Overview
Office, Facilities and Health & Safety Specialist – Permanent, Full Time
Location: Brighton, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom
Role purpose: The Office Facilities and Health & Safety Specialist is an integral role supporting the Brighton office. The role is responsible for managing and coordinating the office facilities and health and safety requirements and for ensuring that the company’s physical workspace is safe, efficient, and comfortable for employees and visitors. The role also supports the development and implementation of safety programs and policies to ensure compliance with local regulations and to implement strategy for employee experience as directed by senior management.
About Zurich Cover-More: Zurich Cover-More is one of the world’s largest travel insurance and assistance providers and part of Zurich Insurance Group. We stand for more care, more cover, for all, and we support more than 20 million travellers each year, with teams globally and a multilingual service platform.
Responsibilities
* You’ll provide comprehensive support in all areas of Facilities, Health and Safety management, ensuring compliance with EHS regulations and driving continuous improvement to the safety culture.
* You’ll work with the Facilities Manager, Europe and local Senior Management to ensure compliance in line with relevant legislation.
* You’ll coordinate H&S inductions, training, fire drill testing and maintain internal systems.
* You’ll stay up to date with changes to legislation, ensuring updates are reflected in office policies and procedures.
* You’ll conduct regular safety training sessions for employees, ensure awareness, and manage accident and incident reporting.
* You’ll oversee, manage and record on-site work and contractual relationships with vendors and service providers for facility maintenance to meet agreed standards.
* You’ll conduct regular risk assessments and inspections to identify hazards and implement measures to minimise risk, including weekly checks and floor walks.
Qualifications
* You’ll have solid, proven, relevant experience in facilities management or in a health and safety management role.
* You’ll have excellent stakeholder management skills and be able to manage relationships with contractors and vendors.
* You’ll be highly organised with the ability to prioritise multiple tasks, self-motivated and confident.
* You’ll have a high level of autonomy, attention to detail, strong communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across different departments and locations.
* You’ll have a high level of IT competency, proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF with the aptitude to learn new software and systems.
Why join us
We value optimism, caring, togetherness, reliability and determination. We have more than 2900 employees worldwide and are a global group of diverse professionals. We share a mission to look after travellers, at every step of their journey.
Career growth: We encourage ongoing learning, development and idea sharing. We want you to contribute to the business and work collaboratively across teams.
Work-life balance: We offer annual and personal leave, anniversary leave, volunteer leave and a comprehensive paid parental leave scheme.
Diversity and inclusion: We respect who you are and embrace diversity — come as you are.
Job details
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Administrative
* Industries: Insurance
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