Head of Wellbeing

Job Title:       Head of Wellbeing
Location:       Farnborough, Bristol, Portsmouth or Malvern
Package:       Competitive Salary + Benefits Package

Role Type:     Full-time / Permanent
Role ID:         SF17508
 
QinetiQ is seeking an experienced and dynamic Head of Wellbeing to champion our commitment to holistic health and vitality across the organisation, driving forward our growth strategy through a thriving workforce.

The Role 
In this pivotal role, you will report directly to the Group Employee Experience Director and be responsible for implementing and continuously enhancing a comprehensive wellbeing strategy. You will lead the development and delivery of global processes, systems, and initiatives that protect the health of our people, support physical and mental wellbeing, and create work environments where our diverse employees can truly thrive.

Day-to-day, you will:

• Maintain and continually improve a comprehensive Wellbeing Strategy. 
• Establish a clear plan to deliver the strategy ensuring a cohesive approach through the coordination of global initiatives.
• Develop and refine fit-for-purpose programmes and initiatives covering all dimensions of health and wellbeing.
• Partner closely with Safety colleagues in relation to all identified areas of risk and collaborate with business leaders, functional leaders, and external partners to align wellbeing efforts and ensure engagement and commitment.
• Provide regular reports on budget utilisation and programme effectiveness to senior management and stakeholders.
• Establish and manage a Global Wellbeing Steering Committee and provide regular updates on wellbeing initiatives to key stakeholders.
• Provide ongoing strategic guidance and direction to position the organisation as a leader in employee wellbeing and people experience.

This role is full-time, 37 hours per week, you will ideally be based within an hour of one of our key hubs of Farnborough, Bristol, Portsmouth or Malvern. There may be travel required to Farnborough, our Headquarters for adhoc meetings.
 
Experience of the Head of Wellbeing

• Significant experience developing, implementing, promoting and evaluating a contemporary wellbeing programme and strategy for a large complex organisation.
• Experience in working for a highly regulated industry, where you have had to navigate complex and dynamic regulatory environments in order to operate legally and successful. 
• Proven track-record of working successfully with a range of partners at a strategic and operational level.

Qualifications of the Head of Wellbeing

• Allied health qualifications in Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiologists Nursing or other health disciplines.
• Chartered or working towards chartered status of a relevant professional body.
• Relevant training in employee wellbeing such as Mental Health First Aid and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. 

Please note that all applicants must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum. 

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Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more.
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave. 
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant. 
• Payroll Giving and Volunteering - helping charities and local community.

 
Our volunteering programme enables our people to use their professional skills to make a positive difference in our local communities, for example STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ambassador days in schools. We support a number of charities that are important to our people, including those, which help the defence community. 

Why join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

You’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experience enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture here.  

Joining QinetiQ offers you an opportunity to work on a broad range of interesting defence-based projects with vast career progression across a global organisation in addition to competitive personal and professional benefits.  You’ll receive a highly competitive salary and benefits package: our basic salaries are very attractive as we constantly review what’s happening in the market. The range of benefits that we offer include, adaptive and flexible working, generous holiday entitlements, Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance and much more. 

About QinetiQ

As a company of over 6,000 dedicated professionals, we are a world-centre of excellence in research and development and act as a catalyst for fast-track innovation, offering outstanding experimentation facilities, and technical, engineering and scientific expertise. QinetiQ is made up of dedicated experts in defence, aerospace, security and related markets, all working together to explore new ways of protecting what matters most. Being part of QinetiQ means being central to the safety and security of the world around us. Partnering with our customers, we help to save lives; reduce risks to society; and maintain the global infrastructure on which we all depend. Come and find out how you can play a role.

Please note that many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting. Applicants that already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment, subject to approval. A number of roles are also subject to restrictions on access to information that mean factors such as nationality, previous nationalities held and the country in which you were born may have an effect on the roles that you can be employed in.