Employee Wellbeing Lead

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: Employee Wellbeing Lead
• Job Location: Quayside House
• Salary: £39,186 - £44,428 per annum (pro rata)
• Hours per Week: 22.20
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Closing Date: 29/01/2024
• Job Requisition Number: 8252
• This post is not open to job share

About The Team & Role

This is an unique opportunity to make your mark on this new role and make a difference to the wellbeing of colleagues at Gloucestershire County Council.

You’ll work closely with our new Employee Mental Health Lead, working with our passionate Health and Wellbeing Champions, the wider People Services team and stakeholders across the council, focusing on activity which will enhance the overall health and wellbeing of staff. A new element of this role is that you’ll spend time liaising with stakeholders and managers, analysing data across the council and identifying opportunities to proactively reach out to teams and work with them to put in place plans to support improvements in their wellbeing. You’ll also work on evaluating and measuring the difference your input makes so we can showcase the value of wellbeing activities.

About You

To be successful you’ll be passionate about health and wellbeing in the workplace and be able to confidently explain the business rationale for addressing Employee Wellbeing. You’ll also be able to engage at all levels of the councils to develop and help implement plans for change, either at a large scale across the council or working with individual teams. You’ll be confident to take information from a range of sources and work effectively with the Employee Mental Health Lead to identify the opportunities, and evaluate the impact you are having.

About Us

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

Flexible and agile working opportunities 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service

An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)

Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family

Career development and qualification opportunities

Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision

Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.

An in-house Occupational Health service

Employee discount scheme

Cycle to Work scheme Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)

Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.

How to apply

If you feel you have the skills, desire and experience required to make a positive difference then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Eleanor Hutchison, Head of HR via email at eleanor.hutchison@gloucestershire.gov.uk.

Closing date 29 Jan 2024

Short-listed candidates will be contacted by e-mail and invited to interview after 31 Jan.

Interviews will be held on 9 Feb 2024.

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Wellbeing Lead Job Profile

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.