Health and Safety Officer
£38,382 per annum
Full time - 36.5 hours per week
Closing Date: 9am Monday 2 June 2025
Job ref: 28/25
Leeds University Union (LUU) is a charity that helps over 38,000 students Love their time at Leeds. Located at the heart of campus, the Union is a space to meet people, make new friends and get involved.
Find out more about Leeds University Union at www.luu.org.uk or follow us on X @LeedsUniUnion and Instagram.
About the role
Are you passionate about creating safe and welcoming spaces where everyone can thrive? Leeds University Union (LUU) is looking for a Health and Safety Officer* to join our vibrant and diverse community. This is a unique opportunity to play a vital role in supporting a huge range of activities—from commercial venues like bars, cafés and shops, to student-led clubs and societies including sports, dance, theatre and everything in between. Every day is different here, and your expertise will help ensure that all our operations and events are run safely and with confidence.
At LUU, we’re proud to be a charity that puts students at the heart of everything we do. We support thousands of volunteers and over 300 student-led groups, and your guidance will help them deliver exciting, engaging activities in a way that puts wellbeing first. You’ll develop and implement health and safety policies and training that are not only legally sound, but practical, empowering and easy to follow—supporting our mission to make sure every student loves their time at Leeds.
About you
We’re looking for someone who shares our values of being Fun, Empowering and Inclusive. If you’re someone who can balance professionalism with approachability, loves a challenge, and is ready to work collaboratively across a broad range of teams, we’d love to hear from you. Whether it’s a packed club night, a theatre performance, or a society bake sale, you’ll be helping to keep LUU a safe and supportive environment for all.
What you get in return
The benefits you can enjoy include generous holiday allowance as well as extra Union closed days, extensive opportunities for learning and further development, holiday buy back options, NUS TOTUM Card, onsite venue staff discounts, discounted travel card, and discounted gym membership.
Sounds good?
For further details, please download an application pack below. In your application, please explain how you meet the person specification and what you can bring to the team here at LUU. If you have any further questions please contact unihr@leeds.ac.uk.
Health and Safety Officer Application Pack
*Please note that this role is known as 'Health and Safety Business Partner' internally.
LUU highly values inclusivity and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Key Date Information:
Closing Date: 9am Monday 2 June 2025
Interview Date: Thursday 12 June 2025
Proposed Start Date: As soon as possible
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