Health and Wellbeing Manager

BAE Systems.; Carnforth; Hybrid; GBP 64,000; Full time

Job summary

BAE Systems is seeking a Health and Wellbeing Manager to lead a dedicated team in delivering health strategies aligned with business objectives. The role involves overseeing wellbeing governance, embedding practices into operations, and ensuring organizational resilience. Ideal candidates will hold a professional health qualification with extensive experience in strategic delivery within large organizations.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Eligibility for annual incentive

Qualifications

• Professional qualification related to health, psychology, or public health required.
• Significant post-qualification experience must be demonstrated.
• Experience in applying clinical knowledge into strategic delivery needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of health and wellbeing strategies.
• Manage and guide a team delivering health and wellbeing services.
• Present regular updates to the board regarding initiatives' performance.

Skills

Leadership

Occupational Health Knowledge

Strategic Delivery

Health and Safety Compliance

Education

Professional qualification in relevant field

Job description

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Job Title: Health and Wellbeing Manager

Location: Warton - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: £63,900

What you'll be doing:

• Lead the development and implementation of health and wellbeing strategies aligned with the Air business objectives

• Manage and guide a dedicated team to deliver comprehensive health, wellbeing, wellness, and occupational health services

• Oversee governance and provide assurance for all health and wellbeing initiatives and activities

• Embed health and wellbeing practices into business operations to strengthen organizational and employee resilience

• Drive proactive health and wellbeing risk identification and mitigation

• Present regular updates to the board on the performance and impact of health and wellbeing initiatives across the business.

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

• Professional qualification in a relevant field (e.g., occupational health, psychology, public health) with substantial amount of post qualification experience

• Demonstrated experience of applying clinical knowledge and best practice into strategic delivery across a large multi-sector organisation

Desirable

• Experience working within large, diverse organisations across multiple sites or locations

• Knowledge of health and safety regulations and compliance requirements as relating to employee health and wellbeing

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of successfully implementing organisational or public health strategic changes

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Health and Wellbeing team:

As the Health and Wellbeing Manager will be responsible for leading a health and wellbeing team to success, supporting them to deliver tailored and evidence-based health and wellbeing interventions. BAE values all employees and this role will be an essential part of upholding our care promise to all employees. We want everyone to be able to be at their best and thrive at work. This role will be fundamental in integrating health and wellbeing into everyday operations, whilst improving productivity and safety across BAE Air.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 11th July 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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