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Health & Safety Manager

Health & Safety Manager

Derby College

Derby

Salary:
Competitive
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
31 January 2020

Job overview

DCG 

The Derby College Group is a large and well-established provider of further education based in and around Derby with a wide and very varied range of offering. Our multi-site estate includes modern office blocks, heritage buildings, event space, workshops for engineering, construction and motor vehicle, laboratories, kitchens, hair and beauty salons, an equine centre, animal units and a land-based provision. Our stakeholders are also varied - from students, employees, and employers to contractors, animals and the general public. We think this all makes the role of Health and Safety Manager at DCG both challenging and very rewarding! 

The Role 

As DCG's competent person, you will be responsible for providing expert health and safety advice and guidance helping to ensure that we provide a safe, healthy and secure environment for our students, employees, visitors and contractors. 

Reporting to the Director of Estates, this key role offers the opportunity to guide and further develop DCG's safety culture and take responsibility for the continuous promotion of good practice and compliance throughout our organisation. 

If of interest, there is scope within this role to also take the lead on or significantly contribute to the work we are undertaking on our environmental practices. 

The Person 

You will be a Health and Safety professional with experience of taking lead responsibility for Health and Safety preferably within a multi- site operation. 

You will be tenacious and have a collaborative and pro-active approach, with the ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders. You will be a persuasive communicator, with strong organisational, IT and people skills.

Benefits 

We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension provision and 35 days annual leave plus public holidays and closure days.

About Derby College

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  • Derby College
  • 2 Roundhouse Road, Pride Park, Derby
  • Derbyshire
  • DE24 8JE
  • United Kingdom
+44 300 123 7890

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Derby College is a large general further education college with four sites in or near the city of Derby. It supports around 26,000 learners, who choose from more than 1,000 full-time and part-time apprenticeship, A-level, BTEC and NVQ courses.   

Derby College was established as a single institution in 2002 by merging three further education colleges: Mackworth Tertiary College, Wilmorton Tertiary College and Broomfield Agricultural College. A merger between South East Derbyshire College and Derby College was approved in 2010. Heavy investment has been made by the college in its teaching and learning facilities, from the fully equipped teaching kitchens at the Roundhouse campus to the high-tech science labs at the Joseph Wright Centre and the Equestrian Centre at the Broomfield Hall campus.  

Chief executive

Mandie Stravino   

Values and vision

In its mission statement, Derby College states an ambition to provide inclusive, inspirational and innovative learning communities, predicting and serving the needs of its learners, the economy and society. Designed in collaboration with industry, business and the professions, the college’s vocational pathways concentrate on developing students’ employability skills through work experience and expert mentoring. Independent learning, critical thinking and research skills are developed in students aspiring to higher education in an environment that seeks to be challenging and interactive.   

Ofsted report

“Teaching and learning are good, particularly in practical and vocational subjects. The college is a valued resource for the city of Derby and county of Derbyshire; it provides an inclusive and welcoming environment and high-quality facilities for teaching and learning.” 

View Derby College’s latest Ofsted report 

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