acceptable.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. If you do not have current right to work in the UK you may wish to explore other visa options.

To ensure fairness and equity all salary offers will be made in line with the University's salary assessment guidelines and will be based on your relevant skills and experience.

Advice to applicants

We’d love to hear from you - if you are excited about joining us at UWE please complete our application form as soon as possible

Tell us about how your skills and experience relate to the requirements of this role by describing how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the Job Description, and include specific examples wherever possible.

Once we have completed shortlisting we will let you know the outcome of your application by email, so please check your inbox for updates.

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