Ref Number
B28-00321
Professional Expertise
Administration and Business Support
Department
Finance, Commercial and Estates (B28)
Location
London
Working Pattern
Full time
Salary
£54,931-£64,644
Contract Type
Permanent
Working Type
Hybrid
Available for Secondment
No
Closing Date
27-Jul-2026
UCL is one of the world's leading universities, renowned for its excellence in research, education and innovation. Home to over 50,000 students and staff, our diverse estate spans more than 200 buildings across London and the South East, including many historic and listed buildings. Our Safety Services team plays a vital role in creating a safe environment that enables world-class teaching, research and collaboration to thrive.
Working at UCL means joining an inclusive community that values innovation, sustainability and continuous improvement. We offer flexible hybrid working, excellent professional development opportunities and the chance to make a meaningful impact across one of the UK's most complex university estates.
We're looking for an experienced Safety Advisor to join our Safety Services team, providing expert health and safety advice across UCL with a particular focus on construction projects, estates maintenance and infrastructure.
This is a varied and influential role where you'll work closely with Estates colleagues, project teams and departmental leaders to ensure safety is embedded throughout the lifecycle of building and maintenance projects. From advising on CDM compliance and conducting audits, to investigating incidents and delivering training, you'll help shape a proactive safety culture across a unique and diverse estate.
If you enjoy building relationships, solving complex challenges and influencing positive change, this is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the continued success of one of the world's leading universities.
You'll be a qualified health and safety professional with experience advising within a large, complex organisation. You'll have strong knowledge of health and safety legislation, ideally with experience supporting construction, facilities management or estates environments.
You'll be confident working with stakeholders at all levels, providing practical, proportionate advice and influencing best practice. Organised, proactive and collaborative, you'll be comfortable managing competing priorities while maintaining high professional standards. A commitment to continuous professional development and a passion for creating safe, inclusive workplaces will help you thrive in this role.
Whether you're conducting inspections on site, supporting major projects or coaching colleagues, you'll bring sound judgement, excellent communication skills and a practical approach to improving health and safety performance across UCL.
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
- 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
- Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
- Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
- Immigration loan
- Relocation scheme for certain posts
- On-Site nursery
- On-site gym
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
- Discounted medical insurance
Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.
We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.
These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.
