Health & Safety Officer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 25 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £37,182 i £42,286 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 24 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | EH9 3JG |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | SRUC |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | REQ0329-62309 |
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About the organisation:
SRUC (Scotland’s Rural College) is a specialist higher education institution delivering tertiary education, research and consultancy. SRUC’s principal purpose is to advance education, science, research, and environmental protection and improvement in rural and land-based industries, both domestically and internationally.
About the team:
The Campus & Estates Services team at SRUC play a vital role in ensuring that the built environment for learning, teaching and working is fit for purpose and supports strategic aims. There is a strong involvement in co-ordinating and supporting the business on all aspects of Health & Safety at an operational level including establishing, managing and monitoring standards, processes, communications, training and systems to ensure all responsibilities associated with health & safety are adhered to.
About the opportunity:
In this role, your main objective is to work with the Lead Business Partner and colleagues, to ensure that SRUC promotes a positive health & safety culture.
You will support effective policies and procedures which enhance standards of health & safety across SRUC - ensuring that all health & safety policies, procedures, rules and regulations are adhered to and are regularly reviewed, updated and communicated thus ensuring that SRUC is kept compliant with changes in legislation, best practice and procedures.
You will be required to:
- Provide a comprehensive expert professional and support service.
- Work as part of the Campus and Estates Services team formulating and maintaining SRUC’s health & safety plans, policies, arrangements & procedures.
- Ensure that all accidents and near misses are reported, documented and investigated in accordance with SRUC’s policies with recommended improvements implemented.
- Establish procedures associated with health & safety training needs, including records of training undertaken.
- Plan practical and effective methods, both preventative and remedial of promoting HS working practices.
- Ensure the completion and regular review of risk assessments for all work equipment and operations.
- Promote and develop the competence of SRUC managers to ensure legal compliance is achieved and where possible, exceeded.
- Project manage initiatives across Health & Wellbeing.
- Keep up to date with all aspects of relevant health, safety and welfare at work legislation and communicate relevant changes to the business.
- To support programmes for monitoring, auditing and performance measurement sufficient to demonstrate that safety arrangements are appropriate, robust & compliant.
- Lead/coordinate in house training with managers and employees in relation to Health and Safety.
- Undertake duties commensurate with the post-holders level of training and experience and conducive to fulfilment of the job purpose as outlined above.
Minimum qualifications:
The ideal candidate will be qualified to at least SQCF level 6 (e.g. Higher or A-Level qualifications) in a relevant area or possess relevant professional experience. You should also possess a professional qualification in a related discipline, e.g. NEBOSH Diploma
Experience and knowledge required:
- Significant experience of Health & Safety practices & legislation.
- Track record of developing and implementing health & safety improvements.
- Experience of managing health, safety & environment systems.
- Experience of producing high quality reports and correspondence, and giving clear oral reports/presentations.
- Significant knowledge of Health & Safety practices & legislation.
- Full clean driving license as travel to remote areas not covered by public transport may be required in this role.
For the full person specification, please download and fully read the Job Particulars document before you apply for the role.
Eligibility for Sponsorship
This role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. If you are a migrant worker, you will need to ensure you have an appropriate visa to evidence the necessary right to work in the UK.
Admin ref: CFPS/CES/004/25
Why work for SRUC?
- Generous annual leave
- Enhanced pension contributions (5% employee and 10% employer)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted RAC Membership
- Generous family leave
- Hybrid working solutions (in some areas)
- Tailored investment in and individuals' learning and development
How to Apply:
Please complete an online application form by pressing “apply”. You must fully read the Job Particulars document before applying.
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SRUC is committed to valuing Diversity, advancing Equality and respecting Human Rights throughout the organisation and encouraging applications from disabled people using the “Disability Confident Employer” symbol. SRUC is a member of the Athena SWAN charter.
SRUC. A Charitable company limited by guarantee, SC003712. Registered in Scotland No SC103046
- Generous annual leave
- Significant experience of Health & Safety practices & legislation.
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