Senior Health and Safety Advisor

The Royal Household; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Pension 15%

Free on-site lunch

Parental pay & leave

Volunteering days

Employee discounts

Complimentary admission tickets

Job summary

The Royal Household is seeking a Health and Safety professional to lead audits, develop policies, and drive continuous improvement across our diverse venues and events. You will design and deliver engaging training, advise event teams, and report on safety performance to senior stakeholders.

Ideal candidates will hold NEBOSH Level 6 or MSc in OHS Management, with CMIOOSH preferred, and proven leadership in fast-paced multi-site environments including events or public-facing settings.

Qualifications

• Strong health and safety auditing experience across multi-functional, fast-paced environments.
• Experience designing and delivering health and safety training programmes.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with senior stakeholders.
• Proven people management or supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead on health and safety audits and monitor compliance with statutory requirements.
• Develop and improve health and safety policies, procedures, and arrangements across the organisation.
• Design and deliver training programmes to keep colleagues informed and compliant with best practices.
• Provide health and safety advice during event planning, build periods and delivery.
• Develop and mentor Health and Safety staff and deputise for the Head of Fire, Health and Safety when needed.
• Analyse and report health and safety performance data to senior management.

Education

NEBOSH Level 6 Diploma

MSc in Occupational Health and Safety Management

CMIOSH (preferred)

Auditing health and safety programs

Tools

PowerBI

MS Office (PowerPoint)

Job description

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 contributing to a positive health and safety culture and ensuring regulatory requirements are met across all our sites.

Key responsibilities:

• You'll lead on health and safety related audits, benchmarking compliance against statutory requirements and working closely with relevant departments to implement and close out recommendations.
• Working alongside the Head of Fire, Health and Safety, you'll contribute to the development, implementation and continuous improvement of health and safety policies, procedures and arrangements across the organisation.
• You'll design and deliver engaging health and safety related training programmes, ensuring colleagues remain informed, compliant and equipped with best practice knowledge.
• You'll work with the event teams and operational departments, providing health and safety advice throughout event planning, build periods and delivery.
• Leading and developing the Health and Safety Advisor, you'll help build capability within the team and contribute to the delivery of strategic objectives, deputising for the Head of Fire, Health and Safety when required.
• You'll analyse and report on health and safety performance data, presenting findings, trends and recommendations to senior stakeholders and management forums.
• You’ll hold a recognised health and safety qualification, such as a NEBOSH Level 6 Diploma or MSc in Occupational Health and Safety Management.
• Ideally, you’ll have reached CMIOSH level or being working towards this.
• Significant experience working in a multi-functional, fast-paced environment, ideally involving events or a public-facing organisation.
• Proven experience conducting health and safety audits and driving continuous improvement, preferably within property safety environments.
• Strong knowledge and practical application of health and safety legislation across a range of operational settings.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the confidence to present information and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Experience delivering health and safety training and creating clear, concise reports, policies and guidance documents.
• Proven people management or supervisory experience, with the ability to support and develop others.
• Strong organisational skills, a proactive approach and the ability to prioritise a varied workload while maintaining attention to detail.
• Experience of working with online Health and Safety Management Systems.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications ideally including PowerPoint and PowerBI.

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 employee here.

Interview date

1st stage interviews will take place on the 21st September 2026 on MS Teams. 2nd Stage Interviews will take place on week commencing 5th October 2026