Occupational Health Wellbeing & Welfare Manager (Grade M) 1791714, - Ref:1791714

Branch/Division - Organisational Learning & Workforce Development

Location - Sedgley Park Training Centre (Prestwich)

Grade - Grade M

Rank -Not applicable

Leadership Level - Senior Leader

Contract Type - Permanent

Hours - 36.25 hours per week

Hours - Full time

Greater Manchester Police is one of the largest police forces in the UK and is responsible for keeping its diverse population of almost 3 million safe, spread over more than 1,200 sq. km. Manchester in particular has been billed as the most diverse city in Europe with its population speaking at least 200 different languages, leading to the city being named as Britain’s “City of languages”. GMP are committed to ensure that the make-up of our workforce is reflective of the communities we serve and we recognise that having a diverse workforce makes us more approachable and relevant to the public. 

The Occupational Health Welfare and Wellbeing Unit support the Force by providing proactive and reactive services aimed at preventing ill-health and injury to ensure that optimum resources are available to serve and protect the public of Greater Manchester. 

We are looking for an energetic forward thinking individual to head up our team of Clinical staff and Practitioners as well as the newly formed Wellbeing Services Unit. 

As well as having strategic responsibility for all issues relating to the health, welfare and wellbeing of our officers and staff you will also ensure the unit meets it force objectives and delivers an effective service in relation to occupational health, welfare and wellbeing for all GMP staff and leaders. 

You will have line management responsibility for the Clinical and Practitioner teams as well as the Practice Manager and Wellbeing Services Manager along with management responsibility of the corporate budgets for the services provided services. 

In order to succeed in this role you must have: 

Robust management and strong leadership skills 
Experience of operating at a senior level and managing professional staff 
Experience of being responsible for large budgets and financial control, budgeting, procurement, tendering etc. 
Proven track record of service delivery 
Managing a number of projects simultaneously 
Experience of operating at a senior level within a health, welfare or personnel environment, managing a multi-disciplinary professional team and experience of financial control, budgeting procedures, procurement and ensuring value for money. 

You must have knowledge of evidencing a positive, enthusiastic attitude. It is essential that you have the ability to influence and negotiate effectively at senior management /Board level. 

The wellbeing section of this role is currently subject to organisational changes and this may result in changes in the future. 

Please refer to the attached Job Description for further details regarding the skills required to do this role. The Job Description has been signposted to indicate at which stage of the process each criteria will be tested. 

Due to the Equality Act (2010) the criteria surrounding sickness absence will not be checked until the conditional offer stage of the recruitment process, this is after the interview stage of the full recruitment process. With this in mind all candidates need to ensure that they have a good attendance record for the last 2 years for Staff and officers and for 12 months for apprentices. 

Please note, all of our communication will be sent to you via the e-mail address you provide on your application form, therefore please ensure gmprecruitment@gmss.co.uk is in your mail safe senders / safe recipients list to prevent our e-mails going into your junk mail. 

Greater Manchester Police have been informed of potential personal tax implications for members of the 1987 Police Pension Scheme, who retire and take a pension between the ages of 50 and 54 inclusive and then take up employment as a Police Staff member. Members of the police pension scheme whose age is between 50 and 54 who are re-employed as a Police Staff member have to meet certain conditions to keep their PPA and to protect against personal tax liability charges on any payments paid before the age of 55. One of those conditions is that a break of at least 1 month is required where the re-employment is ‘materially different’. However, if the role is not deemed to be ‘materially different’ then a 6 month break is required. 
For further information, please e-mail gmprecruitment@gmss.co.uk