Health Safety & Wellbeing Adviser

Business Unit: HR - People services - Health, Safety and Wellbeing
Salary range: up to circa £38,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits
Location: UK Flexible with regular onsite presence- Commutable to Glasgow or Newcastle Hub is preferable.
Contract Type: Permanent

Live to challenge the status quo. Live a life more Virgin.

Our Team

Are you ready to make a difference? At Virgin Money, we have a broad remit with distinct legal and moral duties, and we lead the charge on wellbeing strategy.

Our Vision: We're committed to creating a healthy and safe work environment for all colleagues. Our proactive, preventative approach integrates health and safety into our core values and business practices, making everyone happier about money.

Wellbeing Vision: At Virgin Money, your wellbeing is done differently. We aim to create a thriving, future-focused workplace with wellbeing at its heart. We believe that wellbeing fuels performance, and a balanced work-life impacts both personal and professional success.

Our Commitment: We foster a culture of diversity, inclusion, and belonging, where everyone values wellbeing. Our transformational programmes support holistic wellbeing across mind, body, finance, and social connection, helping colleagues feel happier about money.

We empower our people to live their best lives by providing the right support at the right time. Join us and be part of a team that prioritises wellbeing and inspires you to be your best

What you'll be doing 

• Developing and implementing health, safety, and wellbeing policies, procedures, and service delivery.
• Playing a crucial role in ensuring the continuous improvement of our health, safety, and wellbeing performance. Providing subject matter expertise and direction, helping to create a safe and supportive environment for all our colleagues.
• Providing practical advice and oversee the Bank's compliance with legislative requirements, while supporting complex cases.
• Offering sound support, advice, and guidance to the wider business.
• Reviewing, analysing, and presenting relevant management information (MI) data to key stakeholders.
• Developing and maintaining internal and external relationships with the wider HR team, Senior Management, Regulators, Trade Unions, and third-party suppliers.

We need you to have

• Recent operational substantial experience at Advisor level, with IOSH membership and NEBOSH Health and Safety Certificate or equivalent.
• Qualified in fire safety and risk assessment, with broad knowledge of health, safety, and wellbeing legislation.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of engaging at all organisational levels.
• Proven strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and ability to multitask and meet deadlines independently.
• Proficient in IT, particularly in health and safety reporting databases and Office packages (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams).
• Pragmatic, flexible, and able to build strong relationships, influence others, and make effective decisions.
• Experience with supporting reasonable adjustments.

It's a bonus if you have but not essential

• Experience working within the Financial Services environment.
• Understanding of HR functionality.
• A wellbeing qualification - NEBOSH wellbeing certificate or equivalent.

Red Hot Rewards

• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if Part–Time) plus the option to buy more.
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year. 
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt. 
• Market-leading pension.
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness. 

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.

We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.

Say hello to Virgin Money
We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank.  As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we're a workforce to be reckoned with, and we're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We're customer-obsessed and work tirelessly to deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.' This means we're able to do banking differently, and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference by creating memorable moments and red-hot experiences for our millions of customers. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. 

Be yourself at Virgin Money
Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities.  We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.  

As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion.  If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team

It's important to note that there may be occasions where it's not possible to interview all candidates declaring a disability who meet the essential criteria for the job. In certain recruitment situations such as receiving a high-volume of applications, we may need to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled and non-disabled applicants. 

Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manage