Senior Health and Safety Manager: Policy and Assurance

Location: The Francis Crick Institute, Midland Road, London

Short summary

The Crick is a world-leading centre of biomedical research and innovation.  Dedicated to research excellence, the Crick has the scale, vision and expertise to tackle the most challenging scientific questions that underpin our understanding of human health and disease.

Conducting world-class biomedical research safely, sustainably and successfully in central London is a significant undertaking.  The scale and complexity of the science requires a highly professional and effective Health & Safety team.  This senior role provides a great opportunity for someone to use their solid understanding of Health & Safety to lead a team providing the framework and assurance mechanisms that are practical and ensure the Institute remains legally compliant, meets its regulatory duties and internal policy objectives.  The role is critical to enabling achievement of the strategy objective ‘We will be audit and inspection ready at all times.’

Key Responsibilities

• Define, develop and maintain a comprehensive framework of policies and procedures for Health & Safety within the Crick.  
• Through the training and competency manager, ensure that the training and competency requirements of staff are clearly defined and relate to roles.
• Develop and deliver assurance processes (e.g. audit and inspections) and systems that will deliver the strategy objectives ‘We will be audit and inspection ready at all times.’
• Perform regulatory compliance analyses continually developing the legal register to ensure the Crick is up to date and can address any new obligations and duties.
• Oversee, through the work of the Policy and Systems Advisor (working with IT and science), the selection, development and ongoing improvement of technology platforms that support the delivery of best practice and provide robust and accurate management information.  

About us

The Francis Crick Institute is a biomedical discovery institute dedicated to understanding the fundamental biology underlying health and disease. Its work is helping to understand why disease develops and to translate discoveries into new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, infections, and neurodegenerative diseases.

An independent organisation, its founding partners are the Medical Research Council (MRC), Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL (University College London), Imperial College London and King’s College London.

The Crick was formed in 2015, and in 2016 it moved into a new state-of-the-art building in central London which brings together 1500 scientists and support staff working collaboratively across disciplines, making it the biggest biomedical research facility under in one building in Europe.

The Francis Crick Institute will be world-class with a strong national role. Its distinctive vision for excellence includes commitments to collaboration; developing emerging talent and exporting it the rest of the UK; public engagement; and helping turn discoveries into treatments as quickly as possible to improve lives and strengthen the economy. 

• If you are interested in applying for this role, please apply via our website.
• The closing date for applications is 23.04.2023
• All offers of employment are subject to successful security screening and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.

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