Health and Safety Apprentice

Role Profile

Join Our Health and Safety Team as an Apprentice - London Luton Airport Apprenticeship Programme.

Assessment Centre date: Week commencing 1st September 2025

Final Stage Interview date: Week commencing 8th September 2025

Start date: October 2025

We’re excited to announce the launch of a brand-new opportunity as part of our London Luton Airport Apprenticeship Programme! In line with our partnership commitments with Luton Borough Council, we’re providing local opportunities for local residents from LU1 to LU4 postcodes to join our Health & Safety team— while earning a Level 3 Business Administrator qualification with Bedford College Group.

About the Apprenticeship

As an apprentice supporting our Health & Safety team, you will play a key role in keeping our people, passengers, and partners safe every day. You’ll help manage vital documentation, procedures, and communications that ensure compliance, smooth operations, and a safe working environment across the airport.

This is a vital function at London Luton Airport, involving the processing and management of Health & Safety records, permits, inductions, and paperwork that keep our busy environment moving.

Your typical duties will include:

  • Using content management systems to maintain internal Health & Safety databases
  • Organising and storing Health & Safety paperwork, permits, and computer-based records
  • Devising and maintaining office systems to support safety compliance
  • Booking rooms, attending meetings, taking minutes, and keeping records for Health & Safety briefings
  • Coordinating H&S training for LLA Departments
  • Managing budgets and supporting invoicing for safety equipment and services
  • Liaising with staff across departments and external contractors on Health & Safety matters
  • Supporting all departments at London Luton Airport in regards to managing Health & Safety compliance
  • The opportunity to work on ad hoc external projects
  • Ordering and maintaining supplies, including safety equipment and documentation
  • Sorting and distributing post and official notices
  • Photocopying and printing Health & Safety documents for team members
  • Organising and delivering site inductions to new staff and contractors
  • Assisting with site inspections
  • Collecting and storing Health & Safety documentation such as risk assessments and method statements
  • Shadowing H&S Coordinator & Advisors
  • Using Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, and other software to create safety reports, records, and presentations

Typical work pattern

  • 37 hours per week (Including one study day)
  • Typical working hours are between 09:00 – 17:30

Who we're looking for

  • A positive, ‘can do’ attitude — someone who gets involved, takes ownership, and takes pride in their work
  • Thrives on variety and can adapt to a dynamic, fast-paced environment like London Luton Airport
  • Great at prioritising tasks and ready to tackle challenges head-on
  • Quick-thinking and flexible when plans change
  • Excellent communicator and collaborator, confident working with different teams
  • Able to analyse and interpret information and present it clearly to various audiences
  • Willing and able to travel across airport sites and to off-site training days
  • Eager to learn quickly in a reactive, evolving workplace
  • Comfortable working outdoors in all weather conditions to support our passengers and protect the environment
  • Understands and follows health and safety protocols

Qualifications required/desirable

Minimum requirements:

  • English and Maths at GCSE Grade 4 (C) or above, or Functional Skills Level 2 or above

Desired requirements:

  • Confidence using ICT systems and Microsoft Office packages.

Training & apprenticeship details

  • You will be enrolled in the Level 3 Business Administration apprenticeship programme, fully funded through an accredited training provider
  • Apprenticeship duration: 12-18 months, 3-month gateway period for EPA

The successful apprentice will attend 10 mandatory monthly delivery sessions in college from 9.30am to 4.30pm. Apprentices can attend the Bedford or Dunstable campus and will cover topics such as:

  • Introduction, Managing Performance, Professionalism and Quality
  • The Organisation, Value of your Skills and Personal Qualities
  • Legislation, Regulations, Policies, Procedures and Processes
  • IT, Record and Document Production Skills
  • Stakeholders, Communication and Interpersonal Skills
  • Planning and Organisation
  • Business Fundamentals including Decision Making and Problem Solving
  • External Environmental Factors
  • Project Management
  • Project Workshop

Eligibility

To apply, you must be:

  • Living in England for the past 3 years and have the right to work in the UK
  • 5-year checkable work/education history  
  • Not currently enrolled on any other courses
  • Aged 18 or over
  • Local Luton Resident (LU1-LU4)

All apprenticeships are subject to passing enhanced background checks in aviation. This job description is intended to give an appreciation of the role and the range of duties and responsibilities to be undertaken. It does not attempt to detail every activity. Specific tasks and objectives will be agreed on an on-going basis. The apprentice will be required at all times to perform any other reasonable tasks, as requested by the Line Manager, in order to meet the operational needs of the business.

For any further information, please contact the Human Resources department [email protected] London Luton Airport Operations Ltd collects your personal information when you submit your application. For more details about the personal information LLA collects, how we collect it, why we need it, what we do with it, how long we keep it and what your rights are, please see our privacy notice at www.london-luton.co.uk/privacy-notice.

LLA is committed to fostering, promoting and preserving a culture of diversity, equality and inclusion, as we carry out our mission.  We will always be respectful and seek to learn from those different from ourselves.  We strive to be an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee has a negative experience for being who they are.  We welcome all applications!

To apply:

Please submit your CV and covering letter here. Within your covering letter please make sure to answer the following questions:

  • Do you have the right to work in the UK?
  • Do you live within LU1-LU4? (as part of our eligibility criteria)
  • Why are you interested in this apprenticeship and what do you hope to gain from it?
  • What skills, experiences or personal qualities do you have that make you a good fit for this role?
  • What excites you most about starting a career in this field and what do you hope to achieve by the end of this apprenticeship?