This vacancy is open to employees of the University of Nottingham only.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Health and Safety Administrator to join the growing Health and Safety team. 

We are seeking an enthusiastic team member who can work independently and as part of a team. You will be friendly, proactive, and self-motivated. In addition, the successful candidate will possess excellent planning, organisation and communication skills.   

The role holder will work together with colleagues to provide administrative support and ensure day-to-day operational needs are met.   

As an Administrator you will: 

• Support the Health and Safety Advisors with administrative tasks 
• Support the Fire Safety Team with their programme of work
• Receive and respond to internal and external queries, providing advice and resolving both simple and complex issues and queries 
• Support the coordination of the Health and Safety training programme, including booking of rooms, ordering catering and scheduling on the internal short courses’ website 
• Monitoring budgets and raising purchases orders for the team. 
• Maintaining databases 
• Supporting with events and projects 

You will bring: 

• Extensive level of IT skills, including MS Office suite (e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel, SharePoint, and Teams) 
• Ability to build working relationships within the department, contacts around the University and external suppliers 
• Ability to work independently to resolve complex internal and external queries. 
• Provide and maintain a high level of customer service whilst working to deadlines. 
• Accuracy, reliability and the willingness and adaptability to learn new skills and procedures. 

What we offer

• A friendly, diverse, and supportive working environment
• A hybrid working arrangement with the blended approach of home and office working each week
• Generous holiday entitlement of 27 days (or pro rata) plus standard bank holidays and five university closure days including closure between Christmas and New Year.
• Our reward scheme grants bonuses of numerous values for excellent work
• We are committed to staff development through the provision of training, continued support, and career progression opportunities
• You will have access to a range of benefits and rewards, including fitness and health facilities, staff discounts, travel schemes and many more. To find out more about what we can offer you, follow the link to our benefits website
• Development opportunities in the discipline of Health & Safety and Fire Safety

Interviews are scheduled for 1/10/2026.

The successful applicant will play a key role in supporting the delivery of Health & Safety and Fire Safety services across the University's UK campuses. Working closely with Health & Safety colleagues, academic and professional service departments, and key stakeholders, you will help ensure the department delivers an efficient, customer-focused and continuously improving service that supports the University's strategic and statutory objectives.

The successful applicant will be based at Lenton Hurst on University Park. However, there may be an expectation to travel occasionally between University campuses and sites as required. The University operates a hybrid working policy, allowing colleagues to work flexibly between home and campus locations, subject to operational requirements and agreement with their line manager.

This is a full-time (36.25 hours per week), permanent position, however part time hours will be considered. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Timothy McGill, Head of Health and Safety, at timothy.mcgill@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted. 

Further information is available in the role profile. To apply for this vacancy please click ‘Apply Now’ to complete your details.

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Closing Date: 22 Sep 2026
Category: Internal Only

The University of Nottingham is seeking a motivated, experienced and proactive Health and Safety Support Manager to lead the delivery and continuous improvement of operational support services across the Health & Safety Department.

The role will see you:

· Lead and manage the day-to-day delivery of Health & Safety support services, ensuring a high-quality, customer-focused and compliant service.

· Provide leadership and line management to Health & Safety administrative support staff, supporting performance, development and continuous improvement.

· Oversee coordination of Health & Safety and Fire Safety programmes and activities delivered by the team

· Oversee the day-to-day running of key Health & Safety systems (e.g. IRS, CSC, SafeZone)

· Act as a key liaison with system providers, DTS, and stakeholders for system enhancements and dealing with system failures and ensuring they are resolved in a timely manner.

· Produce and present management information and performance reports from existing systems to the Health & Safety team and key stakeholders.

· Develop and implement improvements to systems, processes, and reporting functionality

· Build and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders, around the University and within the Health & Safety team.

The successful applicant will play a key role in supporting the delivery of Health & Safety and Fire Safety services across the University's UK campuses. Working closely with Health & Safety colleagues, academic and professional service departments, and key stakeholders, you will help ensure the department delivers an efficient, customer-focused and continuously improving service that supports the University's strategic and statutory objectives. 

Reporting to the Head of Health and Safety, you will be responsible for overseeing operational performance, service delivery, systems management and process improvement activities. The role provides an exciting opportunity to influence service development, lead change initiatives, and support a broad range of Health & Safety activities across a large and complex organisation. 

The successful applicant will be based at Lenton Hurst on University Park. However, there may be an expectation to travel occasionally between University campuses and sites as required. The University operates a hybrid working policy, allowing colleagues to work flexibly between home and campus locations, subject to operational requirements and agreement with their line manager. 

This is a full-time (36.25 hours per week), permanent position, however part time hours will be considered. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Timothy McGill, Head of Health and Safety, at timothy.mcgill@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

Requests for secondment from internal candidates may be considered on the basis that prior agreement has been sought from both your current line manager and the manager of your substantive post, if you are already undertaking a secondment role.  

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Closing Date: 28 Sep 2026
Category: Internal Only