Deputy Health & Safety Manager

Are you ready to take the next step in your Health and Safety career? We are looking for a proactive and knowledgeable Deputy Health and Safety Manager to join our Estates team to help ensure a safe, compliant and positive environment for all staff, student and visitors across our Campuses.

This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a values-driven education group, where your expertise will directly support the wellbeing and success of our college community.

You will be required to:

• Support in developing, testing and maintaining the Group’s Incident Management and Business Continuity plans
• Support in the development and delivery of annual programme of Health and Safety training for the Group, such as Fire Safety, Manual Handling, and DSE Assessments
• Monitor national security alerts and guidance, ensuring the Group remains responsive
• Contribute to continuous improvement of Health and Safety policies, procedures, and risk assessments.
• Assist in managing RIDDOR reporting and liaising with HSE/EHO as required

For more details of what you’ll be doing, please see the job description and person specification attached.

You will have:

• GCSEs in Maths and English A*-C/9-4 or equivalent
• NEBOSH Certificate
• Membership of IOSH or actively working towards
• First Aid at Work qualification, or willingness to achieve
• ISO9001 – Internal Auditor, or willingness to achieve

This is a diverse role where you will be building relationships with curriculum and support staff, and many other stakeholders.

Have the skills and experience we are looking for? Apply now! We’d love to hear from you!

Values

Here at the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group, our Values are at the heart of everything we do. Watch our Principal and CEO, Sam Wright, and Group Chair of Governors, Andrew McConnell, explain how we carry out our values every day – Click to watch

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

Benefits include:

• Generous Annual Leave (37 days + bank holidays + 5 College closure days)
• Personal and Professional Development opportunities
• Generous Contributory Pension Scheme
• Discounted Metro Card Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Access to employee assistance programme
• Reduced price personal gym membership
• Access to a wide range of high street discounts (retail, supermarkets and restaurants)
• Annual Staff Recognition Awards

Closing date: 7^th August 2026

Interview date: 2^nd September 2026

The Heart of Yorkshire Education Group is committed to safeguarding the welfare of all students and this post will be subject to pre-employment vetting in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education, this includes an Enhanced Disclosure from the DBS. Sight of evidence of all essential qualifications as outlined in the Person Specification must also be provided.

All posts within the Group are exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. This means that applicants are not entitled to withhold information about any convictions that are not "Protected" which for other purposes are "spent" under the provisions of the act.

If you are currently living overseas or have lived / worked overseas in the last five years please be aware that you will be required to provide an overseas criminal record check from the country/countries you have worked/resided in if you are the preferred candidate for the post. Further details of how to obtain the additional check is here: Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk )

We are proud to be awarded the Investors in Diversity Silver accreditation by the National Centre for Diversity, for our successful implementation of FREDIE (Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Engagement). We aim to develop a workforce that reflects the diverse community we serve and positively encourage applications from all.

For more information about the role and requirements, please click apply. You'll be directed to the job on our careers website where you can download the job description in full.

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