Occupational Health & Safety Impact Specialist

Occupational Health & Safety Impact Specialist

Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre - Field Based and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Corporate Services
Closing date: 24 September 2025
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Corporate Services is made up of specialist teams, namely Legal, Occupational Health, Safety & Insurance, and Company Secretary & Share Management.

Field based and home with regular nationwide travel

Joining Sainsbury's as the Occupational Health & Safety Impact Specialist means being part of a team dedicated to enhancing the physical health and safety of our employees nationwide. With a focus on reducing harm and absence through proactive guidance and impactful interventions, this role offers the opportunity to make a significant difference in the wellbeing of our colleagues across various Sainsbury's locations, from Store Support Centres to retail outlets and logistics centres. As part of a supportive and collaborative environment, you will have the chance to influence health policies, drive positive changes, and contribute to a culture of safety and wellness that prioritises the welfare of our colleagues.

What you'll do

As the Occupational Health & Safety Impact Specialist, you will play a critical role in identifying and addressing work-related physical health impacts nationwide, providing guidance on implementing changes to reduce harm and absence across all areas of the business. You will act as a subject matter expert on physical wellbeing, conducting risk assessments, investigations, and providing recommendations to improve procedures and processes to enhance the overall safety and health of employees. Collaborating with various stakeholders, you will contribute to policy creation, present findings, and drive the implementation of corrective actions to mitigate physical impact trends, ensuring a proactive approach to improving the wellbeing of all colleagues.

Who you are

As the Occupational Health & Safety Impact Specialist, you are a dedicated and knowledgeable professional with a background in health and safety or health management, specialising in musculoskeletal health and recovery. Your ability to proactively identify physical health risks, conduct specialist risk assessments, and provide guidance on implementable changes to reduce harm and absence demonstrates your commitment to enhancing the wellbeing of colleagues nationwide. With strong communication skills, a coaching approach, and the capability to influence stakeholders at all levels, you play a vital role in guiding leadership on strategies to improve physical health and safety across the organisation.

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you'll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there's always the chance to try something new - whether that's as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we'll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

Benefits

• Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year.
• Pensions scheme and life cover.
• Performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on performance.
• Annual holiday allowance with the option to buy up to an additional week.
• Private healthcare and additional benefits such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance, and access to discounts from hundreds of retailers.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Maternity or adoption leave up to 26 weeks' pay and paternity leave up to 4 weeks' pay.

Please see for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).