Senior Health and Safety Advisor

Sheffield Hallam University; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Sheffield Hallam University is seeking an experienced Senior Health and Safety Advisor to provide professional advice, guidance and support across the organisation, promoting a positive health and safety culture and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and best practice.

The successful candidate will have a strong track record in health and safety management, risk assessment, incident investigation and developing safe working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Must have demonstrable experience in health and safety management across an organisation
• Experience planning and undertaking audits and evaluating compliance
• Strong communication and influencing skills to support continuous improvement

Responsibilities

• Provide professional advice, guidance and support across the organisation on health and safety matters
• Lead audits, evaluate compliance and monitor corrective actions
• Develop and deliver effective health and safety training and guidance for stakeholders at all levels
• Advise senior management on risk control and safe working arrangements
• Support the Governance, Legal and Compliance Directorate in safety culture improvement and regulatory compliance

Skills

Risk assessment

Auditing

Incident investigation

Training delivery

Stakeholder engagement

Health and safety management

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate

NEBOSH National Diploma

ISO 45001 Lead Auditor

Job description

Senior Health and Safety Advisor

Company: Sheffield Hallam University Salary: £40,704 to £45,641 a year Hours: Full-time Location: Sheffield, S1 1WB Working pattern: Hybrid - 3 days remote Job type: Permanent Posting date: 2 Nov 2026 Closing date: 21 Nov 2026

We are seeking an experienced and proactive Senior Health and Safety Advisor to provide professional advice, guidance and support across the organisation, promoting a positive health and safety culture and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and best practice. The successful candidate will have a strong track record in health and safety management, risk assessment, incident investigation, developing and implementing safe working arrangements, developing and delivering training, advising stakeholders at all levels of the University on effective risk control.

Demonstrable competence of planning and undertaking audits, evaluating compliance, identifying improvement opportunities and monitoring corrective actions is essential, together with a recognised ISO accredited auditing qualification, such as ISO 45001 Lead Auditor or Internal Auditor. The post holder will be an effective communicator and influencer, capable of engaging stakeholders at all levels, challenging constructively, and supporting continuous improvement in health and safety performance.

The team/The department

As part of the Governance, Legal and Compliance Directorate, we support Colleges and departments across the University to meet their responsibilities under the Health & Safety at Work Act and associated regulations.

Working alongside Academics, Researchers, Technical Operations, Human Resources, Estates and Facilities colleagues, we aim to ensure all staff and students can work, learn and thrive in a safe environment. As part of this, we are delivering a University-wide improvement programme to modernise our safety culture, strengthen risk management and compliance, and embed proportionate, enabling and effective HSW arrangements.

• NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety or an equivalent recognised qualification.
• Candidates must be prepared to study and attain a NEBOSH National Diploma for Occupational Health and Safety if not already held

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