Health and Safety Audit & Assurance Manager

Overview

As the lead Health and Safety Audit & Assurance Manager, you design and drive the university’s audit programme to strengthen safety performance. You provide independent assurance to governance bodies and support faculties and services in delivering improvements. You balance independent scrutiny with practical collaboration to foster risk-based safety culture across a large, complex institution. This role offers broad influence, engaging with senior leaders and contributing to world-class teaching and research.

Pay / Benefits

• Generous annual leave
• Pension schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement
• Interest-free loan for immigration expenses

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the annual risk-based health and safety audit programme
• Evaluate implementation and effectiveness of policies, risk assessments and Codes of Practice
• Produce evidence-based audit reports highlighting good practice and non-conformances
• Support departments to create proportionate improvement plans
• Monitor audit actions and provide assurance on progress
• Identify themes, trends and learning opportunities from audits
• Provide high-quality assurance reporting to University Executiv e Board, Council and governance committees
• Contribute to ongoing improvement of health and safety management arrangements and culture

Key requirements

• Significant experience auditing health and safety management systems in a large, complex organisation
• Strong knowledge of UK health and safety legislation and its practical application
• Experience developing and managing risk-based audit programmes
• Excellent analytical, report-writing and communication skills
• Ability to present complex information clearly to senior stakeholders
• Strong influencing and relationship-building skills with constructive challenge
• Proactive approach to promoting positive health and safety culture and continuous improvement
• Experience working with or alongside regulatory bodies and external stakeholders
• Experience in a research-intensive, scientific, engineering, healthcare, HE or similarly complex technical environment (valued)

• Interpersonal and influencing skills
• Stakeholder engagement at all levels
• Collaborative and solution-focused mindset
• Auditing health and safety management systems
• Knowledge of UK HSE legislation and compliance
• Risk-based audit programme development and delivery

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