Senior Occupational Health & Safety Advisor
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.
Salary Information
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.
About You
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.
- Ensuring effective health and safety management system is maintained including but not exclusively the undertaking of and reviewing of risk assessments and implementation of 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 where necessary the development and delivery of H&S training.
- Act as an advisor for senior management, department heads, and other key stakeholders on all Health and Safety matters.
- Support with 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.
Essential Skills
- NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent qualification in Occupational Health and Safety.
- Strong understanding of UK health and safety legislation and best practices (with experience gained in a senior H&S role in a commercial environment) with ability to apply to remote and hybrid working models.
- Ability to investigate accident, incident and near miss 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 intersection between health and wellbeing, inclusion, and health and safety
- Understanding of fundamental influences that effect 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.
Desirable Skills
- 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.
What We Will Offer You
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 fantastic career development and training. That's on top of enjoying all the benefits you'd expect from the world's number one insurance brand, including:
- 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
Our Ways of Working
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. Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.
Integrity, Fairness, Inclusion & Trust
At Allianz, we believe in fostering an inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our commitment to equal opportunities, gender equity, and balanced gender representation, is demonstrated by our numerous accreditations: EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Business in the Community's Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer.
We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success.
We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether it's assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements
Accessible Application for All
As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role.
Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications. Hr-recruitment@allianz.co.uk
For any inquiries or to submit your application, please contact: Cathryn Thmoas
If you are an at-risk candidate facing potential redeployment, please include this information in your CV.
Closing date 4th February 2026
We reserve the right to close the advert early if we reach enough applications.