Head of Health and Safety
Salary £60,000 – £65,000 plus excellent benefits package (including the Local Government pension scheme)
Location Farnham, Epsom or Canterbury Campus
University for the Creative Arts (UCA) is seeking to make the appointment to the post of Head of Health & Safety to play a crucial and influential role across the organisation.
As UCA’s Head of Health and Safety, you will be the professional lead in relation to Health and Safety and as such will lead the direction, strategy and objectives for health and safety within the University community. You will own and develop the University’s Health and Safety Management System and engage and influence stakeholders to achieve continual improvement in health and safety performance and culture.
We are looking for an experienced leader, with a proven track record of delivering a comprehensive health and safety provision successfully, to lead and develop the strategic direction of fire, health, safety management across a diverse, complex organisation. With a background and professional qualification in the health and safety industry, you will possess a proven track record of delivering health and safety management initiatives that drive organisational change and performance improvement.
To be a success in the role the appointed candidate will need the excellent interpersonal, communication and influencing skills required to operate influentially across a complex organisation with a diverse range of stakeholder groups.
At UCA, creativity and innovation are at the heart of what we do. Our legacy of educating eager and passionate artists, makers and thinkers runs back almost 160 years, and today we’re helping shape a global future that supports and nourishes talent worldwide.
Our campuses across Surrey and Kent are vibrant communities, each specialising in different areas of the creative industries. We are also home to a thriving research hub, with academic experts and fellows leading the way in research on sustainability, design, textiles, animation, history and culture, and more.
Are you ready to share your passion for creativity with the next generation of innovators? If so, we want to hear from you.
For a briefing discussion please contact our retained advisors Sian Gardiner at MRG on sian.gardiner@mrgpeople.co.uk or 07932 717 458. Applications should consist of a CV and covering letter and can be sent to sian.gardiner@mrgpeople.co.uk.
Closing date for Applications is Sunday 2nd April 2023