Health, Safety and Environmental Manager

The Westcountry Schools Trust (WeST) is seeking to appoint an exceptional individual with vision, energy and inspirational leadership to the position of Health, Safety and Environmental Manager.

The Westcountry Schools Trustis a tight-knit family of schools based around natural geographical proximity in the South West. We have been working across multiple schools since 2011 but WeST was formed as it is today in 2017 through a significant spurt of growth. The WeST family consists of 22 schools, of which 7 are secondary and 15 primary. We are ambitious and hold high expectations for the children in our care. We strive consistently to perform in the top 20% nationally.

WeST believes in promoting and supporting an appropriate balance between strong alignment and independence with schools. It is important for all our schools to maintain their own identity and celebrate their unique qualities. However, we believe that working collaboratively we will enable our children and staff to access the best resources and learning opportunities. We aim to identify the strengths of our collective practice and share them effectively across our schools such that all our children benefit from our professional expertise.

The key purpose of the Health, Safety and Environmental Manager is to lead on the development of strategic initiatives relating to all health and safety services throughout the Trust. This is to include responsibility for the development and implementation of all health and safety policies and risk assessmentswhilst working with and supporting the head teachers/principals to ensure WeST is compliant in all aspects of the HASAWA 1974.

The successful candidate will be required to support the work of the Estates Director and Executive Leadership Team. They will also be responsible for investigating/advising on incidents as well as supporting the in-house estates team with CDM on the capital projects programme.

The successful applicant must have a proven track record of success in leading health and safety policy development and promoting a strong health and safety culture throughout the organisation. If having read the job description and person specification, you believe you have the skills and attributes to successfully take on this exciting new role and make a real difference to the Trust, then we warmly welcome your application.

Westcountry Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form. Relevant pre-employment checks may also include considering information shared within the public domain.

The closing date is 09:00am on Monday 17th August 2020