Interim Occupational & Wellbeing Manager

Occupational Health & Wellbeing Manager

6-Month Fixed-Term Contract | £70,000 + Benefits | UK Wide | Full-Time or Part-Time

Elevation Recruitment Group's People & HR team are recruiting for an experienced Occupational Health & Wellbeing Manager to join a UK-wide organisation on an initial 6-month fixed-term contract.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take ownership of occupational health and wellbeing provision across a diverse national workforce, driving service improvement, supporting effective absence management and embedding a proactive approach to colleague wellbeing.

Working closely with senior leaders, operational managers and external providers, you will combine strategic leadership with hands-on delivery, ensuring occupational health services meet both colleague and business needs.

The role offers flexibility around full-time or part-time working. However, a minimum of three days' travel per week across the UK is essential.

The Role

• Lead and continuously improve occupational health and wellbeing services.
• Manage external providers, supplier relationships and service performance.
• Develop and implement occupational health and wellbeing strategies and initiatives.
• Advise managers on absence management, occupational health referrals, rehabilitation and return-to-work processes.
• Oversee complex cases and provide expert occupational health guidance.
• Use people and wellbeing data to identify trends and drive improvements.
• Manage budgets, ensuring services deliver quality and value.
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, standards and best practice.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships and champion a positive wellbeing culture.

About You

• Qualified Occupational Health professional.
• CIPD Level 7 highly desirable.
• Significant experience in an Occupational Health or Wellbeing leadership role.
• Strong experience in supplier, contract and stakeholder management.
• Knowledge of absence management and wellbeing programmes.
• Commercially aware, with the ability to balance colleague wellbeing and business priorities.
• Confident communicator with strong influencing and analytical skills.
• Full UK driving licence and flexibility to travel nationally at least three days per week.

Experience within a safety-critical or operational environment would be advantageous.

What's on Offer?

• Salary of £70,000+ depending on experience.
• Initial 6-month fixed-term contract.
• Full-time or part-time working considered.
• UK-wide remit with the opportunity to make a tangible impact.
• A senior role with scope to influence and improve occupational health and wellbeing provision.

Interested?

If you're an experienced Occupational Health and Wellbeing professional looking for your next challenge and have the expertise to lead and improve services across a national organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today or contact Elevation Recruitment Group's People & HR team for more information.