Regional Safety Advisor (Midlands and North West)

Regional Safety Advisor (Midlands and North West)

Health & Safety

17215

UK Wide

Permanent

20-02-2026

The Role

The Regional Safety Advisor is a key operational role within our Health & Safety team, working directly with Cluster General Managers to ensure our properties always remain safe and compliant. Acting as the first point of safety support and practical guidance for operational teams, you will provide advice, coaching, and assurance across all aspects of health and safety.

When specialist expertise is required such as fire safety or security you will elevate to the Regional Safety Manager or engage with our dedicated specialist teams. This role is all about hands on delivery, ensuring compliance activity happens when it should, and fostering a culture where safety is embedded in everyday operations.

Our properties are home to thousands of students, and safety is fundamental to their wellbeing and our reputation. This role ensures that operational teams have the confidence, knowledge, and support to maintain compliance and deliver safe environments protecting lives and enabling smooth operations.

What You ll Be Doing

• Work closely with Cluster General Managers to ensure all properties meet health and safety obligations and have the right level of competency through training.
• Monitor completion of risk assessments, fire risk assessments, and all other statutory checks.
• Conduct regular inspections and audits to verify compliance and identify improvement opportunities, including monitoring OCA actions and escalating where needed.
• Support the implementation of corrective and preventative actions following audits or incidents.
• Maintain accurate compliance records, and training records and provide regular updates to the Regional Safety Manager.
• Provide practical advice and guidance on workplace safety, fire safety, and security.
• Escalate complex or specialist issues to the Regional Safety Manager or relevant specialist teams.
• Ensure residents can receive clear safety information and evacuation instructions and deliver health and safety training and refresher sessions for property teams.
• Support development and testing of property-level emergency plans.
• Support accident and incident investigations, ensuring accurate reporting and root cause analysis.
• Work in partnership with Divisional Safety Manager, Fire Safety Team, and Security Team to ensure consistent standards.
• Liaise with Estates, Projects, and Development teams on safety requirements during refurbishments and mobilisations.
• Stay up to date with health and safety legislation and best practice considering how they can be practically applied and seamlessly integrated into the operation.

What We re Looking for in You

• Experience in health and safety within a multi-site operational environment.
• Strong understanding of workplace safety and compliance requirements.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Highly organised, proactive, and detail oriented.
• Comfortable using digital compliance systems and MS Office.

What You ll Get in Return

• A discretionary annual bonus so you can share in the company s success
• 25 days paid holiday and an annual holiday buying scheme, with 5 additional days awarded for long service
• A generous pension scheme - employer contributions between 5% and 11% depending on how much you save
• Various benefits to support your health and wellbeing including a Healthcare Cash Plan, an Employee Assistance Programme, a Wellbeing platform and a Gym benefit that you can share with your family and friends
• Enhanced Family Leave including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents
• Lots of other great benefits including an annual ShareSave scheme, Employee Life Assurance, a discounts portal and more!

About Unite Students

Founded in 1991, Unite Students is the UK s leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation. You can find us in 23 leading university towns and cities, with 70,000 students calling US home! We are driven by our values, culture, and a commitment to develop diverse and inclusive teams, filled with positive energy and new ideas.

Instinctive inclusion.

We know that to create and maintain a happy healthy organisation, we have to work hard to ensure inclusion isn t just what we do but who we are.

People make Unite Students.

Employees, students and neighbours all contribute to building environments where we can all thrive.

Room for Everyone

We re proud to be an employer that embraces individuality, and we re passionate about building inclusive teams. We focus on creating a collaborative culture where you can be you, where your voice is heard, and where you can truly belong. We take great pride in being rated Gold Investors in People and are constantly striving to provide the highest standard of learning and development opportunities and professional pathways for our people. Building a home for success, for both our employees and students, requires exceptional people with a passion for creating room for everyone, doing what s right, keeping US safe, and raising the bar. Join us as we build better experiences for students that live with us.