Health and Safety Management System Lead

This is a fixed term 12-month contract and will involve some UK wide travel. The role is home based with work carried out remotely from across the UK.

Salary: 36000 - 44000 depending on qualifications and experience. Candidates with developing experience or working towards qualifications will typically be appointed towards the lower end of the scale with fully qualified and experienced professionals considered at the upper end.

Do you have a background in education care or a similar people-focussed sector

Are you ready to step away from site inspections and checklists into policy writing digital transformation and shaping corporate strategy

This is your opportunity to be pivotal in designing digitalising and integrating our ISO45001 management framework across our sector leading educational and residential homes settings. You will play a critical part in the evolution of our health and safety culture and moving from our current paper format into centralised digital platforms. You will:

• Design health and safety policies that are fit for our unique care and learning environments
• Standardise and integrate health and safety as part of our day to day working practices
• Lead digital transformation of health and safety processes
• Drive culture change through empowering our staff

Those Huge Small Victories

Here at the Witherslack Group we strive to change young vulnerable lives every day - and as the Health and Safety Management Systems Lead youll have the chance to help us do just this role youll play a vital part in creating safe healthy and supportive environments and help us maintain the very highest standards of health and safety. Your expertise will help protect our people and enable brighter futures.

Get out what you put in

Youll work as part of our Group Health and Safety Team and will lead on reviewing and updating our health and safety policies procedures risk assessments and guidance documentation ensuring they are clear practical and fit for purpose. You will be integral to ensuring processes align with our software systems to streamline user input and enable effective reporting. Youll also research and develop new procedures where risks or gaps are identified working collaboratively with teams across the Group to improve standards and drive continuous improvement.

You will be involved with designing and delivering engaging health and safety training and resources to support colleagues awareness knowledge and confidence around safety health and environmental risks. Youll also coordinate meetings across our schools and homes to assess the effectiveness of current arrangements and gather valuable feedback from stakeholders.

Bring your whole self to work

Youll already have experience working in a health and safety role with a passion for creating safe and supportive working environments. Youll be confident writing policies procedures and risk assessments and have experience developing or delivering health and safety training. A knowledge of health and safety data systems would also be beneficial.

Youll also have:

• A NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health degree (or equivalent qualification)
• Strong knowledge of health and safety legislation and risk management processes
• A keen attention to detail
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• The ability to build positive relationships with colleagues at all levels
• Strong organisation prioritisation and problem-solving skills
• Good IT skills including Microsoft Office
• A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel
• Experience of ISO 45001 working within education or care settings or additional qualifications such as fire safety or environmental management would be advantageous.

However this role calls for more than technical expertise. Were looking for someone who is self-motivated resilient and passionate about making a difference. Youll be a team player with the confidence to influence and support others while maintaining high professional standards and attention to detail.

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want with a purpose-led employer in an environment that allows you to be yourself.

What we do for you

Come and join our team we know youre going to do great things.

36000 - 44000 depending on qualifications and experience

Candidates with developing experience or working towards qualifications will typically be appointed towards the lower end of the scale with fully qualified and experienced professionals considered at the upper end.

• Can be based anywhere in the UK
• Home-based but will involve some UK wide travel
• Ongoing training and continued professional development
• 35 days holiday (including bank holidays)

• Flexible benefits package: meaning you can increase/decrease your holiday allowance pension and life insurance
• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
• Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts
• A recommend a friend scheme that offers a 1000 bonus every time

Join the UKs best special education and care provider

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want with a purpose-led employer in an environment that allows you to be yourself.

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost). We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

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