Estates and Facilities Health and Safety Manager (1.0FTE) in Glasgow

The Directorate of Estates and Facilities Management (E&FM) is responsible for the management, operation and strategic development of the University estate. The team ensures that safe, effective and sustainable environments are maintained for all students, staff and visitors, while supporting the University’s long-term vision for a modern, responsive and sustainable campus.

We are seeking an experienced and proactive Estates and Facilities Health and Safety Manager to lead the development, implementation and monitoring of health, safety and compliance across the University’s Estates and Facilities Directorate. This is a key leadership role responsible for ensuring the University maintains the highest standards of safety, regulatory compliance and risk management across the campus estate.

The Role

Reporting to the Director of Estates and Facilities, you will act as the lead specialist advisor on health, safety and statutory compliance matters across the directorate. You will develop and maintain robust systems, policies and procedures that ensure the University estate operates in full compliance with relevant legislation and best practice. You will play a central role in fostering a positive safety culture, ensuring that staff, contractors and stakeholders understand their responsibilities and actively contribute to maintaining a safe working and learning environment.

About You

You will be a confident and knowledgeable health and safety professional with strong experience managing compliance within a complex operational environment such as estates, facilities, construction or infrastructure. You will bring:

• Ability to demonstrate experience of delivering appropriate health and safety services.
• Ability to demonstrate extensive experience at a managerial level.
• Ability to respond to a variety of complex situations in a calm and professional manner.
• Effective leadership and team working skills.
• Effective organisation skills and the ability to prioritise workload.
• Effective communication skills including negotiation, persuasion and influencing colleagues at all levels of the organisation.
• The ability to exercise initiative and show a high degree of responsibility.

This role may occasionally require out-of-hours working to support operational or emergency requirements.

As the University for the Common Good, we are committed to embedding equality, diversity and inclusion, as well as our values in everything that we do. As such, we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates who demonstrate the GCU Values.

Glasgow Caledonian University is committed to a fair and transparent recruitment process that is free from bias so that we can attract and retain a high performing workforce which makes a critical contribution to our success.

The University holds the prestigious Athena Swan Silver institution award, which recognises our significant record of activity and achievement in promoting gender equality across different disciplines. The University holds the Race Equality Charter Bronze award, in recognition of our work to combat racism and support race equality. As a Disability Confident 'Committed' employer, we are striving to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to disabled people. Although the Disability Confident 'Committed' level does not guarantee an interview for disabled applicants, we will make reasonable adjustments for disabled applicants during the recruitment process. The University also holds the ‘Carer Positive Established’ employer award, which recognises our commitment to supporting staff with caring responsibilities. Glasgow Caledonian University are committed signatories to the Armed Forces Covenant.

The University offers a range of benefits including opportunities for professional development, family friendly policies, cycle to work scheme and onsite childcare facilities.

Please note that the appointment will be made on the first point of the salary scale (unless by exception).

About Glasgow Caledonian University

Glasgow Caledonian – the largest and leading modern university in Scotland - is a vibrant, values-led university with campuses in the heart of Glasgow and London. With a strong commitment to high quality education and research which supports the communities we serve, we have strong partnerships with employers to ensure our students get the careers they dream of and deserve.

Named UK Modern University of the Year for Graduate Jobs in the latest Daily Mail University Guide, and the top-ranked UK modern university in the Times and Sunday Times Guide 2026, we are a UK top 40 university according to these highly regarded guides. We are the only Scottish university with EcoCampus Platinum accreditation and were ranked first in Scotland for sustainability in the most recent People and Planet league table (2024). With a wide range of professionally accredited courses and links with over 300 industry partners, we are the top university in Scotland for students in employment and/or further study within 15 months of graduating at 92% - with 78% of graduates in highly skilled occupations (HESA 2025). We are Scotland’s leading provider of Graduate Apprenticeships. We are committed to widening participation, helping more people from diverse backgrounds into university. Our modern campuses support nearly 23,000 students from 119 countries. Our research is addressing many of today’s biggest global challenges. We are unsurpassed by any other Scottish modern university for the level of research (72%) considered to be world leading or internationally excellent, and our health research is surpassed only by King’s College London for outstanding impact (REF2021). Guided by our values – integrity, responsibility, creativity and confidence - we transform the lives of the people and communities we serve.