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HSLOs and DHSOs

The Health and Safety PolicyThe Health and Safety PolicyThe Health and Safety Policy requires Heads of Department to appoint a Departmental Health and Safety Officer (DHSO) or Health and Safety Liaison Officer (HSLO) to advise and/or support them on health and safety related matters. They provide advice for staff on departmental health and safety procedures and can direct to specialist technical advice. DHSOs are usually required in larger departments or those with higher or more complex risks.

Most departments and sections have a HSLO or DHSO. Some also have HSLOs for centres, units or teams within a department. If your department does not have a HSLO or DHSO, contact your Head of Department directly.

All HSLOs and DHSOs are added to the Health and Safety bulletin mailing list. If you wish to receive this to your email, please add yourself to the subscription list.

DSE facilitators

DSE facilitators are staff appointed by your department/section to help ensure that any actions arising from your DSE self-assessment form (.docx) are taken. If your department doesn't have a DSE facilitator, please contact your Health and Safety Liaison Officer.

WHSW

Each department and section has an allocated lead health and safety adviser from the Workplace Health, Safety and Wellbeing (WHSW) team to assist them.

Who to contact in your department

Below you will find the details of HSLOs/ DHSOs, DSE Facilitators and the lead Health and Safety Adviser for your department.

Arts and Humanities

WHSW lead adviser - Glyn Shand

 Department HSLO / DHSO  DSE Facilitator 
Faculty team  TBC
East 15 Acting School   Loughton

Mark Spicer

Laura Collins
 Southend  Steve Owens Teresa Zoers-Taylor
Edge Hotel School  Lauren Lewis TBC
Essex Law School   Jamie Tuxford  Lorraine Pearce
Essex Pathways Jayne Summers 
Literature, Film and Theatre Studies Bernie Stephens Bernie Stephens
Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies  Kathryn Gorden Abby Connell
Rachel Weightman

Science and Health

WHSW lead adviser - Emmanuel Omoijiade

Social Sciences

WHSW lead adviser - Glyn Shand

Department  HSLO / DHSO  DSE Facilitator 
Faculty team 

Nikki Jackson

Jess Ward
Economics 

Department Managers

 Jess Ward
Essex Business School  Colchester Louise Cattrall 

Louise Cattrall
Hayley Bennett
 Southend  Emma Aldridge Emma Aldridge
Government TBC Jess Ward
Institute for Social and Economic Research  Kim Bones 
 Kim Bones 
Language and Linguistics  Sam Durling Jess Ward
Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies Debbie Stewart

Katrina Radford
Alison Evans
Sociology and Criminology TBC

Jess Ward
UK Data Archive  Kim Berry

Kim Berry
Susan Powling

Professional Services

Academic Section

WHSW lead adviser: Glyn Shand

Department HSLO / DHSO & DSE Facilitator
All areas to contact: Academic Section Operations Team

Communications and External Relations

WHSW lead adviser: Richard Green

Department  HSLO / DHSO & DSE Facilitator
 All areas to contact:  CER Central Team

Finance, Planning and Data Insight

WHSW lead adviser: Richard Green

Campus HSLO/DHSO  DSE Facilitator 
All areas to contact:

Nigel Appleton

People and Culture

WHSW lead adviser: Richard Green

HSLO / DHSO  DSE Facilitator

Megan Winstanley
Abigail Fletcher

 Abigail Fletcher 
Megan Winstanley

Library and Cultural Services

WHSW lead adviser: Glyn Shand

HSLO/DHSO DSE Facilitator 
Nic Warren Caroline Checkley
Adam Cowlin

Research and Enterprise Office

WHSW lead adviser: Richard Green

HSLO/DHSO DSE Facilitators 

Nichola Richards

 Nichola Richards
Milo Darby

Office of the Vice-Chancellor

WHSW lead adviser: Richard Green

Campus HSLO/DHSO DSE Facilitator 

Colchester

   TBC
Southend   Sally Ovenden

Infrastructure and Environments

DITS 

WHSW lead adviser - Richard Green

Department HSLO / DHSO DSE Facilitator
LETS  Wayne Laughlin  
Media Services Luke Fitch  
Networks & Telephony  Jason McRobert  
Office Based Teams DITS Office
Southend & Loughton  TBC

Estates

WHSW lead adviser - Richard Green

Department HSLO / DHSO DSE Facilitator
Freehold and Leasehold Property Asset Management Jamie Burns
Facilities Management (Southend & Loughton) Andrew Morris
Anthony Jackson 		 Sue Gaskin
All other areas Asset Management for EMS  Karen Brown
Craig Kirkpatrick

Sustainability

WHSW lead adviser - Richard Green

Department HSLO & DSE Facilitator
All areas to contact: TBC

Campus Services

WHSW lead adviser - Adam Woodhouse

Department HSLO / DHSO DSE Facilitator
Accommodation Essex

Kayleigh Trudgen
Essex Food
 TBC Briana Wood
Essex Sport  James Homewood
Event Essex Louise Ratnage
Finance  Louise Wilson  
Marketing & Communications Danai Matthaiou
Wivenhoe Park Day Nursery

Dawn Saunders

Compliance

WHSW lead adviser - Adam Woodhouse

Department HSLO / DHSO
All areas to contact: Anne Lovell

Facilities Services

WHSW lead adviser - Adam Woodhouse

Department HSLO / DHSO DSE Facilitator
Grounds
 Mick Minshull
EMS Helpdesk
 Gemma Baroni  
Security & Campus Safety Adam Gorden  
Soft FM & Post Room Jayne Herring
Travel & Transport TBC  

Wivenhoe House Hotel

WHSW lead adviser - Adam Woodhouse

Department HSLO / DHSO
All areas to contact: TBC 
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