Job Description

Applications only accepted through the Askham Bryan College website

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Job Title: Health & Safety Manger (Maternity Cover)

Location: York

Contract Type: Full-time - 37 hours, Fixed Term - until 1st Aug 2026

Salary: SP30 34,363 to SP33 37,533 per annum, pro rata

About Role:

As the Health & Safety Manager at Askham Bryan College, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of all students, staff, and visitors across the College. Based predominantly at our York campus, with travel to other sites, you will take responsibility for the development, implementation, and ongoing management of health and safety policies, procedures, and systems that ensure full statutory compliance. Your work will help maintain a safe environment by overseeing all health and safety practices across the College estate, ensuring that both academic and non-academic functions operate safely and in line with regulatory requirements.

In this key role, you will be the 'competent person' on all health and safety matters, offering advice and support to leaders, managers, and staff. You will lead the delivery of health and safety training, fire safety management, accident investigations, and risk assessments, as well as ensuring the College is prepared for emergencies, including lockdown procedures and pandemics. You will manage and maintain systems for accident reporting, ensure first aid provisions are always available, and coordinate fire safety processes, including drills and training.

As a budget holder for the Health & Safety Department, you will manage financial resources effectively and liaise with both internal and external stakeholders, including contractors, external agencies, and the Health & Safety Executive (HSE). You will also be responsible for generating reports for key College committees, ensuring continuous improvement in all areas of health and safety.

This is an exciting opportunity to have a significant impact on the College's health and safety culture, ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation while contributing to a safe and healthy environment that supports the educational mission of Askham Bryan College.

Interviews:

TBC

Start Date:

The College operates 2 starter/induction days per month to welcome and onboard new members. These are usually the first Monday and third Wednesday of each month (unless there is a bank holiday).

About the College:

Askham Bryan College is a specialist land-based college based across the North of England with centres in York, Middlesbrough, Saltaire, Wakefield and Gateshead.

We offer a wide-ranging curriculum to our Further Education students, including Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Management, Countryside and the Environment, Engineering, Equine, Floristry, Motorsport, Outdoor Adventure Sport, Sports Development, Coaching and Fitness, Uniformed Public Services and Veterinary Nursing.

Benefits of working with Askham Bryan College:

On-site facilities including a fully functional farm, equine centre, wildlife park and VR suite Beautiful grounds for outdoor learning, meetings and well-being walks Teacher pension scheme with generous employer contributions 35 days annual leave, plus 8 days bank holiday pro rata, plus Christmas shut down Options for flexible working arrangements (role dependent) On-site catering including a canteen and shop Highly discounted gym membership at the on-site gym Free car parking and cycle to work scheme Excellent career development opportunities via our on-site L&D Partner Continuous support from our Recruitment and Employee Lifecycle Partner Enhanced sick pay and compassionate leave scheme Enhanced maternity/adoption pay

Safeguarding Statement

The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, volunteers and partners to share this commitment. The Governors and Staff at Askham Bryan College regard each learner as a unique individual and therefore seek to support learner development in ways, which will foster security, confidence and independence. We recognise that high self-esteem, peer support, a secure College environment and clear lines of communication with trusted adults helps all young people and adults particularly those at risk or suffering abuse. These are regarded as central to the wellbeing of the individual and are therefore seen to be an intrinsic part of all aspects of the curriculum and ethos.

Specific measures relating to pre-employment checks:

We may undertake online searches on internet activity as part of our pre-recruitment checks. We ask applicants for details of any convictions and cautions, regardless of whether these have been deemed as "spent". It is a condition of employment that applicants provide these details. We undertake Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks for prospective employees. Please note that it is an offence to apply for a regulated role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity involving children or vulnerable adults.
Note on "regulated activity": You are engaging in a regulated activity if you:

Will be responsible, on a regular basis in a school or college, for teaching, training instructing, caring for or supervising children or vulnerable adults; Will be working on a regular basis in a specified establishment, such as a school, or in connection with the purposes of the establishment, where the work gives opportunity for contact with children or vulnerable adults; or Engage in intimate or personal care or healthcare or any overnight activity, even if this happens only once
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract

Pay: 34,363.00-37,533.00 per year

Benefits:

Canteen Company pension On-site gym On-site parking
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: NR00114