Health & Safety Business Partner

**The Role**:
Blackpool and The Fylde College (B&FC) is seeking a committed and knowledgeable Health & Safety Business Partner to join our Estates team. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a culture of safety and compliance across the College, supporting both staff and students while playing a pivotal role in implementing and maintaining health, safety, and environmental standards.

The Health & Safety Business Partner provides expert advice, guidance, and support to B&FC colleagues, students, and apprentices. The role helps ensure that all members of the B&FC community comply with relevant health and safety legislation and that the College’s health and safety policies and procedures are fully embedded across the organisation.

A key part of this role is acting as a ‘critical friend’ to curriculum and service areas—offering proactive, collaborative support and challenge to help them meet their health and safety responsibilities. No two days are the same in this busy, varied role, which is both interesting and highly rewarding.

**Your Responsibilities Will Include**:
As a key member of the Estates team, you will play a vital role in supporting and enhancing the College’s health and safety culture. Your main duties will include:

- Acting as a critical friend to curriculum and service areas, providing expert health, safety, and environmental advice and support.
- Carrying out health and safety reviews, including risk assessments, COSHH compliance, and policy implementation across all College campuses.
- Supporting the effective management and development of risk assessments, emergency plans, training requirements, and incident investigations.
- Liaising with external agencies and internal stakeholders to ensure statutory compliance and best practices are consistently applied.
- Managing the delivery of Health & Safety training across a range of platforms and supporting the College’s environmental and sustainability goals.

**Why Join Us?**

This role offers a real opportunity to influence the safety and wellbeing of our College community. You will work in a proactive and supportive team environment and help drive a forward-thinking approach to health and safety management across all B&FC operations.

You will be joining a well-regarded organisation that values professional development and collaboration, offering you the chance to grow your expertise while making a tangible difference to staff and students alike.

**Rewards and Benefits**:
Blackpool and The Fylde College is proud to be Great Place To Work® Certified
- Enhanced leave allowance of **38 days**(full-time equivalent), inclusive of bank holidays
- Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
- Competitive pension scheme:

- Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) - **28.68%** employer contribution
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) - **15.4%** employer contribution
- Extensive professional development opportunities for all, with B&FC choosing to invest circa. £1.8m annually in colleague development and professional qualifications
- Agile working opportunities
- Enhanced Family friendly policies
- Extensive wellbeing provision including, but not limited to:

- Access to funded Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) available 24/7, 365 days a year
- Occupational Health
- FREE Flu Vouchers for those not entitled through the NHS
- FREE eye tests
- Dedicated Wellbeing Hub available to all colleagues containing rich and varied content with resources relating to emotional, physical, financial and social wellbeing
- FREE healthy breakfast
- Sports facilities including fully equipped gym and discounted memberships
- Health and beauty salon
- Trim Trails on Campus (guided routes for walks)
- Onsite food outlets and Starbucks at subsidised rates
- FREE car parking
- Car lease scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Onsite kids ‘Sports Camp’ 8am - 5pm during selected half-term breaks

**Job Type**

Permanent

**Curriculum / Service Area**

Estates

**Campus / Location**

Various

**Hours per week**

37

**Part-Year?**

No

**Post scale**

Scale 5

**Post Scale Range (FTE)**

£27,675 - £29,283

**Closing Date**

03/08/2025