Compliance Officer - Health and Safety

Activate Learning Aoc Posting; Banbury; Hybrid; GBP 16,000 - 20,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading education group in the UK is seeking a part-time Compliance Officer to support the Health and Safety team. This role involves managing audits, documentation, and internal communication while ensuring a safe environment for all. Candidates should have strong interpersonal and ICT skills, and experience in health and safety is preferred. This hybrid position offers flexible working hours and a competitive salary of £16,583 annually for 24 hours per week.

Benefits

Monthly Staff Appreciation Awards

Wellbeing & Resources Groups

Free eye tests and will writing

Continuous Learning and Development opportunities

Tailored induction programs

Teacher pension scheme

Generous Annual Leave

Flexible Working options

Competitive salaries

On-Site Facilities

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and ICT skills.
• Experience in producing reports and handling documentation.
• Experience or a qualification related to health and safety is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support Health and Safety across the organisation.
• Manage the audit schedule and documentation.
• Contribute to continuous improvement in health and safety.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

ICT skills

Report production

Attention to detail

Performance target achievement

Education

Qualification related to health and safety

Job description

About the Role: Compliance Officer

The Compliance Officer plays a key supporting role within the Health and Safety team, providing coordination and support to help with maintaining a safe, compliant, and positive environment for students, staff, and visitors.

This role focuses on supporting Health and Safety across the organisation, taking full ownership of a range of responsibilities which will include managing the audit schedule, documentation, and delivery, as well as supporting internal communication and team or investigatory meetings, ensuring all associated paperwork is prepared and issued. Further to this you'll manage the shared mailbox, produce reports and keep training up to date and tracked.

The role provides an excellent opportunity to develop a career in health and safety within a large and diverse organisation. The Compliance Officer will contribute to continuous improvement, support the achievement of departmental performance targets, and help embed a strong health and safety culture across the Group.

This is a permanent, part‑time role working 24 hours per week during term‑time (0.55 FTE) across four or five days depending on your preference. This role is hybrid between working from home and our Banbury College Campus, though travel will be required to other sites when required. Pro‑rata to 0.55 m the salary for this role is £16,583.

What do you need to be successful as a Compliance Officer at Activate Learning?

You should have excellent interpersonal and ICT skills, and be comfortable producing reports and correspondence and handling documents, particularly noticing inconsistencies or errors. You should be used to achieving performance targets against deadlines.

Experience or a qualification related to health and safety would be highly desirable.

Who we are:

Activate Learning is a pioneering education group with a global reach, committed to transforming lives through our approach to learning.

We see our employees as individuals, empowering them to make the right choices for their ambitions and careers. We value our people as vital to our continued success and aspire to a diverse, open and inclusive environment that provides the motivation for everyone to pursue their career goals and flourish.

When you work for Activate Learning, you’re working for an organisation that provides you with the advantages of a large employer, a trusted partner in your career development, and a transformational way of working whilst also investing in building a community environment for everyone.

Together, we will bring out the best version of yourself.

Activate Learning Group Employee Benefits:

• Monthly Staff Appreciation Awards: Celebrating staff for their dedication and accomplishments aligned to our award‑winning Learning Philosophy.
• Wellbeing & Resources Groups: Comprehensive range of resources, guides and tools to support staff wellbeing
• Company benefits: Including free eye tests and will writing, plus access to a Health Cash Plan covering optical, dental, health screening, and therapy treatments for you and your dependents.
• Learning and Development: continuous opportunities for teachers' professional growth and skill enhancement through our in‑house L&D team.
• Teaching Support: Tailored Three-day induction program, and development programs for teaching staff.
• Pension Schemes: Teacher pension scheme for AL teaching staff
• Generous Annual Leave: Up to 6 weeks paid leave
• Flexible Working: Options include hybrid and remote, term time only, and flexible working patterns.
• Competitive salaries: Annual incremental progression and a twelve point pay scale for teachers.
• On‑Site Facilities: Free parking at all campuses, refectories, hair and beauty salons & gym access.

For a comprehensive list of all of our benefits & wellbeing offering, please visit our work‑with‑us/wellbeing

Applicants should apply at the earliest opportunity; closed vacancies will prevent application form submission.

Applications are reviewed and shortlisted on a rolling basis, we reserve the right to interview, appoint and close adverts.

Note: Some positions may require a legally mandated health surveillance check for exposure to hazardous conditions.

Activate Learning is committed to safeguarding and expect all our staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check at the appropriate level.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK, we do not sponsor work permits. Work permits from other organisations are unacceptable as proof of right to work in the UK.

Applications are encouraged from all candidates who meet or exceed minimum criteria, regardless of age, disability, gender, orientation, race, religion, or ethnicity. Activate Learning are committed to employing people with disabilities and will ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible. If you require any reasonable adjustments either at application or interview stage, please contact the talent team directly.

Recruitment agencies who submit unsolicited CVs to any partner or employee at Activate Learning, have no authority to enter an arrangement. Recruitment agencies engaging with Activate Learning Talent Team will be on our PSL.