Health and safety coordinator

Health & Safety Co-ordinator, University Campus based in Kent, temporary, 3 months until end of September 2026, £20.60 per hour plus holiday pay, 4 days office based 1 day WFH

Renowned University, requires a Health and Safety Co-ordinator to assist the Associate Director and work within one of the University Faculties. You will assist the Bio Safety Advisor and the Operating Officer to promote a safe working culture and maintain the safety and wellbeing of staff, students, contractors and visitors. You will need to be a strong Administrator preferably with NEBOSH general certificate. Excellent communication skills are a must as are analytical and problem solving skills. This role is working 4 days on site and 1 at home and will require that you travel between campuses on a regular basis.

Duties of the Health & Safety Co-ordinator will include:

• Promoting effective health and safety management to maintain the wellbeing of staff, students, contractors and visitors
• Acting as the local administrative lead for health and safety software - accident / incident management system, pre-travel risk assessment tool, personal safety app and online training modules
• Troubleshooting issues, ensuring accidents are investigated
• Escalating matters to the central H&S team
• Supporting the faculty senior management team to ensure that sufficient resources/funds are available to meet the requirements of the University H&S policy
• Conducting H&S training gap analysis and co-ordinate the training programme for the faculty, ensuring that relevant records are maintained
• Providing H&S performance data to local Senior Management team / H&S committee, including producing reports, identifying trends, notifying of any deficiencies, co-ordinating remedial actions where required
• Conducting Risk Assessments as required
• Acting as a local Display Screen Assessors (DSE) by providing general advice/assisting in sourcing ergonomic equipment and escalating complex DSE cases to the central H&S team
• Providing basic advice on operational health and safety issues.
• Proactively working to embed Health and Safety across the institution by collaborating with other health and safety roles holders to ensure a consistent, professional and positive approach to the management of health and safety, including the development of a high-performing and strong health and safety culture

Skills you will need:

• Self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative
• Entry level H&S qualification e.g IOSH Managing Safely / NEBOSH Health and Safety at Work Award / NEBOSH HSE Award in Managing Risks and Risk Assessments at Work
• If you have NEBOSH General Certificate or OH&S NVQ level 3 (or equivalent qualification in a relevant scientific / health & safety field) that would be useful, as would Technical Membership of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
• Collaborative in ensuring the efficient management of Health and Safety, working under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Able to adhere to and promote the University’s policies on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Information Security
• Able to ensure compliance with Health & Safety and Data Protection Legislation
• Ability to support and promote University Sustainability policies and best practice relating to digital content and accessibility
• Experience working as a health and safety co-ordinator, reviewing and assessing health and safety performance data, including risk assessments
• If you have experience working within Higher Education that would be a plus, as would experience of conducting DSE self-assessments, investigating accidents / incidents, reviewing travel risk assessments and auditing and reviewing safety management systems

Due to the large number of applications that we receive, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Val Wade Recruitment are actively looking for applicants from underrepresented communities and pride ourselves as an equal opportunities’ employer and agency.