Health & Safety and Compliance Manager

📍 Multi-site at all Truro & Penwith College Campuses
💰 £40,787 per annum (Fixed Point 40)
🕒 Full time: 37 hours per week | 52 weeks per year
📌 Closing date: Monday 17 August 2026, 5pm

Join a leading College committed to safety, wellbeing, and excellence

Truro and Penwith College is seeking to appoint a highly motivated and experienced Health & Safety and Compliance Manager to support the delivery of a comprehensive health and safety service across the College.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in promoting a positive safety culture within a dynamic, multi-site educational environment.

About the Role

Reporting to the Head of Estates, you will:

• Hold overall responsibility as the College’s Competent Person.
• Provide expert health and safety advice and guidance to staff across the College
• Support managers in developing and maintaining risk assessments and safe systems of work
• Undertake inspections, audits, and incident investigations, ensuring compliance with legislation
• Analyse data and contribute to continuous improvement of safety performance
• Promote and support health and safety training and awareness
• Keep up to date with legislative changes and best practice
• Be the Competent Person
• Support the development of systems in line with recognised frameworks such as ISO 45001

You will play a visible, hands-on role in ensuring the College provides a safe, compliant, and supportive environment for staff, students, and visitors.

What We’re Looking For

We are seeking a proactive and knowledgeable professional who has:

Essential

• NEBOSH Diploma or Level 5 qualification (or equivalent)
• Proven experience in a health and safety role
• Strong understanding of health and safety legislation and best practice
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to manage workloads, prioritise effectively, and work independently
• Experience working across complex or multi-site environments
• Strong IT and organisational skills

Desirable

• IOSH membership (or working towards Chartered status)
• Experience within an education or public sector environment
• Knowledge of ISO 45001 or formal management systems

Experience delivering training or awareness programmes

Why Join Us?

At Truro and Penwith College, we are committed to:

• Providing a safe and inclusive working environment
• Supporting professional development and career progression
• Promoting a culture of continuous improvement and wellbeing
• Delivering high-quality education in a supportive community

Additional Information

• This role requires travel between College sites
• The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check
• We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and welcome applications from all backgrounds

How to apply

• Closing date: 5pm Monday 17 August 2026
• Interviews will be held on Wednesday 2 September 2026
• Curriculum Vitae are not accepted, Application Forms only.
• Successful candidates will be notified within 4 weeks of the closing date.