Part-Time Health and Safety Officer
Job Description
Reporting to: Head of Estates and Safety
Working Hours: Part Time (22.5 hours per week, 3 days a week, Weds – Fri)
Salary: SP 24-28 (£28,036 to £31,417 pro rata – actual salary £16,821 to
£18,850)
Annual Leave: 26 electable days, 8 statutory days and up to 5 efficiency closure
days at Christmas
Job Purpose
The post-holder will work closely with another Health and Safety Officer to provide a 1.2FTE capacity across both roles. As such, both roles share the same objectives.
The Health and Safety Officer at Plumpton College will deliver a professional support service to all college users through a clear service level agreement. Within this, the core priority is to increase H&S awareness and compliance across the organisation by providing a central point of contact, advice, support and intervention to college staff on health and safety matters. As part of this, the post holder will facilitate the implementation of the H&S Management Cycle ensuring that Safety Managers are
supported in carrying out their responsibilities and the wider College Management Team and Corporation is supported through timely and accurate reporting.
Duties and Responsibilities of the Job
1. Monitoring and Support
- To provide information, advice and practical assistance to the CMT on health and safety policy and procedure and to act as a ‘Competent Person’ for the purposes of health and safety.
- To review, adapt and embed the Health and Safety Management Cycle across all college safety managers.
- To undertake regular practical inspections and interventions across college-wide activities as a key function in the monitoring and maintenance of a safe working and learning environment. As part of this provide timely feedback and interventions to Safety Managers.
- To support College staff and students in their understanding of, and adherence to, College H&S systems, procedures and functions.
- Provide support to external networks, benchmarking and comparators projects and data analysis.
- In consultation with the Head of Estates and Safety, assist in the undertaking of H&S internal and external audits. As part of this, take accountability for implementing post-audit actions.
2. Cross College duties
- Contribute to the development and implementation of college policies, specifically those relating to health, safety and wellbeing.
- To undertake investigative work in relation to safety issues and produce associated reports to an accountable standard for internal and external distribution. To lead on the implementation of post investigation action plans related to health and safety as directed by the Head of Estates and Safety or the
SMT. - Lead on operational fire safety requirements ensuring that, through collaboration with the Head of Estates and Safety, policies and procedures are aligned with infrastructure provision. As part of this to co-ordinate
fire safety training as required. - Work across the CMT to ensure that appropriate Health and Safety considerations are factored into all new ventures, projects, activities and strategies.
- Design and develop health and safety related documentation for use College wide by staff.
- Conduct individual advanced DSE and ergonomic assessments to ensure compliance with statutory duties, reduce sickness absence and to train and educate users in safe use of the equipment.
- To manage delegated budgets in supporting agreed areas of expenditure.
- To support cross-college events and promotional activities through a mix of advice and hands-on support to events.
3. Administration and Reporting
- To receive and analyse accident / incident reports ensuring the necessary follow up actions are undertaken in a timely manner. As part of this, to ensure that urgent actions are brought to the attention of the CMT.
- Identify and notify HSE of RIDDOR reportable incidents in consultation with the SMT.
- To support the Head of Estates and Safety to produce presentations, reports and appropriate documentation as and when required by the Senior Management Team and/or Board of Governors. To include an annual position audit for health and safety.
- Administer and maintain the College’s accident reporting system to facilitate the clear dissemination of key performance indicators, accident statistics and trend analysis.
4. Continuous Professional Development
- Ensure the effective engagement with staff through a combination of bespoke and wider college CPD, drop-in sessions and involvement in projects and work streams requiring the provision of H&S advice and guidance.
- Assist with the delivery of Risk Assessment training ensuring the competency of all safety managers in risk assessment methodology and the implementation of the same into college activities.
- To ensure a continual refresh of professional Health & Safety knowledge through own research, the creation and maintenance of effective networks, external relationships and targeted CPD.
- Participate in staff development activities to support Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and keep a Professional Development Portfolio (PDP) to evidence personal development and impact on practice.
- Actively participate in the college performance management processes, including appraisals to support personal and professional development and enhance student experience.
Qualifications / Skills / Knowledge / Qualities
It is crucial that the successful candidate shares our core values to ensure equality of opportunity and common purpose in delivering the college’s strategic plan.
