Health and Safety Manager, NORD ANGLIA EDUCATION
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About the Role
Nord Anglia Education seeks a Health & Safety Manager for Etqan Global Academy in Doha, Qatar. The role involves leading the school's health and safety management system, conducting risk assessments, inspections, and incident investigations.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the implementation of the school's health and safety management system, ensuring policies and procedures are understood and applied
- Provide practical health and safety advice and guidance to school leadership, operations, facilities and teaching teams
- Coordinate and maintain risk assessments across school activities, facilities, educational visits, events and contractors
- Carry out regular health and safety inspections and audits across the school site
- Lead or support incident and near miss investigations, identifying root causes and corrective actions
- Support the development and testing of emergency response arrangements, including fire evacuation, lockdown and medical emergency procedures
- Deliver health and safety induction, training and awareness sessions for staff and contractors
- Manage contractor safety compliance and monitor contractor activities on site
- Report regularly on health and safety performance to school and regional leadership
Requirements
- Relevant qualification in Occupational Health and Safety or equivalent experience, e.g. NEBOSH International General Certificate
- Experience in a health and safety role, ideally within a school, education, facilities, hospitality or healthcare environment
- Strong understanding of risk assessment, inspections, incident investigation and corrective action management
- Strong communication and organisational skills
- Ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders in a school environment
- Good IT skills and ability to maintain accurate records
- IOSH Managing Safely, First Aid or Fire Safety training (desirable)
- Experience working in Qatar or the wider GCC (desirable)
Full Job Posting
Role Overview
- Nord Anglia Education is looking to recruit a Health & Safety Manager to join Etqan Global Academy in Doha, Qatar.
- We are looking for someone to support, maintain and improve the school's health and safety management arrangements, ensuring a safe, compliant and well managed environment for students, staff, visitors and contractors.
The Role
- Leading the implementation of the school's health and safety management system, ensuring policies and procedures are understood and applied
- Providing practical health and safety advice and guidance to school leadership, operations, facilities and teaching teams
- Coordinating and maintaining risk assessments across school activities, facilities, educational visits, events and contractors
- Carrying out regular health and safety inspections and audits across the school site
- Leading or supporting incident and near miss investigations, identifying root causes and corrective actions
- Supporting the development and testing of emergency response arrangements, including fire evacuation, lockdown and medical emergency procedures
- Delivering health and safety induction, training and awareness sessions for staff and contractors
- Managing contractor safety compliance and monitoring contractor activities on site
- Reporting regularly on health and safety performance to school and regional leadership
The Successful Candidate will possess
- Relevant qualification in Occupational Health and Safety or equivalent experience, e.g. NEBOSH International General Certificate
- Experience in a health and safety role, ideally within a school, education, facilities, hospitality or healthcare environment
- Strong understanding of risk assessment, inspections, incident investigation and corrective action management
- Strong communication and organisational skills
- Ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders in a school environment
- Good IT skills and ability to maintain accurate records
- IOSH Managing Safely, First Aid or Fire Safety training (desirable)
- Experience working in Qatar or the wider GCC (desirable)
About Us
- Nord Anglia Education is the world's leading international schools organisation. Our 80+ international schools are located in the Americas, Europe, China, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
- Together, they educate more than 80,000 students from kindergarten through to the end of secondary education.
- Our exclusive collaborations with prestigious institutions such as UNICEF, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), IMG Academy and Juilliard mean we're at the forefront of educational thinking.
To Apply
- On line applications need to be directly through the Nord Anglia Education careers page and should include a CV.
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