Health & Safety Business Partner
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, - £29, Closing Date 03/08/ Documents
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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:
2. Acting as a critical friend to curriculum and service areas, providing expert health, safety, and environmental advice and support.
3. Carrying out health and safety reviews, including risk assessments, COSHH compliance, and policy implementation across all College campuses.
4. Supporting the effective management and development of risk assessments, emergency plans, training requirements, and incident investigations.
5. Liaising with external agencies and internal stakeholders to ensure statutory compliance and best practices are consistently applied.
6. 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.
Interested? Apply Early!
We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications, so if this role excites you, please submit your application as soon as possible!
Rewards and Benefits
Blackpool and The Fylde College is proud to be Great Place To Work® Certified™
7. Enhanced leave allowance of 38 days (full-time equivalent), inclusive of bank holidays
8. Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
9. Competitive pension scheme:
10. Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) - 28.68% employer contribution
11. Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) - 15.4% employer contribution
12. Extensive professional development opportunities for all, with B&FC choosing to invest circa. £1.8m annually in colleague development and professional qualifications
13. Agile working opportunities
14. Enhanced Family friendly policies
15. Extensive wellbeing provision including, but not limited to:
16. Access to funded Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) available 24/7, days a year
17. Occupational Health
18. FREE Flu Vouchers for those not entitled through the NHS
19. FREE eye tests
20. Dedicated Wellbeing Hub available to all colleagues containing rich and varied content with resources relating to emotional, physical, financial and social wellbeing
21. FREE healthy breakfast
22. Sports facilities including fully equipped gym and discounted memberships
23. Health and beauty salon
24. Trim Trails on Campus (guided routes for walks)
25. Onsite food outlets and Starbucks at subsidised rates
26. FREE car parking
27. Car lease scheme
28. Cycle to work scheme
29. Onsite kids ‘Sports Camp’ 8am – 5pm during selected half-term breaks
B&FC is committed to the promotion of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all resourcing practices. Please email should a specific adjustment be required to support in the application and selection process
B&FC is dedicated to safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of all learners, and expects all colleagues to share in this commitment. As such, employment at B&FC is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check via the Disclosure and Barring Service. For further information on DBS, please click The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions) Order ( and ) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’.