Health & Safety Advisor
Location: London (predominately on-site occasional travel to other UK offices)
Salary: Up to £55,000, dependent on experience
Type: Permanent, full-time
The Role
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Health & Safety Advisor to join the Internal Client Services team of a well-established, international professional services firm based in London.
Reporting into a newly-appointed Health & Safety Manager, this role plays a key part in supporting a consistent, high-quality health and safety service across UK and international offices. Working closely with Facilities, Office Managers, HR, and the Responsible Business team, you’ll provide competent day-to-day advice, help implement effective systems, and support a genuinely positive safety culture.
This is a broad, hands-on advisory role with real scope to influence how the function develops under new leadership.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day competent advice on workplace health and safety matters, including office and contractor activity
- Support the maintenance and continual improvement of the firm’s H&S management system, policies, and procedures
- Help ensure compliance with H&S requirements including fire safety, first aid provision, DSE, and contractor controls
- Work with Office Managers and Facilities teams to support consistent implementation across UK and international offices
- Support internal inspections, audits, and tracking of actions to completion
- Prepare reports and dashboards highlighting trends, risks, and progress for Facilities/ICS leadership
- Coordinate and support delivery of H&S training, inductions, and awareness activity
- Support risk assessments and programmes including DSE/homeworking, fire safety, and working at height
- Support incident and near-miss reporting and investigation, identifying root causes and corrective actions
- Support readiness and maintenance of relevant management system standards (e.g. ISO 45001)
- Contribute to a positive safety culture through communications and engagement activity
What You’ll Need
- NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent) essential; working towards NEBOSH Diploma desirable
- Demonstrable experience in a health and safety advisory role, ideally within an office, professional services, or multi-site environment
- Good working knowledge of H&S legislation (risk assessment, fire safety, contractor management, RIDDOR)
- Experience completing and reviewing risk assessments and supporting contractor RAMS
- Confident, clear communicator able to build relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels
- Strong organisational skills and comfort working with data (incident trends, audit actions, training matrices)
- Pragmatic and solutions-focused approach, balancing compliance with operational needs
- First Aid qualification (or willingness to train) is desirable
Legal sector experience is not required — professional services or comparable corporate environment experience is what matters most here.
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