Health & Safety Advisor

The GORSE Academies Trust is seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role of Health & Safety Advisor to work as part of our central Estates and Health & Safety team. This role is of great importance to our work as an organisation. Under the direction of the trust’s Director of Estates Management and the Health & Safety Manager, the successful candidate will assist with the strategic development of all aspects of Health and Safety, implementation of policy and provision of a compliance assessment system. Contributing to the development and implementation of the trust Estates Strategy, you will assist in the development, monitoring, and improvement of all aspects of Health and Safety, ensuring statutory compliance is achieved.

Potential applicants should have:

• A Full UK driving license and daily access to a vehicle, the role will involve working at

all of the academies in the Trust.

• The ability to oversee an effective Health and Safety management system.

• Excellent IT skills and knowledge.

• Good level of literacy and numeracy.

What we offer you:

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

• Membership of a teacher or local government pension scheme, depending on the role.

• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.

• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

About us:

Led by Sir John Townsley, the nationally renowned GORSE Academies Trust has a central mission; to ensure that we play a significant role in removing the stubborn link between poverty and academic underperformance. We achieve this through providing all pupils, but particularly those who have the most challenging and complex backgrounds, with a rigorous and academic education which challenges and develops them, not only academically, but also socially. We believe that this will prepare them for life not only in Britain, but across the world.

We aspire for our young people to acquire the Gift of Choice, that is the ability for them to be able to actively choose their next steps, at whatever age, as opposed to having avenues closed off to them as a consequence of a poor skillset or qualifications base. The impact of the work of by professionals can be acutely seen in the trust’s performance, for example, in 2022-23 GORSE was the highest performing trust in the country (for trusts with 5 or more schools in them) for whole cohort Progress 8 and for disadvantaged Progress 8.  Furthermore, the trust is proud that all of its establishments (with the exception of those that are currently ungraded) are Ofsted Good or Outstanding.  This is only possible because of the exceptional members of staff and the tremendous support offered within the trust.

Closing date for applications: Apply Now

Interviews will take place: TBC

Please note if you submit an electronic application, we will not require a hard copy. CVs are not accepted.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and barring service check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.

Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK – either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

Please note that, as a sponsor licence holder, we only provide sponsorship for teacher vacancies.