Head of Health, Safety and Business Continuity in Sheffield

The Sheffield College is a thriving further and higher education community, empowering around 13,000 learners each year to achieve their goals. Driven by our mission to transform lives through learning, we foster an inclusive environment recognised through our 2026 Investors in Diversity Gold award and 3rd place ranking in the National Centre for Diversity's 2025 Top 100 Most Inclusive UK Employers.

As Head of Health, Safety and Business Continuity at The Sheffield College, you will be responsible for maintaining, embedding, and continuously improving our health and safety culture across all College sites. You will ensure our staff, students, and stakeholders operate in a safe, compliant environment, while managing robust business continuity plans that keep the College prepared and resilient.

You will act as the College's competent person for Health and Safety, providing expert advice, assurance and management information to the Executive Director People and the Executive Leadership Team, ensuring ongoing compliance with all relevant legislation and standards.

• Manage the ongoing implementation, communication and review of the College's Health and Safety and Wellbeing strategies to ensure a safe and secure environment for all stakeholders.
• Manage the implementation, communication and review of the College's Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans to ensure the College's ability to respond effectively to major incidents.
• Act as the competent person for Health and Safety under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, providing expert advice and management information to the Executive Director People and the Executive Leadership Team.
• Ensure ongoing compliance with relevant legislation and standards, including the Health and Safety at Work Act, providing timely assurance to the Executive Director People.
• As a member of the College Senior Leadership Team, work with colleagues to further embed a culture of health and safety throughout the College, engaging all staff and stakeholders.

• Maintain and develop effective consultation and communication systems for Health and Safety to meet statutory, legislative, and internal policy requirements.
• Review and advise on Health and Safety policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with legislative requirements.
• Maintain and continuously improve the Health and Safety Management System to meet legislative requirements.
• Lead investigations into accidents, incidents, and near-miss events, embedding a lessons-learned and preventative culture across the College.
• Maintain and update the Business Risk Register in relation to Health, Safety, Welfare, and Business Continuity.
• Support the implementation of the College's employee well-being strategy in collaboration with the People team, aligned with the College's goals.
• Conduct regular audits to ensure Health and Safety compliance and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Advise and support teams on statutory compliance, including Asbestos Management Plans, Legionella Risk Assessments, COSHH records, and statutory planned preventative maintenance (PPM).
• Manage Health and Safety reporting systems, ensuring timely and accurate reporting of incidents and near misses.
• Prepare and provide H&S and business continuity updates and management information for the Executive Director People to present at ELT and to the Board of Governors.

• You will directly line-manage key staff within the Health and Safety department.
• You will be part of the College's Senior Leadership Team and will need to work collaboratively with members of those teams across the College to deliver the College's strategy and objectives.
• You will support and lead people management processes within and external to your area including but not limited to grievances, disciplinaries, performance management, flexible working and absence management.

• You will work with the Safeguarding Team, ensuring concerns regarding students/apprentices are shared in a timely, accurate manner.
• You will assume part of the Duty Manager Rota; which will require you to be on campus and available to support in an emergency.

• All staff have a responsibility to ensure that the college provides a safe and sustainable environment for students, staff and visitors.
• Ensure compliance with Data Protection Regulation.
• Ensure that environmental sustainability is a key consideration in the actions we take, working towards the college's environmental strategy and net zero ambition.

As the successful candidate, you will be offered a salary of between £52,968 - £61,405 per annum based upon a combination of the skills, knowledge and experience that you can bring to the role. Alongside your salary, your pension is one of the most valuable benefits of joining the College.

We are a Disability Confident employer and are committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee.

To apply: Click apply online and follow the links to complete the online application. For queries regarding the application process, please contact the Recruitment Team. CVs are currently not accepted.

Closing date: 30 April 2026. Please be aware if we have a high number of applications, we may decide to close the vacancy earlier.