Health & Safety Risk Consultant

Zurich Resilience Solutions was created to provide organisations with the most in-depth expertise, data and insight to manage their risks. We work collaboratively with customers, brokers, and our carefully selected network of third parties. We provide data, tools, and insight for our customers to make informed decisions to reduce their total cost of risk.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within our Zurich Resilience Solutions Workforce Strategies Practice business as a Health & Safety Risk Consultant. It is an ideal role for Health and Safety risk professional with a broad range of experience who is looking for a new and exciting challenge. In this role the successful candidate will enjoy a varied, challenging and rewarding diet of work, a great deal of autonomy and they will benefit from working with an experienced and high performing team.

This role is available part-time, job-share or full time. This is because we want the best people for our roles, and we recognise that sometimes those people aren’t available full-time.

What will you be doing?

• Deliver Health & Safety risk consultancy to our customers.

• Development of our risk consultancy business and customer proposition.

• Commercial acumen, business development skills and an ability to spot opportunities to support our customers and the development of business opportunities in relation to the growth of fee income.

• Marketing of our risk consultancy service through events, social media campaigns and other industry events

• Develop and support the relationships and risk profile improvement for a significant portfolio of major customers.

• Produce high quality professional reports, providing best practice advice to customers.

• Complete research into technical areas and provide up to date information for colleagues, other stakeholders, and customers.

• To support and enhance our Group Underwriting and customer propositions.

• To deliver training courses and presentations to our customers and stakeholders

• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent and proven practical hands-on experience

• CMIOSH, CIRM, or other equivalent professional qualification and evidence of continued professional development is advantageous.

Your Experience

• Health and Safety Consultant experience

• Business Development skills and commercial acumen

• Knowledge of current and emerging liability related risks and knowledge of relevant legislation and its application in an occupational environment

• Awareness of the principles and practices of the insurance industry, relevant to the role

• Able to review risks, suitability of controls and systems and carry out detailed gap analysis and offer advice and potential solutions.

• An enquiring mind with the ability to probe logically to establish the key exposures, common controls and analyse deficiencies with an ability to explain and articulate the business case for risk management to our customers.

• Coaching stakeholders and leaders on best practice risk management to drive a culture of continual improvement.

• Advanced communication skills, developing strong relationships with customers, and stakeholders, identifying opportunities for future business.

• A dedicated team player with a "can-do" approach to their work

• 12% defined non-contributory pension scheme.

• Annual company bonus.

• Income Protection.

• Life cover – four times your salary.

Time away

• 25 days holiday a year plus bank holidays.

• You can also request to swap UK bank holidays for days off that have cultural or religious significance to you.

• The option to buy up to an additional 20 days or sell some of your holiday.

• Three days paid volunteering.

• Up to 16 weeks’ full pay for maternity, paternity and adoption leave.

Your health is important to us

• Access to Private medical insurance.

• Virtual GP appointments.

• Discounted gym membership.

• Free flu jab.

• Access to a wealth of support from our wellbeing partners.

We’re making a difference

• Creating a brighter, more sustainable future underpins all that we do here in Zurich. We were the first insurer to sign the ‘UN Business Ambition for 1.5 C’ pledge.

• Our charitable arm, Zurich Community Trust, has awarded grants and volunteered time to deserving causes in the UK valued at over £90 million.