Health and Safety Consultant in Birmingham

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Operational Risk Consulting team at Marsh Risk. As a Health and Safety risk consultant in the Workforce Strategies Team, your role involves providing customized health and safety solutions to a diverse range of clients. These clients can vary in size, ranging from start-ups to large multinational companies, and come from a wide range of industries. You will be working as part of a team to deliver these solutions effectively.

Due to the nature of this role, the successful candidate can be based anywhere in the UK. Clients and prospects are seeking a more proactive approach to managing risk whereby they reduce their reliance on insurance by preventing and mitigating losses internally to reduce the Total Cost of Risk to their business. You will play a part in winning new business, retaining existing clients and expanding the services Marsh delivers to its clients by providing solutions to health and safety (H&S) challenges while optimising the placement of insurance through a connected service proposition.

This is done by partnering with key client stakeholders to deliver H&S-related solutions which truly benefit them and support both their internal risk management goals which could include national and International Travel.

We will count on you to:

• Improve clients’ risk management through the delivery of tailored health and safety and other risk management programs.
• Review clients’ operations to identify and analyse risks to their employees, contractors, visitors and other stakeholders.
• Prepare concise and clear reports, both to describe the risk to insurers and to assist clients with risk improvement.
• Provide risk management advice and consultancy primarily on health and safety risks.
• Identify clients’ potential liability risks and potential solutions.
• Identify and develop relationships and opportunities internally and externally to ensure sustained growth for Marsh.
• Work with key business leaders in delivering value added services to clients.
• Develop and deliver propositions and solutions in line with client and market needs.
• Develop professionally as both a Health and Safety Professional and Consultant.
• Grow your personal understanding and knowledge of Risk Management and Insurance.

What you need to have:

• Minimum of a NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent and working towards diploma level.
• Great communicator at all levels and be confident while sympathetic to client’s needs.
• Excellent team player and work well both on your own and as part of a delivery team.
• Experience in an operational role with H&S responsibilities and management systems.
• Conducting audits/surveys with an ability to write and deliver high quality presentations.
• Full UK driving licence with an appetite for travel and overnight stays.

What makes you stand out?

• Experience in H&S and Risk Management / Consultancy / Operations.
• Previous experience as a H&S Consultant/Fire Risk Assessor.
• Use of technology platforms to deliver solutions.
• IOSH Member working towards Chartered status with desire to develop professionally.
• Fleet risk management.
• Experience in conducting fire risk assessments in a wide range of premise type and accreditation with a fire institution such as IFSM/IFE.
• Familiarity with the insurance industry focusing on the claims process and how Health and Safety can influence decisions in insurance placement.

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Marsh Risk is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective.

Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at reasonableaccommodations@mmc.com.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.