Part time Departmental Safety Officer

This is an internal vacancy and for staff from Oxford University only. External applicants need not apply.

About the Role

You will be a key member of the Department of Chemistry’s Health and Safety team and will support the Area Safety Officer to have overall accountability for the health and safety elements of the Department of Chemistry. 

You will be a key advice point on health and safety matters and will carry out a portfolio of work including training/inductions, lab inspections, incident investigations and management, compliance and risk assessment and project work.  You will be expected to develop as a subject matter expert on chemical safety, biological safety and radiation safety and will in consultation with the Area Safety Officer contribute to the development of university-wide policy in this area providing support and advising on requirements for legislative compliance.  You will deputise for the Area Safety Officer as required which may include representing the Department within and beyond the University and supervising other Chemistry Health and Safety Team members.

This role is essential for ensuring the ongoing health, safety and welfare of all students, employees and visitors to Chemistry and to other related departments.  You will be supported in training and development necessary to fulfil the requirements of the role 

 About You

You will hold a PhD in Chemistry or a closely related area and have expertise and experience in health and safety within a chemical environment. You will have a strong ability to influence and demonstrate authority in areas of health and safety at all management levels. As well as excellent interpersonal and communication skills.   The ability to understand and explain highly complex, sometimes specialist, issues, and ability to resolve through appropriate solutions is also essential. 

What We Offer  

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ well-being, and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

•         An excellent contributory pension scheme

•         38 days annual leave

•         A comprehensive range of childcare services

•         Family leave schemes

•         Cycle loan scheme

•         Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans.

Application Process  

This is an internal vacancy and for staff from Oxford University. External applicants need not apply.

You will be required to upload a covering letter with a supporting statement, CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application. In your supporting statement, please explain how you meet each of the selection criteria found in the job description, and why you would like to do this role. See guidance at https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/cv-and-supporting-statement.

The closing date is Thursday 26th October 2023 at noon. Only applications submitted by this time will be considered.

Interviews will take place as soon as possible after the closing date.

The University of Oxford and The Department of Chemistry are Silver Athena SWAN holders.  Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and ethnic minority candidates, who are under-represented in Chemistry research posts in Oxford.