Health and Safety Advisor

Sheffield Hallam University; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sheffield Hallam University is seeking an experienced Senior Health and Safety Advisor to provide expert guidance across the organisation and foster a strong safety culture. You will advise on risk controls, compliance with legislation, and implement safe working arrangements to protect staff and students.

You will lead audits, assess compliance, identify improvements, investigate incidents and deliver training.

Qualifications

• Strong track record in health and safety management.
• Auditing qualification such as ISO 45001 Lead Auditor or Internal Auditor.
• Effective communicator and influencer engaging stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert health and safety guidance across the University.
• Promote a positive health and safety culture and ensure compliance with legislation.
• Develop and implement safe working arrangements and risk controls.
• Develop and deliver training for staff and students.
• Advise stakeholders at all levels on risk control and continuous improvement.
• Plan and undertake audits, evaluate compliance, identify improvements and monitor actions.
• Investigate incidents and support corrective actions across the organisation.

Skills

Auditing

Risk assessment

Incident investigation

Training delivery

Stakeholder engagement

Continuous improvement

Education

ISO 45001 Lead Auditor

Job description

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.