Health, Safety and Compliance Officer
Meridian Trust, Huntingdon, PE28 5TQ5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
18 November 2024 at 9am
Date listed
1 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,067.00 - £34,314.00 Annually (Actual) Meridian Trust Grade 8, Points 19-24 (£31,067-£34,314)
Health, Safety and Compliance Officer job summary
Vacancy for Health, Safety and Compliance Officer
Salary: Meridian Trust Grade 8, Points 19-24 (£31,067-£34,314)
Hours: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year.
This role will involve travelling to schools within Meridian Trust.
We are looking for a proactive and dedicated individual who is passionate about health and safety policies and procedures to join Meridian Trust! You will play a vital role in ensuring health and safety policies and procedures are kept up to date and compliant across the Trust. The successful candidate will work closely with Site Managers and external stakeholders to manage the essential maintenance of buildings and services to comply with legal requirements.
The opportunity
- To provide valuable and comprehensive health and safety support across the schools.
- Contribute to the successful health, safety and compliance standards by implementing a continuous improvement approach to benefit the schools.
- To identify key areas of training needs and support managers with the appropriate training.
- Promote a positive health and safety culture across Meridian Trust.
The ideal candidate
- Experience of working in a Health & Safety role (minimum of 2 years).
- IOSH Managing Safety Certificate
- NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent
- Experience of auditing and reporting in a health, safety and compliance environment.
- Experience of formulating, implementing and revising Health & Safety strategies, policies and procedures.
About Meridian Trust
Meridian Trust is a values-led organisation that has risen to be one of the highest-performing academy trusts in the country. The Trust was formed in 2011 and is founded on its commitment to a high-quality educational provision for all at the heart of local communities. Meridian currently operates primary, secondary and special schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire and has forged strong links within all these communities. To find out more about the Trust, please visit: www.meridiantrust.co.uk
Why work for us?
We are committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all our staff. As a large multi-academy trust, Meridian Trust provides a wide network of opportunities for collaboration and career development for both teaching and support staff. We offer all our staff a wide range of professional learning activities delivered through Meridian Learning including:
- School and Trust-led CPD and Trust-led professional networks
- A broad range of online, face-to-face and blended learning opportunities developed and delivered by Trust specialists
- Access to Teaching WalkThrus; a platform providing evidence-based teaching strategies broken down into granular steps
- Professional qualifications via Apprenticeships
- Curriculum Hubs and NPQs via Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Teaching School Hub
- Opportunities for coaching & professional supervision
- Opportunities to get into teaching through our outstanding ITT
We promote and support employee wellbeing through regular wellbeing events, access to an online mindfulness programme and we provide free emotional and practical support 24/7 via our Employee Assistance Programme which delivers online health & wellbeing resources, counselling, mindfulness, skills coaching for line managers and financial, legal & practical support on a range of personal issues.
Other benefits of working for us include:
- Defined benefit pension schemes, providing a secure and guaranteed income on retirement.
- Tax-efficient cycle to work scheme
- Childcare Account providing eligible employees with free or tax-free childcare
- Free eye tests via Eyecare vouchers and free flu vaccinations
- Free tea and coffee
- Free on-site parking
- Discounts and special deals on holidays, breakdown cover, everyday essentials, mobile phones, utilities and gym memberships
- Dell Advantage giving up to 20% discount on laptops, desktops and accessories.
- Discounted membership rates for Academy Leisure, Sawtry
For more information about the role please download the Applicant Information Pack below.
Closing date for applications: Monday 18th November 2024
Interviews will be held on: Rolling interviews.
Meridian Trust reserves the right to close the applications early in the event that a suitable candidate is sourced. Applications will be reviewed as received so please apply early to avoid disappointment.
This post is exempt from the rehabilitation of offenders act as the work brings employees into contact with children who are regarded by the Act as a vulnerable group. Applicants for school based jobs must, therefore, disclose all spent and unspent convictions when prompted to do so.
The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as online searches.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Meridian Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
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