Health and Safety Coordinator

The opportunity

Join University of the Arts London in supporting a safe, inclusive and creative environment for our staff, students and visitors. As Health and Safety Coordinator, you will play a key role in improving internal systems and processes, enabling our advisers to focus on complex and strategic priorities.

You will help strengthen quality management, enhance training delivery and develop effective triage systems for fire and health and safety matters. Working across our six Colleges and central teams, you will coordinate activity, manage queries and support the implementation of best practice across the University.

This is a hands-on role that offers variety and impact, combining operational support, process improvement and communication. You will help promote a culture of safety, consistency and collaboration that reflects UAL’s values and commitment to continuous improvement.

About you

You will bring experience of health and safety coordination or administration, with an understanding of legislation, compliance and quality systems. You will have relevant health and safety training or qualifications, such as IOSH Managing Safely, and a keen interest in developing your expertise in a creative Higher Education environment.

You will be organised, proactive and confident communicating with colleagues across departments. You will enjoy solving problems, improving processes and helping others to embed safe and effective ways of working. Your approach will reflect UAL’s values of inclusion, professionalism and partnership.

What we offer

To recognise the hard work of our staff and their contributions, we provide a wide range of benefits – please check our careers site/Canvas for further information as conditions and exclusions apply:

▪ 31 days of annual leave and 2 days off to volunteer plus bank holidays
▪ Flexible and Dynamic working options available from the first day
▪ Discounted Medical Insurance including Digital GP service, therapies, in-patient and day-case treatment
▪ Free counselling and advice via our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
▪ Sector-leading Equal Parental Leave policy (6 months full pay for both parents) 
▪ Defined-benefit LGPS pension scheme
▪ In-house training and development including apprenticeships and free places on creative courses
▪ Interest free loans on travel and tech, discounts on gym memberships, nursery fees, eye care and much more
▪ Various opportunities to attend student shows and exhibitions

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.

As a University, we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.

We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That's why we are proud to hold a Bronze Award from the Race Equality Charter (REC), are members of the Business Disability Forum and Employers for Carers, and maintain our status as a Disability Confident Scheme and Living Wage employer.