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Job reference: 002628
Salary: £30,115 - £32,742 pa inc London Weighting
Closing date: 02/02/2023
Department: Health, Safety & Sustainability
Location: Rush Green Campus
Hours Per Week: 36 hours per week
Interview Date:

Job Description

About Us

Barking & Dagenham College is a vibrant and highly successful College in East London with circa 7,500 students, circa 500 established staff and a turnover of £35m.  The College offers routes into learning from entry level through to MBA level, including apprenticeships, higher level apprentices, higher education and job centre plus clients.  We have technical specialist areas from level 3 and above with a broad based curriculum up to level 2.  

We are immensely proud of the achievements of our students, our entrepreneurial and motivated staff team and our extensive partnership network.  The College trains circa 850 apprentices, including circa 110 higher level apprenticeships and delivers work place training, traineeships and higher level technical and professional specialisms up to MBA level in our 4 strategic vocational areas; Construction, Design & Management; Engineering including mechatronics & robotics; Digital Creative; Health & Social Care and Leadership and Management across the pan London occupational sectors.

Our Values

What are our values?

We are:

  • Learner Focused- ensuring they are at the heart of everything we do;
  • Respectful- valuing and treating all fairly as individuals;
  • Passionate- demonstrating energising, engaging and inspiring all to achieve their potential;
  • Collaborative- always working together to achieve excellence and growth;
  • Excellent- in learning, teaching and assessment, the key to our success.    

Calling all Health & Safety Professionals!

We have some exciting opportunities available at Barking and Dagenham College.

We are looking for  an experienced and process-driven Health & Safety Officer to join oyr H&S Team here at the college, but covering mutliple sites.

Working alongside the Head of H&S, the purpose of this role is to promote, develop and establish a positive culture within the College so that it can meet its legal requirements in terms of Health and  Safety. 

You will be instrumental in ensuring the effective management of Health and Safety across all college sites, and taking responsibility in supporting and giving advice to managers and service users on Health and Safety matters.

In this role you will assist the Head of  Health and Safety in developing appropriate management systems to ensure the effective management of Health and Safety across the college.

Our ideal candidate will have experience of working within an educational environment, and be NEBOSH qualified or working towards this, and also hold the IOSH (National General Certificate In Occupational Health & Safety) qualified, or equivalent.

Please see attached job description for full details and criteria.​​​​

If you are passionate about success and can do the above, then we want to hear from you!

You will need to submit a cover letter demonstrating how your personality, skills and experience meet our values for this role.

PLEASE NOTE; All applications forms must be fully completed, showing full education and employment details. An incomplete application will not be considered for shortlisting.

 *Please note, that we have the right to interview candidates before the application deadline*  ​​​​​​​

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