Senior Risk Consultant

Role Description

Do you excel in Health & Safety and enjoy influencing positive change? If you’re motivated by fast‑moving environments and the chance to add real value, we’d love to hear from you. Become part of the Allianz Occupational Health & Safety team and help us maintain a safe, thriving workplace for everyone.

This position is located in our Guildford office. This is a hybrid role with expectation of you attending the office twice per week.

Circa 58k per annum. Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.

As a Senior Occupational Health & Safety Advisor, you will:

• Ensure compliance with key UK legislation, and any industry-specific regulations that apply to office and remote work in the finance and insurance industries.
• Ensure an effective health and safety management system is maintained, including undertaking and reviewing risk assessments and implementing effective controls.
• Promote a culture of health, safety, and wellness across the organization, including ergonomics and stress management programs for office and remote workers.
• Support the development of OHS policy, standards and procedures across the company.
• Lead investigations into workplace incidents, accidents, and near misses, recommending corrective actions to ensure a safe working environment.
• Ensure all employees have the requisite H&S knowledge and training to perform their roles effectively, including development and delivery of H&S training where necessary.
• Act as an advisor for senior management, department heads, and other key stakeholders on all Health and Safety matters.
• Support the creation of clear and comprehensive reports on the organization's health and safety performance, including metrics, trends, and areas for improvement.
• Undertake audits, inspections and assurance activities.
• Deputise for the Head of Occupational Health & Safety.

• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent qualification in Occupational Health and Safety.
• Strong understanding of UK health and safety legislation and best practices, with experience in a senior H&S role in a commercial environment, and ability to apply to remote and hybrid working models.
• Ability to investigate accidents, incidents and near misses in accordance with company and regulatory requirements and implement Health and Safety Management Systems.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence senior management and employees at all levels.
• Understanding of the intersection between health and wellbeing, inclusion, and health and safety.
• Understanding of fundamental influences that affect organisational culture.
• Ability to work autonomously, manage multiple priorities across multiple sites, and experience of consulting with employees in a unionised organisation.

We support the government scheme “Access to Work”; please feel free to ask us about the Access to Work scheme.

• NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management or equivalent.
• Chartered Member of IOSH (CMIOSH) or equivalent professional recognition or working towards.
• Continuous CPD record, for example IOSH Blueprint.

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from, so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and development and training. Benefits include:

• Flexible buy/sell holiday options
• Hybrid working
• Annual performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Development days
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet
• Retail discounts
• Volunteering days

Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen. Allianz is signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We support hybrid work patterns to balance the needs of our customers with your personal circumstances and our business requirements.