Department Safety Manager

The Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology is seeking to appoint an experienced Department Safety Manager who will provide advice and guidance on matters of health and safety. You will collaborate with senior academic staff, research and technical staff, and students to find practical solutions to complex health and safety issues, being responsive to the needs of the research, and enabling a proportionate response to the management of risk.

You will: 

• Ensure that health and safety legislation and University health and safety policies are implemented;
• Manage safety within the Department on a day-to-day basis and promote best practice;
• Investigate and respond to accidents, incidents and health conditions;
• Develop, implement, maintain and review safety policies, procedures, systems and local arrangements for health and safety in the Department;
• Arrange for the provision of Health and Safety training.

You will have excellent communication, organisational and management skills, the ability to interpret health and safety legislation and policy to apply pragmatic solutions to research problems. The ability to communicate confidently with colleagues of varying levels of seniority and external customers will be a key requirement. Ideally you should have experience in working in the higher education sector, as well as implementing Health and Safety requirements within a research or scientific environment. You will be expected to have an innovative approach to problem-solving and demonstrate a hands-on approach to health and safety. 

Benefits of working at University of Cambridge include:

• Competitive rates of pay and annual cost of living increases;
• Generous annual leave allowance of 41 days paid leave inclusive of bank holidays for full time employees, pro rated for part time employees;
• Generous maternity, adoption and shared parental leave entitlement and other family friendly schemes (e.g. workplace nurseries and salary exchange schemes for childcare);
• An auto-enrolment pension scheme, with a generous employer contribution;
• Travel benefits and retail discounts at over 2,000 local and national stores;

Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a health assessment, a security check and a standard Disclosure and Barring Service check.

We particularly welcome applications from women and /or candidates from a BME background for this vacancy as they are currently under-represented at this level in our department.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please visit: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/38649.

Closing date for applications is 5th February 2023.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 8th February 2023.

If you have any queries regarding the application process and/or the role, please contact Alessandra Uomo, HR Administrator, at hr@ceb.cam.ac.uk.

Please quote reference NQ34637 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.

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