Health & Safety Advisor x2 at MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences
Job Description
The MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) is looking for a Health & Safety Advisor to join our team. The LMS is a world-class research laboratory where scientists and clinicians collaborate to advance the understanding of biology and its application to medicine. Funded by the MRC as part of UK Research and Innovation, the LMS has a collaborative working culture and new state-of-the-art building based in the heart of West London in the Hammersmith Hospital Campus. Our proximity to the growing life sciences hub and new innovation district in White City provides unique opportunities for clinical, academic and industrial collaborations.
The ideal candidate will have experience within the UK research landscape, either in higher education or publicly funded research. It is an exciting time to join LMS as we have recently moved into our new state of the art building. This onsite role will cover laboratory and general workplace safety matters. More specifically, you will have responsibility for:
- Providing Health & Safety advice to key stakeholders on a wide range of topics
- Acting as a generalist Health & Safety advisor as part of the wider H&S team
- Conducting and leading (in collaboration with others) safety inspections, audits and evaluation of working practices
- Providing safety inductions for new starters
- Preparing guidance and training materials
- Maintaining accurate records of safety relevant information e.g., accident/incident reports, training records, risk assessments, radioactivity monitoring, etc
- Assessing compliance with local laboratory fire safety rules
About us
Choosing to come to work at the LMS means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits from a generous pension scheme and excellent holiday entitlement to access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme! For more details, visit benefits of working for UKRI.
Equality & Diversity:
The MRC values the diverse skills and experience of its employees and is committed to achieving equality of treatment for all. Our success is dependent upon our ability to embrace diversity and draw on the skills, understanding and experience of all our people.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community irrespective of gender, race, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation, disability or age. As “Disability Confident” employers, we guarantee to interview all applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
For full details of this post and to complete an online application, via the ‘Apply‘ button above, and upload your CV, names and contacts of two scientific references along with a covering letter stating why you are applying for this role (providing evidence against the requirements of the job and your motivation). Applications which do not provide a cover letter will not be considered. Please quote reference number LMS 2305.
Closing date: 2 January 2024