Health and Safety Advisor

Grade: - EGV - £60,385 - £63,762

Full Time

If you're an experienced Health and Safety professional with excellent interpersonal skills and a passion for engaging and supporting others on a journey of continuous improvement you might be the perfect person to take on the role of Health and Safety Advisor within Education Operations.

This is an interesting, varied and rewarding post which offers the opportunity not only to deliver positive benefits for service users but also for personal and professional development. The scope of the role extends across all business units under the direct control of the Committee for Education, Sport & Culture, which includes schools, support services, museums, ancient monuments, a leisure centre and an archives service. You'll also be part of a group of committed and dedicated individuals working in this area across the States of Guernsey, so there may be opportunities for cross-Committee working. 

The Health and Safety Advisor will have four main areas of work, broadly outlined as:

1. To drive improvements in Health and Safety management systems, processes and procedures across the Committee for Education, Sport & Culture’s operations in line with the States of Guernsey Health and Safety Directive, best practice and legal obligations.

2. To identify and implement appropriate risk control measures and training to minimise the exposure of staff, service users and members of the public to hazards that could affect their Health, or Safety.

3. To ensure that sufficient and appropriate compliance checks are undertaken, identify any areas for improvement, provide appropriate guidance/direction/oversight and review/revise policies/procedures as appropriate.

4. To monitor accidents, incidents and near misses, undertaking investigations of as required and provide meaningful and informative reporting to the Senior Leadership Team and Committee members.

Please click on the link below to view a full job description for this role.

Job Description

This role comes with a competitive salary, progressive annual leave and entitlement to a pension scheme. 

For candidates who would be required to relocate to the Bailiwick of Guernsey, we also offer a relocation package to help with the cost of moving over to the Island. This relocation package offers different solutions depending on an individual’s circumstances.  

More detailed information can be found in the Relocation Directive below.  

This role offers off-Island candidates an 8-year employment permit (see details below). This permit will also enable candidates to bring immediate family members with them, will be permitted to work on the Island in any sector. There are also good schools on Island for those candidates looking to bring their families with them.  

For more information about Guernsey, please follow the below links. 

Relocation Directive 2022 

Getting to Know Guernsey Brochure  

Living and Working in Guernsey Brochure  

Employment Permit Information  

Contact: Jon Williams, Deputy Head of Education Operations on tel. (01481) 223131 or email: Jon.Williams@gov.gg

We strongly advise that applicants speak to the contact named above before applying for this role. Please do not email a CV to the contact shown above, applications should be submitted online. If you are unable to complete an online application please contact the Recruitment Team.

Closing Date: 1 September 2024