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
Enhanced benefit package
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.