Health, Safety, Environment and Sustainability Advisor
Orchard Hill College Academy Trust, Sutton, SM1 1DA19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
10 February 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
18 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 36 hours per week – 52 weeks per year
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- PO2 - £41,434 - £44,327 per annum
Additional allowances
inclusive of London Weighting Allowance
What skills and experience we're looking for
This is an exciting opportunity to join OHC&AT in a pivotal role, supporting the Head of Health, Safety, Environment and Sustainability in cultivating a robust health, safety, environmental and sustainability culture across the organisation. You will play a critical role in ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, managing and reviewing risk assessments and contributing to the development and implementation of health and safety strategies. Working closely with senior managers, staff, and external stakeholders, you will provide expert advice, support training initiatives, and identify areas for continuous improvement. You will also develop and implement action plans to ensure continuous improvement across all health and safety practices.
This is a hands-on position, and the candidate is expected to form strong working relationships with the site Premises Officers and colleagues, including Principals and senior managers, to drive a collaborative approach to safety and sustainability.
This role offers the chance to make a tangible impact by promoting a culture of safety and sustainability, ensuring high standards are maintained, and developing solutions to emerging challenges. Ideal for someone looking to progress in their health and safety career, you will have the opportunity to drive significant change and support the overall safety and sustainability goals of OHC&AT.
The right person for this role will have:
- A strong understanding of health and safety regulations and risk management, with proven experience in developing safety strategies.
- Experience of developing and maintaining procedures in relation to reporting and analysing accidents, incidents and other safety matters and giving advice on remedial action, where appropriate
- Be a proactive and collaborative individual, able to build strong relationships with key stakeholders, and possess excellent communication and organisational skills.
- A NEBOSH qualification or equivalent is essential, and experience in a similar environment, preferably educational, is highly desirable.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details on the role and the skills, experience and knowledge we are looking for.
What the school offers its staff
Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust (OHC&AT) is a family of specialist education providers for over 1500 pupils and students from nursery to further education across 14 academies and 9 college centres in London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire. Supporting our academies and college, OHC&AT also operate learning support, such as nursing and therapy, and a central business support team which includes HR, finance and IT.
Pupils and students within the OHC&AT family have a wide range of learning abilities and additional needs including autistic spectrum disorder; speech, language and communication difficulties; social, emotional and mental health; profound and multiple disabilities; and physical disabilities including multi-sensory impairment and complex health needs.
OHC&AT is a rewarding and inspirational place to work, where everyone works together to create the best possible outcomes for students. To find out more about us, and what makes us a special place to work please visit www.ohcat.org
Enhanced benefit package
Flexible working opportunities
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.
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About Orchard Hill College Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- jobs@orchardhill.ac.uk
- Phone number
- 0203 872 2354
Orchard Hill College (the College) and Orchard Hill College Academy Trust (the Trust) together form Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust (OHC&AT), a family of specialist education providers for pupils and students from nursery to further education across London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire. As an Outstanding provider (Ofsted 2019) and Academy sponsor, Orchard Hill College has a strong track record for making a positive impact within the local communities it serves.
Pupils and students within the OHC&AT family have a wide range of learning abilities and additional needs including autistic spectrum disorder; speech, language and communication difficulties; social, emotional and mental health; profound and multiple disabilities; and physical disabilities including multi-sensory impairment and complex health needs.
Our ambition is to contribute further to improving the education offer for all pupils and students in our communities, including those with SEND. The College offers specialist educational programmes for students aged 16 and over in College centres and satellite provision in London and the South. The Academy Trust enables us to build on and extend scope of our work in these geographical areas, so that Academy pupils can also benefit from our expertise and access a greater range of opportunities arising from our strong community and stakeholder networks.
Supporting our College and Academies, OHC&AT also operates a range of services and support including Quality and Standards, Learning Support and Business Support.
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