Assistant Health and Safety Officer

Teaching Vacancies; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Local Government Pension Scheme

Personal and professional development

Employee assistance programme

Discounted Metro Card

Gym membership discounts

Staff discounts

Job summary

Heart of Yorkshire Education Group is seeking an Assistant Health & Safety Officer to support the Health & Safety team in coordinating, promoting, and delivering professional safety advice across the college campuses. The role involves working with staff, learners, contractors, and visitors to ensure a safe and compliant environment.

You will deliver a structured safety training programme, review risk assessments, and conduct investigations into incidents and near-misses.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills and ability to provide clear safety guidance.
• Proactive in identifying safety gaps and raising improvements.

Responsibilities

• Actively supporting and promoting Health and Safety across the College.
• Delivering a structured programme of health and safety training.
• Reviewing and promoting risk assessments.
• Investigating incidents, dangerous occurrences and near misses on and off College premises.

Skills

Excellent communication

Proactive

Health & Safety awareness

Education

GCSEs English and Maths A*-C/9-4 or equivalent

NEBOSH Fire Certificate (desirable)

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Do you have a passion for health and safety?

We are recruiting for an Assistant Health & Safety Officer to join our Health & Safety team. In this role, you will support the Health & Safety Manager and Deputy Health & Safety Manager in coordinating, promoting, and providing professional health and safety advice across the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group, helping to ensure a safe and compliant environment for staff, learners, contractors, and visitors.

As an Assistant Health and Safety Officer your duties will include:

• Actively supporting and promoting Health and Safety for the College, through open engagement with students, staff and visitors.


• Delivering a structured programme of health and safety training throughout each academic year, identifying key areas and compliance with changes to legislation


• Reviewing and promoting risk assessments


• Conduct investigation of incidents, dangerous occurrences, near misses on and off College premises

The role of Assistant Health and Safety Officer within College is varied, and every day is different, with new challenges. You will get to meet and support staff from all areas of the College such as Motor Vehicle, Construction, Hair & Beauty, Hospitality & Catering, Horticulture and Animal Care.

We are looking for a qualified, experienced Health and Safety professional, who is enthusiastic and passionate about Health and Safety and in turn an excellent communicator who can provide Health and Safety guidance and support to staff working in Curriculum and Service Areas of the College. You should be proactive in identifying areas that require support and promote a positive Health and Safety culture.

You will have:

• GCSEs in English and Maths A*-C/9-4 or equivalent


• A NEBOSH Fire Certificate is desirable but not essential


• The ability to travel between sites for day to day activities and in case of emergencies

If you have the skills and experience, we are looking for, we would love to hear from you.

See what we have to offer and come and join us. You won’t be disappointed.

What the college offers its staff

Benefits include:

• Generous Annual Leave (30 days annual leave + bank holidays + 5 College closure days)


• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme


• Personal and Professional Development opportunities


• Discounted Metro Card Scheme


• Access to employee assistance programme


• Reduced price personal gym membership


• Access to a wide range of high street discounts (retail, supermarkets and restaurants)

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.