Safety Coordinator

The Cavendish Laboratory (Department of Physics) has an exciting opportunity for an additional Safety Coordinator to join our passionate and dedicated community. Working as part of the Department's Safety team, the roleholder will provide a welcoming and friendly support to all users of the Department.

We have moved into our state-of-the-art, Ray Dolby Centre which is the centrepiece of the new Cavendish Laboratory. This is an exciting and challenging time for the Department, and we would like to find a highly motivated individual with a positive attitude towards change and development to join us. The Department is home to over 2000 staff, students and visitors across a large range of disciplines and categories, where exemplary delivery of world-leading, innovative research programmes and teaching takes place and where the provision of an outstanding safety advice and expertise will be vital to delivering the vision for the new Estate.

Working alongside the Departmental Safety Manager and Safety Coordinator, the successful candidate will be a positive, friendly and organised individual with a commitment to safety and customer delivery. You will be able to deal with all enquires in a professional manner, ensuring accuracy of information both in written and spoken communication form. You will be required to operate a few systems and develop processes to assist implementing the department safety management system (SMS) to ensure site and building safety and timely emergency or first aid response.

We are looking for someone who:

• Practical experience in a Health and Safety setting, or a newly completed Health and Safety qualification (e.g., NEBOSH General Certificate, relevant degree).

• You will have a collaborative style, which will enable you to effectively challenge convention, offering solutions that are resourceful and appropriate.

• Is able to communicate effectively and interact positively with staff, academics, students and visitors, with a confident approach and positive attitude.

• Can manage their time to get tasks done and use their initiative to prioritise when necessary.

Some of our many benefits include

• Competitive rates of pay with automatic service related pay progression and annual cost of living increases;

• Generous annual leave provision;

• Family and Work-life balance policies including hybrid working and generous carer leave (maternity, paternity, shared parental leave, adoption leave), amongst others;

• An auto-enrolment pension scheme, with a generous employer contribution;

• Exclusive employee discounts via our CamBens scheme

• Personal Development (PPD): we actively encourage and support personal development and staff have access to a wide range of resources via our PPD Service.

During the probation period, the roleholder will be required to work in the office. On successful completion of their probation, we will agree up to 1 day per week working from home, dependent on the operational needs of the team.

Interview are expected to be held on 19th January 2027.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

No agencies please.

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Geoff Elliott, Departmental Safety Manager gde26@cam.ac.uk

Please quote reference KA51586 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

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