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Health and Safety Policy

Heads of School/ Service responsibilities

 

Heads of School/ Service responsibilities

Heads of School/Service ensure compliance, implementation, continual improvement and monitoring of the University’s health and safety management system and local arrangements.

On a day-to-day basis the management, detailed planning and implementation (but not the responsibility) of health and safety at a local level may be delegated to others (e.g. academic leaders, line managers, or academic tutors).

Heads of School/Service have the responsibilities outlined below; this is in addition to those accrued via other roles (e.g. member of staff, academic leader, line manager, or academic tutor):

  • carry out the health and safety management roles delegated by their member of UEG
  • demonstrate leadership and commitment within their school/ service for health and safety
  • adopt and implement this Policy and the Health and Safety Protocols
  • support the development of faculty/ service/school health and safety objectives, plans and local arrangements, ensuring these are communicated to staff and where necessary other parties
  • work in partnership with Wellbeing Safety and Health and meet regularly with the Health and Safety Manager
  • promote the importance of staff being involved in the consultation/ participation process to develop University Health and Safety Protocols
  • ensure that effective risk assessment processes are in place and control measures implemented
  • ensure that risk assessments are regularly reviewed, based on the level of risk
  • fulfil the Head of School/Service requirements set out in the University’s Fire Safety Protocol at the Health and Safety webpages.

For support and advice, speak to your health and safety team or email safety@leeds.ac.uk.

To help you understand how to put your responsibilities into practice we’ve produced leaflets based on your role/s in the University line management structure. See the link to ‘Guidance leaflets’ under the Contents section at the top of this page.

 

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