Health & Safety Advisor

The Gorse Academies Trust, Leeds, LS27 0LZ

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  to be agreed with successful candidate

• Closing date

  17 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  20 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week all year round
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: SO1 (SCP 23-25) £34,434 – £36,363

What skills and experience we're looking for

The GORSE Academies Trust is seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role ofHealth & Safety Advisor to work as part of our central Estates and Health & Safety team. This role is of great importance to our work as an organisation. Under the direction of the trust’s Director of Estates Management and the Health & Safety Manager, the successful candidate will assist with the strategic development of all aspects of Health and Safety, implementation of policy and provision of a compliance assessment system. Contributing to the development and implementation of the trust Estates Strategy, you will assist in the development, monitoring, and improvement of all aspects of Health and Safety, ensuring statutory compliance is achieved.

Potential applicants should have:

• A Full UK driving license and daily access to a vehicle, the role will involve working at

all of the academies in the Trust.

• The ability to oversee an effective Health and Safety management system.
• Excellent IT skills and knowledge.
• Good level of literacy and numeracy.

What the school offers its staff

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

• Membership of a teacher or local government pension scheme, depending on the role.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and barring service check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.

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About The Gorse Academies Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: The Gorse Academies Trust website
• Email address: recruitment@tgat.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-gorse-academies-trust

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