Health And Safety Consultant

This range is provided by NFU Mutual. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Pivotal role, providing Health and Safety advice and expertise. Consulting with clients across the UK. Field-based position working from home and visiting clients’ premises - company car included!

About the role

As an NFU Mutual Health and Safety consultant, you’ll belong to a Risk Management Services team that has helped business owners reduce and manage commercial risk for over 30 years. Health and safety is the main focus of our Risk Management Services function and we’re looking for a skilled Health and Safety Consultant to actively engage in your own survey work. The team delivers a tailored health and safety consultancy service. You’ll establish and maintain strong relationships with clients, other Health and Safety Consultants, and Industry and regulatory bodies, to ensure the effective achievement of goals and promotion of NFU Mutual Risk Management Services. You’ll work from home and travel to clients across the UK, with a focus across Leicestershire, Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire, depending on where you reside. You’ll have full control over your diary to work with an existing customer base and generate more work through referrals. Our clients cover a wide range of industries such as commercial, agriculture, retail, estates and leisure, so every day will be different. This role is known internally as an RMS Health & Safety Consultant. If you like working with a variety of clients, this could be the right opportunity for you!

About you

You’re an experienced and confident Health & Safety professional, ready to make a real difference for our clients. With a strong background in providing consultancy and advice across commercial environments—including farming and agriculture—you bring detailed technical knowledge of current Health & Safety legislation, risk management, and loss prevention practices. You’re self-motivated, target-driven, and used to working towards KPIs. Your ability to write high-quality Health & Safety reports and assessments sets you apart, and you’re comfortable engaging with a wide range of stakeholders. Effective time management and flexibility are second nature to you, and you always put the customer at the heart of what you do.

Requirements

• A full UK driver’s licence – essential
• To hold, or currently be working towards, NEBOSH Diploma, or equivalent - Essential
• Proven experience in a Health & Safety role, ideally in commercial and agricultural settings - desirable
• Excellent written communication skills – essential, and to be assessed at interview
• A customer-focused approach and strong stakeholder engagement skills

If you’re passionate about making workplaces safer and want to be part of a supportive, forward-thinking team, we’d love to hear from you. At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.

Benefits and Rewards

When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:

• Salary of £50,000 - £55,000
• Company Car
• Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary)
• Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme
• A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities
• Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets
• £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs
• Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more
• Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance
• Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year
• Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme
• Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary
• Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.
• Salary sacrifice employee car scheme - subject to eligibility.

Working at NFU Mutual

We’re one of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 years we’ve put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us. We pride ourselves on being “a great place to work” and our Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2025 award was not only awarded with Distinction but also named us as the first UK-based company to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace for ten years in a row. We are also the only Insurer to feature in the LinkedIn Top 15 Companies 2025 list of ‘Best midsize employers to grow your career in the UK’, the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK List 2023 and 2024, and were recognised as a certified UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023, 2024 and 2025. We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future.