Operations and Premises Committee

Role

Advisory Board consisting of industry leaders who can provide informed advice on strategic concerns and issues likely to affect the future of the Department.

Committee structure

chair

Dr Lewis Griffin, Director of Premises (l.griffin@ucl.ac.uk)

Denis Timm, Director of Services (d.timm@ucl.ac.uk)

Membership

• Director of Services – Chair - Denis Timm
• Director of Premises – Chair - Lewis Griffin
• Facilities and Operations Manager - Committee Secretary - JJ Giwa-Majekodunmi
• Departmental 'Green Champion' - Lisa Howard
• Departmental Manager (Administration) - Jill Saunders
• Departmental Office Administrator - Minutes Secretary - Patricia Fenoy
• Operations and Premises staff representative - JJ Giwa-Majekodunmi
• Research staff/student representatives - Lynne Salameh
• Taught programme student representative
• Health & Safety - Dave Twiselton
• Academic staff - Nicolai Marquardt
• Environmental Responsibility Co-ordinator - Denis Timm

meeting frequency

Termly

Objectives

1. To increase maintenance and operations influence in the provision of best practices;
2. To promote the sharing and integration of facilities maintenance and operations procedures and information;  
3. To identify and disseminate "best" practices for the maintenance and operations of facilities
4. To provide, as far as reasonably practicable, a safe and healthy working environment, safe premises and facilities for staff, students and visitors;
5. To create, as far as is practicable, a working environment where potential work-related stressors are avoided, minimised or mitigated through good management practices, effective human resources policies and staff development;
6. To ensure that all staff are aware of their health and safety responsibilities, have knowledge of what is expected of them and comply with the statutory requirements to discharge the responsibilities assigned to them ie understanding of health and safety regulations and attendance of relevant trainings required for working in an experimental lab based environment;
7. To ensure that staff have access to appropriate training and development to enable them to discharge competently the responsibilities assigned to them ie local safety training etc
8. To have an effective system for communicating and consulting on health and safety matters, and securing the co-operation of staff members and students in implementing the Health and Safety Policy;
9. To have in place arrangements to plan, implement, monitor and review measures to address risks arising from the Department’s premises; and
10. Plan for new sustainable facilities, upgrades etc
11. Coordinate sustainability plans for the development of facilities.

Contact details

Please contact the Departmental Manager for further information.