Health and Safety Manager

Health and Safety Manager
Full Time, 37 hours
Salary: £34,947 per annum
Burton on Trent, Town Centre Campus

Who are we looking for?

Burton & South Derbyshire College is seeking an experienced Health and Safety Manager to play a pivotal role managing health and safety across the college estate.

The Health and Safety Manager will be instrumental in overseeing a robust health and safety management system and promoting safe working practices. They will develop and maintain health and safety standards, provide advice and guidance regarding compliance with relevant statutory requirements, legislation and regulations, and promote best practice in accordance with sector and professional standards.

Working with the Head of Facilities, the Health and Safety Manager will lead the development and review of Health & Safety Policies, performing health and safety audits, supporting investigations, managing risk assessments, leading on the college’s Health and Safety committee, designing and delivering effective health and safety related training, and preparing and presenting health and safety reports.

The ideal candidate will be IOSH qualified and trained to HSE standards in a minimum of two areas of health and safety regulations, such as manual handling and COSHH etc.

Experience of advising on health and safety in an organisation with a broad risk profile is essential. Experience of writing policies and procedures, protocols, reports, standards and risk assessments is equally important.

Detailed knowledge of health and safety legislation in the UK is also a key requirement.

Applicants should be qualified to, or willing to work towards, Level 2 English and Maths. Evidence of qualifications is required.

If you are viewing the advert via a 3rd party job board please visit work-for-us/vacancies for the full job advert and job description, for more information please contact [email protected]

Why come and work for us?

Burton and South Derbyshire College is an Ofsted outstanding College. We value our employees and have a number of additional benefits to offer the successful applicant:

• Generous pension schemes for academic and support staff
• Generous holiday plans
• Free Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible working policies
• Competitive maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Excellent staff training programme, including two staff development days per year
• On-site nursery with Good Ofsted rating
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free annual eye tests
• Access to our onsite gym
• Staff discounts at our fine dining restaurant, The Mulberry, our Mulberry Bistro and Innovations Hair and Beauty salon
• Reward and recognition through our Employee of the Month scheme

Burton and South Derbyshire College are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture and you should share those values. We would welcome applications from all candidates, including under-represented groups in respect of age, disability, sex, gender or gender identity, ethnicity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation or transgender status which would reflect our diverse community.

The College is registered with the Disclosure and Barring Service and the successful applicants for this post will be required to apply for the Disclosure at the enhanced level. In addition, internet searches will be undertaken in accordance with the KCSIE guidance. The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are committed to a sustainability agenda and are working hard towards achieving a net zero environmental impact. We aim to embed this in our culture with our staff, learners, visitors and suppliers all expected to show dedication towards reducing our carbon footprint.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 12 noon, Thursday 24th July 2025 with the intention to interview on Friday 1st August 2025. Please see our “Work For Us” page on the College website for more information on how to complete the application. Please note late applications are not acceptable.