Deputy Health and Safety Advisor

**Salary**

The starting salary will be from £33,951 to £35,608 on Grade (E), depending on qualifications and experience.

**Contractual hours**

36.5

**Package**

Generous holiday allowances, flexible working, pension scheme and relocation package (if applicable).

**Job category/type**

Admin, Professional, Managerial

**Date posted**

15/10/2025

**Job reference**

Q09979

**Human Resources, Culture & Assurance**

The above full time role is available from January 2026 on a permanent basis.

This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working - some time on campus and some from home.

The University of Exeter is recruiting a proactive health and safety manager to lead on delivering its commitment to effectively managing Health and safety across its campus’ in Exeter and Cornwall. With over 7000 staff and 30,00 students, supporting the safety and wellbeing of everyone is a key priority for us. We are proud to be attracting talented staff and students from across the world and are committed to creating a culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive.

**About the post**

We are seeking to appoint a competent Health and Safety Advisor to play a pivotal role in advancing our Health and Safety Strategy and the University’s 2030 vision for a sustainable, healthy, and socially just future. This important position will support the effective delivery of university wide Health and Safety management, ensuring that all members of our community are supported to thrive.

The University has an established Health and Safety culture and a great Health and Safety and Fire Safety Teams. The post holder will be part of the team and in working in the devolved risk management culture, will ensure that all line managers have the support they need to manage the risks in their services. They will also work effectively with the Trade Union Safety Representatives and take time to support any matters they raise.

**About the Department**

The Health and Safety Team (including Fire Safety) is based on the Streatham Campus, Exeter and support people on the St Lukes campus (Exeter) and Penryn Campus (Cornwall). The team is an established team within the Assurance, Compliance and Risk Service, where the post holder will work alongside the other departments including Occupational Health, Public Health, Safeguarding, Information Governance, Compliance, Insurance, Audit, Risk and Business Continuity.

**Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.**

**The University of Exeter**

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world’s most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99 percent of our research is of international quality and 47 percent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).

We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. Read about our world leading research - Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO Creative City

**Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment**

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.

**Benefits**

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

- 41 days leave per year
- options for flexible working
- numerous discounts at leading retailers
- onsite gyms on all of our campus’ and a cycle to work scheme
- sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy
- stunning campus environments