Health & Safety and Compliance Manager

Orion Education, Chislehurst, BR7 5PS

17 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  30 March 2026 at 1pm

• Date listed

  13 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £50,084.00 - £55,322.00 Annually (FTE)

Health & Safety and Compliance Manager job summary

Orion Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will also be completed. As an employer and provider of education, Orion Education is fully committed to equality and to valuing diversity.

The purpose of this role is to improve outcomes, transform lives and enable social mobility across our Trust. Working alongside the Head of Estates, the postholder will lead the development and delivery of the Trust-wide Estates strategy, ensuring full compliance across all areas for our eight schools. The role also acts as the Trust’s designated competent person under health and safety legislation.

The postholder will be responsible for implementing and overseeing robust health and safety systems, including audits and risk assessments, and ensuring that appropriate training and development programmes are in place for all premises staff across the Trust. They will provide guidance and training to all staff, helping to embed a positive safety culture throughout the organisation.

The role involves close collaboration with senior leadership and external agencies to ensure best practice and continuous improvement. Travel will be required to our family of schools located across South East London and Kent.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Education for the 21st Century is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. Education for the 21st Century is fully committed to equality and to valuing diversity as an employer and a provider of education.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Orion Education

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Orion Education website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/education-for-the-21-st-century

Education for the 21st Century is a values-led organisation, driven by a determination to create welcoming and open schools for the local community, where every person thrives, makes excellent progress, and succeeds. We are committed to improving outcomes and transforming lives, realising social mobility, and the transformative power of education. We value the difference in all of our schools while seeking to bring them together around a framework that delivers an enriching experience and a great education for the young people within our care.

We want the very best for all of our young people. Our plan to ensure that we deliver great schools is underpinned by our shared values of trust, kindness, and endeavour. Our schools and our staff are collaborative and we seek to create consistency and quality throughout.
Our leaders create improvement in schools that is robust and sustainable. We are as enthusiastic about developing and nurturing our staff, as we are about developing our young people. Our professional development programs and our approach to school improvement provide quality and rigor while creating a depth of experience and learning for our staff.

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