Deputy Director - Specialist Safety Advisory Services

Grade UE09 – Salary Scale: £57,696.00 - £64,914.00 (A revised salary range for this grade is planned to take effect from Spring 2024 of £61,198.00 to £75,498.00).

Corporate Services Group/Health and Safety Department.               

Open Ended Contract.

Full Time - 35 hours per week.

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the University’s Health and Safety Department senior leadership team, responsible to the Director of Health and Safety. The Deputy Director, Specialist Safety Advisory Services is a new role with responsibility to shape and deliver the strategy for these services and lead a team of experienced, specialist advisers to deliver their roles. 

The Health and Safety Department assist the University to deliver University Strategy 2030 and enable the support of its values, regarding our staff, students, and community. The University is a world leading research-intensive institution, providing a stimulating and interesting working environment for the delivery of this role.   The Department’s new senior leadership team deliver our area’s remit through three directorates; which work together to build on and facilitate the delivery of our University’s safety, health and wellbeing management system and deliver continuous improvement. This role leads the directorate that is focused on specialist safety advice including radiation, biological and chemical safety. We are seeking a candidate with management experience, who has both a good understanding of the research environment and relevant health and safety knowledge to bring to the role. 

The post will be based at Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh.