Deputy Health and Safety Manager

Location: The Francis Crick Institute, Midland Road, London

Short summary

The HSM will be required to provide competent advice, (as required by the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations, 1999) on all aspects of health and safety at work and assist the SHSM in the management of safety within the Institute. Perform active monitoring including safety inspections and investigations, with subsequent production of written reports and some budgetary responsibility. The role will call for excellent interpersonal skills and dedication to compliance, establishing, maintaining and reviewing Safety Policy in line with changes in legislation, best practice and identified problems through appropriate risk assessment. You will also be involved in key institutional initiatives such as the infrastructure/building projects. 

It is essential that all members of the Health and Safety team have the competence and flexibility to support the entire team function. As a team the Health and Safety Advisors will be expected to work as both generalist and specialist advisors.

Key Responsibilities

Team supervision and support

• Assist the SHSM to manage the Health and Safety Advisory Team, mentoring and setting work priorities and objectives, under the advisement of the SHSM.
• Lead, in the absence of the SHSM, the advisory function in support of the achievement of best practice in health and safety. 

Advise and support

• Working closely with the SHSM to devise and deliver the H&S strategy, by identifying, planning, implementing policies and procedures as delivered by the H&S Advisory Team.
• Act as subject matter expert, advising the Institute of best practice H&S for managing laboratory hazards. 

Change and improvement

• Liaise with University Partners in matters of Health and Safety, sharing best practice and lessons learnt.
• Champion the improvement of safety, health and wellbeing across the Crick. 

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 06/06/2024
• All offers of employment are subject to successful security screening and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.

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