Goldsmiths - Head of Health and Safety

Goldsmiths - Head of Health and Safety

Head of Health & Safety August 2020

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GOLDSMITHS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

Goldsmiths staff are encouraged to be ambitious, committed to the learning and development of themselves and others, keen to work across conventional boundaries and driven by the desire to play their part in the delivery of an excellent student and staff experience. For our Professional Services team, we are looking for motivated and talented people to work with administrative and academic colleagues to serve the College to the highest possible standards and ensure it has the support structures and systems in place to thrive. If you are an Estates and Facilities professional who thrives on finding solutions to complex issues, then this is the role for you. You will be motivated to exceed customer expectations and play a leading role in developing a high performing and cohesive team. As the College works to build a new Infrastructure Strategy, you can expect to have challenging and varied work in a rapidly changing environment, and support for your career development. We hope you find this pack, and the role that it reflects, of interest. This appointment is being managed by Goldsmiths’ appointed recruitment partners Michael Hewlett and Ben Duffill of The Management Recruitment Group. Applications should consist of a comprehensive CV and supporting cover letter outlining key matching experience and rationale for applying for the post. Applications should be sent to m [email protected]. The deadline for applications is Sunday, 6 September 2020. More information on The Management Recruitment

Goldsmiths, University of London, is proud of its reputation for innovative and challenging thinking across its wide range of disciplines. Goldsmiths’ Strategic Plan for the next 5 years was agreed by its Council in January 2018 and sets out an ambitious vision to shape our portfolio of academic programmes and research, respond to the full range of students’ needs and expectations, equip graduates with the skills and flexibility to make a difference to the world around them and support research that addresses local, national and global challenges.

Group can be found at www.mrgpeople.co.uk.

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OUR MISSION WE OFFER A TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE, GENERATING KNOWLEDGE AND STIMULATING SELF-DISCOVERY THROUGH CREATIVE, RADICAL AND INTELLECTUALLY RIGOROUS THINKING AND PRACTICE

Our Mission is underpinned by the following values: Achieving academic excellence • Pursuing intellectual curiosity • Encouraging the highest standards of research and practice • Building on our diverse strengths through interdisciplinary imagination • Maximising the interaction of teaching and research Radical and innovative thinking • Cultivating a unique and creative approach to all our subjects • Daring to think differently and to challenge the norms • Embracing new ideas with energy and reflection

Promoting access and diversity • Enabling a wide range of people to benefit from our learning opportunities • Recruiting students and staff from all backgrounds and experiences • Strengthening our local connections as we extend our international reach Supporting our students and staff • Creating a responsive and collaborative learning environment • Providing inspiring opportunities for personal and social development • Enhancing the life skills of employable and enterprising global citizens Creating change, locally and globally • Being socially aware and socially engaged • Actively promoting sustainability • Fostering a social and intellectual community within, and beyond, Goldsmiths

Respecting the individual • Encouraging individuality and nurturing talent • Enabling freedom of thought and expression • Nurturing an environment of openness and tolerance

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ESTATES AND FACILITIES DEPARTMENT

The Department The goal of Goldsmiths’ Estates and Facilities department is to deliver continuous improvements to our campus and services through a customer- focussed approach. Estates and Facilities provide a wide and varied set of services on campus. From gardening to heating, cleaning and portering, security to timetabling and room bookings to building new facilities.

The estate affects everyone at Goldsmiths; staff, students and visitors alike are all influenced by the environment around them and it’s our job to make sure the campus is welcoming and fit for purpose.

ESTATES & FACILITIES

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ROLE DESCRIPTION Responsible to: Director of Estates and Facilities Main duties As Goldsmiths’ Head of Health and Safety, you will feed into the direction, strategy and objectives for health and safety of all of our activities. You will be consulted on the drawing up a Health & Safety Policy with a 5 year horizon for the University. You will also review how we currently deliver health and safety requirements in the areas of your responsibility with a view to ensuring that we undertake this work in the most effective and efficient manner. You will continually develop and improve the management of health and safety by providing leadership and direction for the health and safety function, working with senior colleagues across all directorates to ensure the safety of staff, students and visitors in all of our actions. You will be a professional adviser and co-ordinator for health and safety issues, working with members of the Estates & Facilities Senior Management Team and staff representatives to develop the culture for health and safety and will undertake a key role in reporting to the Health and Safety Committee.

