Senior Health & Safety Consultant

• 100% homeworking + company car


• Role will be covering the North of England


• Opportunity to lead a team of H&S consultants

As an NFU Mutual Senior 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 Senior Health and Safety Consultant to lead a team of consultants and actively engage in your own survey work. The team is part of the biggest Risk Management Consultancy in the UK and delivers a tailored health and safety consultancy service.

You’ll work from home and travel to clients across the North as needed. 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.

You’ll also 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.

If you like working with a variety of clients, leading a team and the freedom to manage your own time, this could be the right opportunity for you.

You have a lot of experience as a health and safety professional, and you're looking for a new challenge at a well-established company.

You have great people skills and a history of building strong relationships with different customers. You work with a consultative style and make sure to provide the best guidance and results to customers.

You’ll bring experience in health and safety consultancy and a background in producing surveys related to health and safety as well as experience of managing a team.

To join our team you must be:

• Target driven and used to working towards KPIs.


• An experienced and successful health and safety professional


• Chartered IOSH qualified or working towards this.

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.   

We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during  the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.

• Salary up to £60k


• 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. 

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 are one of only 57 companies across the globe, and one of only two organisations with headquarters in the UK, to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2023 award. We were also named in the LinkedIn Top 25 Companies List 2021, 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 and 2024.

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.