Location, Salary & Schedule
Location: HMP Fosse Way, Leicester, LE18 4TN
Salary: £28,000 - £34,000 depending on experience
Schedule: 40 hours per week, permanent
Overview
Ready to impact a better future? As a Health and Safety Tutor in our training team, you'll deliver engaging, accredited learning that equips people with the skills to stay safe, compliant, and confident in the workplace. Your work will create a positive impact by helping learners build knowledge that protects lives and supports safer communities.
In this role, you'll play a key part in shaping knowledge and behaviours across a wide range of essential safety topics. From first aid to fire safety, your expertise will help individuals and organisations meet standards, reduce risk, and build a culture of care and accountability.
What You'll Do as a Health and Safety Tutor
- Deliver engaging, face‑to‑face training sessions across health and safety disciplines
- Teach key topics including risk assessment, manual handling, and hazard awareness
- Deliver specialist training in food safety, including Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), cross‑contamination, and allergen management
- Train learners in fire safety, including evacuation procedures, fire drills, and use of extinguishers
- Deliver first aid training, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), automated external defibrillator (AED) use, and emergency response protocols
- Assess learner competence through written assessments and end‑of‑course examinations
- Maintain accurate training records, attendance logs, and certification documentation
- Review and update training materials to reflect the latest legislation and best practice
Qualifications
- Relevant and in‑date certifications such as First Aid at Work instructor, NEBOSH or IOSH, and food safety qualifications
- Practical experience within a health and safety, education, or commercial environment
- Strong communication skills and the ability to engage and motivate learners
- Confidence delivering training to diverse groups with varying levels of experience
- A proactive approach to continuous improvement and professional development, Disability Confident
Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.
Vetting and Checks
An Enhanced DBS check is required for this role. This includes spent and unspent convictions, cautions, and any relevant information held by local police, in accordance with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and safeguarding requirements. You will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire to allow us to provide any support needed for you to succeed in the role.
What We Offer
- Holidays: Up to 31 days including bank holidays
- Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
- Training and development: Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
- Health and wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
- Discounts: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
- Charity: Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
- Employee networks: Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and people from all cultural backgrounds.
Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.
