£12.71 per hour + £1.53 holiday pay
Advertising End Date
28 Jan 2026
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Role & Department Overview

The University's central Health and Safety Team has oversight of the health and safety of the University. The team -
  • ensures policy, guidance, information and training is available to help departments and divisions in the University to manage their own health and safety
  • undertakes audits departments and divisions against university policy, legislation and approved national standards and gives advice to encourage improvements
  • drafts health and safety reports for University wide meetings
  • attends/arranges meetings with management, trade unions, departmental safety officers, enforcement bodies and others where necessary
  • oversees the University wide health surveillance programme
  • gives advice requested
Preferred Start Date: 9th of February 2026
Expected End Date: 1st of May 2026
Interview Date: 6th of February 2026
Working Pattern: 4 hours per week
Location: On the Lancaster University Campus

Job Description

The overall purpose of this appointment is to support the University Health and Safety team with administration during a period of staff secondment.   

Working with the University Health & Safety Officer and our part-time administrator, the duties of the role are to: 

  1. Provide support relating to the coordination of Occupational Health Surveillance appointments with the third-party supplier and individual members of staff.  

  1. Monitor and maintain the records of qualified first aiders ensuring that qualifications remain valid and ensure that lists of qualified staff are published termly. 

  1. Be responsible for issuing eye test vouchers to staff when requested.  

  1. Provide support on the monitoring of actions from fire risk assessments. 

  1. Any other duties as may reasonably be required, consistent with the grade of the post and time available. 

 

Person Specification

The role holder should:

  •  Be able to work with sensitive data and maintain confidentiality 
  •  Have good working knowledge of Outlook, Excel and Teams
  •  Have good attention to detail and organisational skills
  •  Good communication skills with the ability to relate to, and communicate effectively with members of staff
 
If you have any queries regarding this vacancy, please contact the Hiring Managers for this role: 
Gretta Roberts Assistant Director of People & Organisational Effectiveness (Health & Safety) - [email protected]
Wendy Guest - University Safety Officer - [email protected].
 
Working in this role will help develop the following skills and experience:
  • Collaboration
  • Exercising professional judgement
  • Multi-tasking, Flexibility
  • Integrity
  • Interpersonal sensitivity
  • Organisation
  • Self-motivation
  • Teamwork
  • Time Management
  • Verbal communication
  • Written communication
 
Unless specified otherwise in the advert wording, this role is only open to individuals living in the UK. You are required to submit a cover letter to support your application. Applications without a cover letter or CV will not be considered, please ensure your CV and cover letter are tailored to yourself and the role you are applying for.
 Under the terms of this work, we endeavour to provide the advertised number of hours. However, hours are not guaranteed, and that work may cease if there is a fall in demand. Adverts that display a closing date should be treated as a guide.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.
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