Job Description

Salary

The starting salary will be from 50,253 up to 58,225 on Grade (G), 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

06/10/2025

Job reference

Q09771

Human Resources, Culture & Assurance

The above full time role is available on a permanent basis from the 15th of December 2025.

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 Manager 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 lead the effective delivery of university wide Health and Safety management, ensuring that all members of our community are supported to thrive.



Working closely with the Assistant Director Assurance, Compliance and Risk, the post holder will provide strategic advice and leadership across the University, guiding the implementation of policy, training, audit and continuous improvement that embeds well and achieves positive cultural maturity.

The University has an established Health and Safety culture and a great Health and Safety and Fire Safety Teams. The post holder will lead these teams, support key UOE committees and ensure compliance with sector standards and all relevant legislation. Working in a devolved risk culture, the Health and Safety Manager 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 you

The successful candidate will bring substantial experience of effective Health and Safety Management in a multi-risk environment, and have a strong track record of delivering improvement. They will be a great communicator, able to effectively manage projects and bring people together across a wide variety of teams to support improvement. The post holder will have a clear vision, will have strong attention to detail, will see things through and will have energy to drive forward this important agenda.

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.

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.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.

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.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.

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 in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England


This is a significant opportunity for an experienced Health and Safety professional to shape the future of safety at a leading global university. For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Kate Lindsell, Assistant Director Assurance, Compliance and Risk at k.lindsell@exeter.ac.uk