Our commitment to health, safety and wellbeing reflects our vision to be the world’s leading applied university and transforming lives to achieve outstanding outcomes for our students and our city. This is a great opportunity to help drive effective performance and continual improvement of health and safety in one of the largest Universities in the UK.

As part of our refreshed approach to health and safety, and our ambitious plans, we are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking health and safety professional to lead the Health and Safety Service across the University.  Reporting to the University Secretary, you will provide strategic leadership to develop and deliver our Health and Safety Strategy, policies and management systems to ensure that we maintain a safe and compliant environment across the full range of our activities.

You must possess a NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Health, or equivalent and be a Chartered Member of IOSH. Having experience of working within a complex organisation with an ability to work strategically, you will have a strong track record of leading the development, implementation and review of Health and Safety Strategy, together with review and maintenance of the supporting Health and Safety Policies and procedures. It is essential that you have excellent communication and inter-personal skills, with the ability to secure engagement from various stakeholders.

For this job we particularly welcome applications from minority ethnic applicants who are underrepresented in this area/ this type of job at Sheffield Hallam. We also welcome applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements.