Head of Health & Safety

Role: Head of Health & Safety

Location: Bedford College – Caudwell Campus

Salary/Benefits: Salary from £45,000 DOE and Qualifications, 35 days annual leave plus Bank holidays, Teachers pension/LGPS, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.

Hours/Weeks: 37hrs per Week (1.0 FTE)

Contract Type: Permanent – Full Time

About the role:

We are currently seeking a Head of Health and Safety to join The Bedford College Group atCaudwell Campus.

As the Head of Health and Safety you play an important role in the success of our students through:

• Setting new standards of excellence in health and safety management by providing expert advice, support and recommendations to ensure compliance with legislation, regulatory requirements, and best practice within key industry sectors linked to our study programmes.
• Encouraging a culture of safety excellence and compliance across The Bedford College Group (TBCG) and to promote safe working practices, to ensure the wellbeing of our students, staff and visitors.
• Managing, Developing and promoting health and safety policies and procedures to meet TBCG’s objectives to deliver high standards of health, safety and welfare.

About you:

• Level 6 NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent
• A member of a recognised professional health and safety institute
• An excellent knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety management
• 10+ years relevant experience in Health and safety management
• Experience of implementing strategy
• Experience of developing policies and procedures
• Experience of managing a team
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent people management skills
• Excellent organisational skills. Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills
• Excellent IT skills to include Microsoft Office (Word, Excel etc.)
• Ability to work under pressure and adapt to changing workload demands
• Demonstrates the ability to work in line with The Bedford College Group’s values, policies and procedures, with particular reference to Equality & Diversity, Safeguarding and Health & Safety
• Ability to travel to all campus locations for meetings, events, training etc.
• Ability to adapt working hours to changing needs in the business when these occur

Planned interviews on 30th July 

Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisationalVISION values:

• Valuing Teamwork – We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
• Improving Continuously – We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.
• Student Centred – At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.
• Inclusive – We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.
• Open and Caring – We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage with and support each other.
• Nurturing Education Excellence – We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.

About The Bedford College Group
The Bedford College Group was formed in 2017 following the merger of Bedford College and Tresham College and is now the largest provider of education in the South East Midlands, with over 15,000 students passing through our doors each year.

Today, the Group is made up of a family of colleges across Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire: Bedford College, Central Bedfordshire College and Tresham College in the towns of Bedford, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough; Shuttleworth College, a specialist land-based college; The Bedford Sixth Form, (the only dedicated sixth form in Bedford); The Corby Sixth Form, (opened in September 2023); and the National College for Motorsport alongside Silverstone race circuit. To widen accessibility to education and training, the Group also has community-based Learning Centres in Bedford, Corby and Kettering which offer IT training.

Safeguarding our Students
The Bedford College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to thorough vetting process which includes, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. The Bedford College Group’s policy on Employment of Ex-Offenders is attached to this vacancy.

Candidates who are barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.

Documents

TBCG Ex-Offenders Policy.pdf

Head of Health and Safety JDPS July 2024.docx