Health & Safety Officer

The vacancy

Make a Difference in Health, Safety and Student Success

DN Colleges Group is seeking a proactive and knowledgeable

Health and Safety Officer to join our Health and Safety team. This is an excellent opportunity for a health and safety professional who is passionate about creating safe learning and working environments for students, apprentices, staff and external partners.

Working closely with the Health and Safety Manager, you will support the delivery of health and safety compliance across our college sites and employer partners, undertaking risk assessments, inspections, audits and investigations whilst providing expert advice and guidance to staff, students and employers.

Essential Criteria

• NEBOSH National General Certificate.
• GCSE English and Maths (Grade C/4 or above) and two additional GCSEs.
• Previous experience working within a health and safety environment.
• Excellent knowledge of health and safety legislation and workplace best practice.
• Full driving licence with the ability to travel to employer and partner sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct employer and workplace health and safety risk assessments.
• Carry out inspections, audits and compliance activities across college and partner sites.
• Investigate accidents, incidents and near misses, identifying preventative measures. [
• Provide professional advice and guidance to staff, students, apprentices and employers.
• Support fire safety compliance, evacuation procedures and risk assessments.
• Deliver health and safety training and toolkits to staff and students.
• Support educational visits, contractor management and business continuity activities.
• Analyse health and safety data and contribute to reports and performance reviews.

Why Join Us?

• Competitive salary
• 30 Bookable annual leave days, bank holidays, and 2 weeks off at Christmas.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Access to same-day GP appointments, high street discounts, discounted hair and beauty treatments, electric car scheme.
• On-site gym & florist (site dependent).
• Access to our In-house Food Hall & Coffee Shops.

Additional Information

• Safer Recruitment: As part of the recruitment process and in line with keeping children safe in education, we will conduct social media checks on shortlisted candidates. Additionally, before commencing employment, all employees undergo safer recruitment checks, including an enhanced DBS.
• Right to Work: Applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Closing Date: 16th August

Interview Date: 27th August

Interested?

For an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact: Sign in to view email

North Lindsey College has been a key training provider in Scunthorpe for over 60 years, helping thousands of people throughout the years to go on to achieve their dreams.

We offer post-16 study programmes, apprenticeships, traineeships, part-time short courses and Higher Education programmes.

Across all of our provision we work closely with employers across every sector in this region and further afield, to help you gain the skills you need to progress into your chosen career.

The Benefits

All employees at DN Colleges Group enjoy a generous annual leave allowance, as well as an additional 2 weeks closure over the Christmas period. We encourage all our teams to take regular breaks, no longer than 3 weeks, to enjoy a healthy work life balance.

DN Colleges Group are committed to Health and Wellbeing of all our employees. We have an increasing number of provisions exclusive to our employees, designed to help you stay at your best or to assist and provide support when you need it.

On site

nursery

Generous annual leave

2 weeks off at Christmas

Electric car scheme

• Vivup – Employee Wellbeing and Benefits platform
• Wellness initiatives, onsite during your working week. This could include health visitors, financial advisers, or physio specialists.
• Onsite fitness classes, at lunchtime or after work in conjunction with our Sports colleagues.
• Cycle to Work and Electric car scheme
• Free Eye Care Vouchers
• Discounted Hair and Beauty services
• On site nursery
• Online access to Remploy which is our 24/7 confidential mental health and counselling resource.
• In house counselling/safeguarding specialists to assist in Wellbeing

Lets Teach Programme

Let’s Teach The LET’s teach programme supports new members of teaching staff in terms of college systems and key teaching and learning areas including new staff lesson visits and postcard peeps. Each new member of staff has an allocated Lead Practitioner who works closely with them throughout the programme.

Let’s Bloom

The LET’s Bloom Programme aims to connect our experienced and qualified teachers to share best practice and support continued risk-taking as we continue to add depth to our teaching craft. Teachers volunteer on this one year programme, working closely with the Learning Enhancement Team, capturing their experimentation in a journal.

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