Witherslack Group
Health and Safety Management System Lead
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Job Description
This is a fixed term 12-month contract and will involve some UK wide travel. The role is home based, with work carried out remotely from across the UK.
Salary
£36,000 - £44,000 depending on qualifications and experience. Candidates with developing experience or working towards qualifications will typically be appointed towards the lower end of the scale, with fully qualified and experienced professionals considered at the upper end.
About the Role
Do you have a background in education, care, or a similar, people-focussed sector?
Are you ready to step away from site inspections and checklists into policy writing, digital transformation, and shaping corporate strategy?
This is your opportunity to be pivotal in designing, digitalising, and integrating our ISO45001 management framework across our sector leading educational and residential homes settings. You will play a critical part in the evolution of our health and safety culture and moving from our current paper format into centralised, digital platforms. You will:
- Design health and safety policies that are fit for our unique care and learning environments
- Standardise and integrate health and safety as part of our day to day working practices
- Lead digital transformation of health and safety processes
- Drive culture change through empowering our staff
Those Huge Small Victories
Here at the Witherslack Group, we strive to change young, vulnerable lives every day - and as the Health and Safety Management Systems Lead, you'll have the chance to help us do just that. In this role, you'll play a vital part in creating safe, healthy, and supportive environments and help us maintain the very highest standards of health and safety. Your expertise will help protect our people and enable brighter futures.
Get out what you put in
You'll work as part of our Group Health and Safety Team and will lead on reviewing and updating our health and safety policies, procedures, risk assessments and guidance documentation, ensuring they are clear, practical, and fit for purpose. You will be integral to ensuring processes align with our software systems to streamline user input and enable effective reporting. You'll also research and develop new procedures where risks or gaps are identified, working collaboratively with teams across the Group to improve standards and drive continuous improvement.
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You will be involved with designing and delivering engaging health and safety training and resources to support colleagues awareness, knowledge, and confidence around safety, health, and environmental risks. You'll also coordinate meetings across our schools and homes to assess the effectiveness of current arrangements and gather valuable feedback from stakeholders.
Bring your whole self to work
You'll already have experience working in a health and safety role, with a passion for creating safe and supportive working environments. You'll be confident writing policies, procedures, and risk assessments, and have experience developing or delivering health and safety training. A knowledge of health and safety data systems would also be beneficial.
You'll also have:
- A NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health degree (or equivalent qualification)
- Strong knowledge of health and safety legislation and risk management processes
- A keen attention to detail
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- The ability to build positive relationships with colleagues at all levels
- Strong organisation, prioritisation and problem-solving skills
- Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office
- A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel
Experience of ISO 45001, working within education or care settings, or additional qualifications such as fire safety or environmental management would be advantageous.
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However, this role calls for more than technical expertise. We're looking for someone who is self-motivated, resilient, and passionate about making a difference. You'll be a team player with the confidence to influence and support others, while maintaining high professional standards and attention to detail.
What we do for you
Come and join our team, we know you're going to do great things.
£36,000 - £44,000 depending on qualifications and experience
Candidates with developing experience or working towards qualifications will typically be appointed towards the lower end of the scale, with fully qualified and experienced professionals considered at the upper end.
Can be based anywhere in the UK
Home-based, but will involve some UK wide travel
Ongoing training and continued professional development
35 days holiday (including bank holidays)
Flexible benefits package: meaning you can increase/decrease your holiday allowance, pension and life insurance
Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts
A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time
Join the UKs best special education and care provider
Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.
The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost). We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.
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