At Plumpton College we are:
1. Professional
2. Supportive
3. Enterprising
4. Passionate
5. Ambitious and progressive
Essential criteria for the post
- Experience of working in a similar role.
- Educated to Further or Higher Education level with strong literacy, numeracy and IT skills (especially within MS Office and database systems).
- Health & Safety qualification i.e., NEBOSH Certificate (or equivalent).
- Knowledge and experience of current law relating to Health and Safety, guidance and standards of best practice.
- The ability to interpret associated legislation.
- Experience in undertaking complex and sensitive investigations.
- Understand and apply the different levels of compliance required across a multifunctional environment.
- Good organisation and time management skills.
- Able to comprehend, evaluate and report on information.
- Supportive, logical, attentive to detail, enquiring, flexible, able to work without direct supervision.
- Prepared to work as part of a team and undertake tasks, on occasions, outside normal hours.
- Ability to forward plan.
- Excellent interpersonal and training delivery skills.
- Able to communicate effectively in the workplace, both verbally and in writing.
Able to effectively impart information to others. - Able to give constructive feedback to individuals both verbally and in writing.
- Full UK Driving Licence.
Desirable criteria for the post
- Comprehensive knowledge of the land-based sector and experience of working with stakeholder industries.
- Degree or equivalent in relevant subject and/or NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health.
- Experience of managing safety in an educational setting.
- Working knowledge of current Health & Safety legislation relating to the land-based sector.
- Experience of high-level engagement with key public authorities such as the HSE, EA and emergency services.
- Risk assessment training qualification.
- Ability to recognise wider corporate needs in relation to service delivery.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Working Hours
Basic working hours are from 08.30 to 17.00 Wednesday to Friday, but some flexibility will be required to meet the needs of the business. This is an all-year-round post. There will be some evening and weekend working required to support operational activities, and whole college recruitment and promotional events.
Annual Leave
The holiday year is from 1 September – 31 August each year. The annual leave entitlement for this role is 15.6 working days, plus 8 bank holidays and up to 5 efficiency days when the college closes at Christmas. Annual leave is bookable subject to business needs and should be planned and agreed with your Line Manager. Annual leave sheets will be available from the start of the new holiday year (1 September).
Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
This post will be entitled to CPD for industrial updating, personal and professional development. All CPD must be planned, agreed and booked with your Line Manager.
Benefits
The candidate appointed to the post will automatically become a member of the Local Government Pension Scheme and pay contributions as determined by annual salary levels. The pension scheme includes life assurance cover and the college will also pay a contribution towards your pension. There is also free car parking and a competitively priced dining room service.
Equality and Diversity
Plumpton College is committed to the promotion of equal opportunities and is dedicated to pursuing non-discriminatory policies and practices and eliminating unfair discrimination on any basis. This means that no job applicant will receive less favourable treatment than another on grounds of gender, marital status, age, racial
origin, disability, sexual orientation or political or religious beliefs.
Criminal Record Check via the Disclosure Procedure
The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 gives individuals the right not to disclose details of certain old offences when asked about their criminal record as they may be defined as ‘spent’. There are exemptions to this if the individual is offered a post which involves contact with children or regular work at an establishment exclusively or
mainly for children.
The post you have applied for falls into this category and, therefore, requires a criminal background check.
If a job offer is made, you will be asked to apply for a DBS Disclosure Certificate. The Disclosure Certificate will contain details of current and “spent” convictions, cautions, reprimands or warnings held on the Police National Computer, excluding certain specified old and minor offences.
The DBS Disclosure will also indicate whether information is held on government faculty lists of those individuals who are barred from working with children or vulnerable adults (if applicable).
The post-holder cannot begin employment with the college until the DBS Disclosure Certificate is received and considered by the Principal.
How to Apply
To apply please complete an application form and an equality and diversity monitoring form, available on our website, and return them to recruitment@plumpton.ac.uk or send it to: HR Department, Plumpton College, Ditchling Road, Plumpton, East Sussex, BN7 3AE. Tel: 01273 890454. We reserve the right to call candidates to interview or withdraw this vacancy at any time if there is a good level of response. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application as early as possible.128 total views, 0 today