Safety, Health and Environmental Advisor, Leeds

Job Title: Safety, Health and Environmental Advisor Salary: Commencing at 36,987 with progression to 39,238 + Market Supplement 3,000 per annumClosing Date: About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Safety Health and Environment Advisor to join our Shared Safety Health and Environment Team, which sits with the wider Estates Directorate. We deliver a high quality health and safety service to the group across all our campuses.

We are currently based at Mabgate Campus, which is within walking distance of Leeds' bus and train station.

What You Will Do

• Ensuring compliance with the Groups related policies and procedures, providing guidance and support / advice as required.
• Continuously improving processes and practices to ensure a streamlined, efficient and effective Health and Safety service.
• Provide managers with guidance and advice to enable them to handle routine health and safety issues.
• Investigate accidents and incidents and track and report these to various committees.
• Produce trend analysis, etc. and producing statistics for inclusion in statutory returns and internal reports.
• Attend and contribute to Health and Safety Committees and other groups as required.
• Undertaking full Health and Safety audits and inspections within the Group.
• Reviewing the production of risk assessments and method statements.
• Acting as the key point of contact for the College/Campuses managers on any health and safety related matters.

About You

• Must have the NEBOSH General Certificate
• Extensive previous experience of working in a Health & Safety role preferable at advisor level
• Must be able to interpret legislation, rules and standards and apply them effectively
• Be able to develop and deliver Health & Safety training as required
• Be able to react to emerging Health and safety issues within the correct manner
• Able to understand complex issues around health & safety to identify and solve problems
• Must have excellent oral and written communications skills
• Ability to influence other stakeholders

Benefits

The group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:

Annual leave:
Curriculum and Management: 44 days plus bank holidays
Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays

Pension schemes with generous employer contributions:
Teachers Pension Scheme
Local Government Pension Scheme
Peoples Pension Scheme

CPD opportunities:
Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.

Employee wellbeing initiatives: Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).

Travel and commuting: Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.

Flexible and hybrid working opportunities: Please speak to the recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.

About Us Luminate Education Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to peoples lives through genuinely transformative education and training.We offer a wide range of job vacancies across our business support functions-Finance, Human Resources, ITSS,Marketing, Communications, Executive Support, Estatesand Food Services. Our large size and diverse range of member organisations means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.As an education provider, we are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our workforce, and youll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow.Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.Luminate Education Group consists of; Harrogate College (HC), Keighley College (KC), Leeds City College (LCC), Leeds Conservatoire (LC), University Centre Leeds, Leeds Sixth Form College and Yorkshire Centre for Training & Development.SAFEGUARDING At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION We recognise, value and champion diversity & Inclusion. As we engage with a diverse student population we want to ensure we reflect that in our staff population too. For us diversity is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. It is important to us that both staff and students achieve their full potential. Diversity is important to us, but inclusion is equally, if not more important. Its not just about having the representation but also providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyones contributions and perspectives.RECRUITMENT AGENCIES We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not forward anyunsolicited CVsin relation to any of our advertised roles or speculatively. If we require support with any of our vacancies we will get in touch with agencies directly.

• We do not recognise submissions of unsolicited or speculative CV applications from recruitment agencies.
• We shall not be liable for any fee / commission in the event we employ a candidate that may have been submitted as an unsolicited/speculative application from an uninstructed recruitment agency.