Health & Safety Co-ordinator, Penrice Academy and Poltair School – Ref: PEN10

Grade H, 15 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

Actual Salary Range: £9,051 – £10,901 per annum

Permanent Contract – required to start as soon as possible

Cornwall Education Learning Trust (CELT) is a family of Cornish Primary and Secondary Schools, with a strategic vision to ‘learn together to help every child achieve more’. This is an exciting time to join our large, dynamic Trust, which is responsible for educating learners across four secondary schools, one junior school and nine primary schools.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, innovative and proactive Health & Safety Coordinator to work across two of our secondary schools – Penrice Academy and Poltair School. The key roles and responsibilities will be to ensure that the school environments are safe, meet all appropriate frameworks and are compliant with current Health & Safety legislations and policies, including first aid requirements. The Health & Safety Coordinator will also have oversight of all risk assessments, reporting and staff training to ensure these elements are performed to the highest standard. You will be a collaborative team player, be able to maintain your workload and responsibilities, plus have excellent communication skills to liaise with staff and students.

Applicants should have up to date knowledge of Health & Safety / Facility Management or equivalent and relevant qualifications, with prior experience of working in a Health & Safety / Risk Assessment role.

As the role is developed, there may be opportunity for additional contracted hours to provide Health and Safety support to another secondary school within the Trust.

If you are interested in this position and wish to have an informal conversation, please contact Liam Grigg, Site Manager, via email: lgrigg@penrice.org.uk

Application forms and full details are available to download below:

To apply, please complete an application form and email to recruitment@celtrust.org

Applications by CV, letter or social media alone will not be accepted.

Closing date for applications:     9.00am, Friday 29th April 2022

Interviews to be held:                  Date to be confirmed

Cornwall Education Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and, where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020).  This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers and, if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.  Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974