Key tasks include: • As the main professional adviser take a leading role by working in partnership with Academic Departments and Professional Services, to ensure a consistent, professional and positive approach to the management of health and safety, and to promote and engender appropriate culture change and organisation development. • To protect, where possible, the University against the impact of litigation and reputational risk arising out of breaches of the aforementioned acts and regulations. • To take lead responsibility for communications with staff at all levels of the organisation to promote better health and safety management. • To promote a safety culture throughout the organisation by keeping up-to-date with the legislation and developments in the field of health and safety. • To monitor the safety performance of the University and its departments by inspections and incident investigations, and feed outcomes into the strategic role. Management • To line manage a small team of Health and Safety professionals, currently comprising the Health & Safety Officer, Fire Safety Manager and Sustainability and Compliance Manager. • To act as Business Continuity lead for Estates and Facilities. • To have responsibility for PEEPS and review RASRS in relation to students and staff. • To have responsibility for the fire safety records, evacuations and management procedures.

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ROLE DESCRIPTION (CONTINUED)

• To provide advice, guidance and assistance to department Heads to enable them to carry out risk assessments and to develop safe systems of work. • To provide advice, guidance and assistance to the Head of Maintenance and Engineering to ensure satisfactory compliance and testing regimes for all life safety systems and other areas of statutory compliance (eg, Fire Safety, Legionella Management, Asbestos management, working at height, Electrical Safety.…etc.). • To liaise with and advise significant contractor partners on policy and procedures as well as changes in the legislation. • To ensure that those responsible for contractors on University premises are aware of their responsibilities under the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and other associated legislation and maintain a suitable system for monitoring contractors activities, ensuring appropriate risk assessments and method statements are provided and check against proposed activity. Monitor the provision of essential health and safety and other essential regulatory information before contractors commence work. • To monitor and make recommendations to ensure that the Permit to Work system, including hot work Financial • To exercise budgetary control over the Health & Safety budget, including the contracts for eLearning, lone-working and other software/devices. • To ensure compliance at all times with the University’s Financial Regulations and Procurement procedures. • To retain all receipts and delivery notes and pass them to the correct teams in Estates and Facilities for processing.

Communication • To have excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills • To have clear report writing and presentation preparation skills • To liaise with the Health & Safety Executive, local environmental health departments and other professional bodies and departments responsible for ensuring the University meets its statutory obligations with regard to health and safety. • To provide advice and information on health and safety issues primarily to managers and staff; also to students and the Students Union and promote good practice into the general management structure. • To deal with enquiries and requests from staff, students and visitors to the University effectively and in manner that promotes the Estates and Facilities Department positively. • To advise Health & Safety Committee, Senior Management Team, and Head of Departments of changing health and safety legislation and potential for implications or adjustments. • To liaise with the University’s insurance broker regarding claims arising from any accidents on University premises and report on areas of concern. To advise the university of issues and provide guidance relating to travel

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ROLE DESCRIPTION (CONTINUED

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Planning and Organising Resources • To work with relevant members of staff in Governance to identify, draft, co-ordinate and update policies relating to health and safety and risk assessments. • To continuously update information on the health and safety webpages and eLearning package to reflect changes in policies, procedures, legislation, named personnel, and management structures. • To develop, maintain and undertake as appropriate, induction and other training for all staff in general health and safety or other areas when required. • To advise on health and safety implications of refurbishment programmes, new builds and other significant works. Investigation, analysis and research • To monitor incident and accident reporting through the management chain and make recommendations as necessary. Promptly investigate accidents. To ensure that accident reports are received, recorded and monitored. Analyse accident/incident reports relating to students, staff or external visitors. Report by way of statistical >Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12

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