All senior managers are responsible for showing leadership on health and safety. This involves:
All senior managers also have manager responsibilities for the people they line manage.
Heads of department, section or business unit have overall responsibility for ensuring their department complies with the University’s health and safety requirements and is managing health and safety effectively. This includes:
You can appoint a Departmental Health and Safety Officer (DHSO) or Health and Safety Liaison Officer (HSLO) to support you with meeting your responsibilities, however, your accountability for health and safety in the department cannot be delegated.
Heads of division are responsible for strategic leadership and management of their faculty/professional services, which includes:
Members of USG are collectively and individually responsible for the overall health and safety management of the University.
Council has overall responsibility for the strategic direction of the University and the health and safety impact of policy decisions.
The boards of directors for UECS and Wivenhoe House Hotel (WHH) have overall responsibility for the strategic direction and the health and safety impact of policy decisions of their companies.
The Director of Estates and Campus Services has overall accountability for health and safety in UECS and the General Manager of WHH has overall accountability for health and safety in WHH.
Please also familiarise yourself with the fire safety responsibilities you have.