Senior Health and Safety Advisor

City of Bristol College is looking for a Senior Health and Safety Advisor to support the Health and Safety Manager.

About the role

As Senior Health and Safety Advisor you will support the Health and Safety Manager in maintaining a safe and healthy working environment across the College, ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation, approved codes of practice and internal policy. You will work closely with Directors, Managers, staff, trade union representatives and contractors to provide practical, hands on advice, develop and review risk assessments and safe systems of work, and support the continuous improvement of health and safety standards.

Key responsibilities

• Attend and contribute to relevant committees and management meetings.
• Produce clear procedures and reports, undertake inspections and investigations, and advise on new and emerging legislation.
• Deliver presentations and training and liaise with People Services on occupational health matters.
• Contribute to fire safety management and deputise for the Health and Safety Manager as required.
• Maintain professional competence, support safeguarding responsibilities, contribute to cross college projects and deliver a high quality, customer focused service.

Qualifications and experience

Applicants must have a working knowledge of health and safety legislation and be able to support cross departmental projects. Experience in a senior advisory or managerial role in health and safety is desirable. All new employees are required to complete and obtain an enhanced DBS disclosure. A search of the online presence may be conducted for successful candidates.

Benefits

• Two week paid Christmas close down and additional paid time off over Easter on top of a generous holiday entitlement of 26 days, plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time roles).
• Membership to the Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions of 18.0 %.
• Paid Volunteering leave (3 days a year).
• Family friendly policies including paid fertility and foster friendly policy.
• A menopause policy outlining support available.
• A person centred annual appraisal focusing on wellbeing and CPD.
• Access to a benefits portal including shopping discounts and cycle to work scheme.
• The "Right to Disconnect" from work outside of normal working hours.
• A supportive, highly utilised hybrid and flexible working policy.
• An Aspiring Leaders programme open to all, plus our Management Academy for all management roles covering management skill and internal processes.
• Welfare Rooms at all sites for professional breakout and relaxation spaces.
• A bespoke programme of recognition, reward and celebration for colleagues throughout the year.
• We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community.

Additional information

We are a disability confident employer and take a trauma informed approach to our work. We do not engage with recruitment agencies for this role.

Please note that if you have a medical condition or an individual need for an adjustment to our processes, you should let us know so we can discuss how to best support you. If your past experience does not align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway - you may just be the person we are looking for.

We do not engage with recruitment agencies for this role. Any CVs received from agencies will be considered unsolicited and the property of City of Bristol College, with no obligation to pay agency fees.