Health and Safety & Compliance Manager (Spencer Academies Trust - Central Team )
Location: Nottinghamshire, UK
Education Phase: Through School
Working Pattern: Full-Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Application Deadline: Tuesday, 27th May 2025
Interview Date: To be confirmed
About us
Are you ready to lead on health and safety across a dynamic and growing Multi-Academy Trust? We are looking for an experienced and knowledgeable Health and Safety Compliance Manager to ensure our schools remain safe, compliant, and well-prepared environments for learning and working.
In this key role, you will oversee the development, implementation, and monitoring of health and safety policies and procedures across our 27 academies within the Trust.
SAT is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have over 18,500 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2,800 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence.
We currently have 18 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and one primary aged special school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers, and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country, and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world.
Mission
Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
Vision
Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.
We Believe:
All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.
Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a 'family' and are open to a true sense of partnership.
We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.
Applicants would be expected to share the Trust's high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff.
If you would like to discuss the role, or have any queries, please contact the Director of Estates, Malc Lucas, on
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Applications for this post must be submitted on our online application form, which can be found at
In line with safer recruitment policies references will be called for prior to interview.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 27th May 2025
Interviews will take place on a date to be confirmed
Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.
Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer