Health and Safety Advisor

It's knowing you're protecting the community that surrounds you. It's feeling trusted to deliver to the very highest standards. And it's developing your career as part of a unique organisation. This is what makes working for the Royal Household exceptional.

The Royal Household is a truly diverse organisation in terms of its activities, locations and working environments. As well as welcoming thousands of guests and visitors each year to world class events and public openings, our workplaces include offices, kitchens, stables, workshops and gardens, making this a fascinating and challenging role for Health and Safety professionals.

You’ll play a vital part in promoting a positive health and safety culture and ensuring regulatory requirements are met across all our sites.

Key responsibilities:

• Promote a culture of Health and Safety, and assist managers with all Health and Safety related assessments, procedures and practical training needs for day-to-day activities as well as events.
• Support and complete workplace inspections and with relevant, up-to-date policy advice, make recommendations to alleviate risk.
• Manage the annual rolling health surveillance programme across all sites in consultation with our external provider.
• Support the development of our on-line health and safety management system.
• Ensure systems are updated, including risk registers, accident and near miss information so that health and safety performance is accurately monitored.
• Input and analyse incident data to identify trends and areas requiring further investigation.
• Work with colleagues to ensure the Royal Household complies with its statutory duties and industry standards.

Although based at Buckingham Palace, you will regularly travel to Windsor Castle and occasionally to other sites.

Essential Criteria:

• A qualified professional, you have a relevant health and safety qualification at QCF Level 3 or equivalent (NEBOSH General Certificate or similar) and you’re keen to develop and progress your career.
• With relevant experience in a fast paced and multi-functional environment, and sound knowledge of statutory compliance and risk, you’ll be confident providing advice and making recommendations.
• A capable communicator able to build good working relationships at all levels.
• At your best working as part of a team, you can also use initiative to work independently.
• Highly organised and pro-active, you can co-ordinate a varied workload across locations and meet multiple deadlines.
• With good administration skills and attention to detail, you can analyse data, identify insights and produce reports in different formats.
• Digitally literate with a sound understanding of MS Office and Health and Safety systems.

We know that to deliver our best work; we need to feel at our best. That’s why at the Royal Household we offer a generous benefits package designed to support your wellbeing and life priorities. 

Enjoy 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days (plus bank holidays) dependent on the length of time you have worked for us.

Our excellent non-contributory pension plan (we’ll contribute 15% and you can contribute more if you wish) is highly valued by our employees, as is complimentary lunch on-site to keep you fuelled throughout the day.

We also offer a range of leave options to support your life priorities, such as parental pay and leave and volunteering days, as well as benefits to support your physical and mental wellbeing.

Other perks include 20% off at our Royal Collection Trust Shops and complimentary admission tickets across all our locations, along with many more exclusive employee discounts.

Find out more about the full range of benefits available to our employees here.