LEAD HEALTH & SAFETY ADVISOR

Start date to be agreed with the successful candidate.

The GORSE Academies Trust is seeking to recruit an exceptional and inspirational Lead Health & Safety Advisor to join our team. This role is pivotal to our ongoing success, ensuring our academies are safe, compliant and thriving environments where both students and staff can achieve their very best.

As our Lead Health & Safety Advisor, you will play a key strategic and operational role, supporting the Health & Safety Manager to drive excellence across the trust. You will provide expert advice, lead on compliance and audit activities, and champion a proactive health and safety culture across all academies. From analysing data and managing incidents to influencing policy and delivering training, your impact will be felt at every level of our organisation.

Who We’re Looking For

• Holds a NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent) and has strong practical knowledge of health and safety legislation.
• Demonstrates excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and support a wide range of stakeholders.
• Has strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with experience of interpreting data and producing clear, impactful reports.

What We Offer You

• Membership of a teacher or local government pension scheme, depending on the role.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

About Us

Led by Sir John Townsley, the nationally renowned GORSE Academies Trust has a central mission; to ensure that we play a significant role in removing the stubborn link between poverty and academic underperformance. We achieve this through providing all students, but particularly those who have the most challenging and complex backgrounds, with a rigorous and academic education which challenges and develops them, not only academically, but also socially. We believe that this will prepare them for life not only in Britain, but across the world.

We aspire for our young people to acquire the Gift of Choice, that is the ability for them to be able to actively choose their next steps, at whatever age, as opposed to having avenues closed off to them as a consequence of a poor skillset or qualifications base. The impact of the work of by professionals can be acutely seen in the trust’s performance, for example, in GORSE was the highest performing trust in the country (for trusts with 5 or more schools in them) for whole cohort Progress 8 and for disadvantaged Progress 8. Furthermore, the trust is proud that all of its establishments (with the exception of those that are currently ungraded) are Ofsted Good or Outstanding. This is only possible because of the exceptional members of staff and the tremendous support offered within the trust.

If you would like to know more about our Trust, please visit our website at

How To Apply

If you are as excited about this role as we are, you can download the Job Description, Person Specification, and Application Form from this page, request them by email at or call us on .

Please note if you submit an electronic application, we will not require a hard copy. CVs are not accepted.