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Health and safety coordinator (Temporary)

Dovetail Ref: 193109
FE & HE Competitive Contract / Temp mid Level 9 November 2026
East of England
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Education Details

Further Education fe college

Job Description

Health and Safety Coordinator

Temporary

Location: the East of England

About the Role

Are you a health and safety professional looking to bring your expertise into a learning environment?

As a Health and Safety Coordinator with a further education provider, you'll support the organisation to maintain safe, compliant working and learning environments across its provision. You'll work alongside staff at all levels, offering practical guidance that keeps people safe without getting in the way of good teaching.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Supporting the day-to-day coordination of health and safety arrangements across the organisation.
  • Carrying out and reviewing risk assessments, and advising on suitable control measures.
  • Monitoring compliance with health and safety legislation and internal policy.
  • Recording, investigating and reporting incidents, accidents and near misses.
  • Advising staff and managers on safe working practices and promoting a positive safety culture.
  • Maintaining accurate health and safety records and documentation.

What We're Looking For

Essential:

  • A relevant health and safety qualification
  • Practical knowledge of health and safety legislation and its application in the workplace
  • Experience of carrying out risk assessments and compliance monitoring
  • Strong organisational and record-keeping skills
  • Confident communication skills, with the ability to advise staff at all levels

Desirable (but not essential):

  • Experience of working within an education or similar setting
  • Experience of incident investigation and reporting

If you're ready to put your health and safety expertise to work in an environment where it helps both staff and learners, we'd love to hear from you.

Important Notice Dovetail and Slate is a specialist education recruitment company. If this role isn't quite right, we welcome your CV and a call to explore other opportunities. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. All appointments are subject to satisfactory vetting, including a right to work check and, where relevant, an enhanced DBS, PVG (Scotland), or EWC (Wales) check, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Dovetail and Slate Ltd (11351060) acts as an Employment Agency and an Employment Business under the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. We are an equal opportunities employer. By applying, you consent to your data being processed for recruitment purposes in line with our Privacy Policy. Because education matters. © Dovetail and Slate Limited.

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Harrison Coker

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Requirements

  • Relevant health and safety qualification
  • Practical knowledge of health and safety legislation
  • Experience of carrying out risk assessments and compliance monitoring
  • Strong organisational and record-keeping skills
  • Confident communication skills

Skills & Qualifications

Risk assessmentCompliance monitoringIncident investigationHealth and safety legislationRecord keepingCommunicationSafety culture promotion

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