Senior Occupational Health & Wellbeing Co-ordinator

 

The Service & Team: 

The Occupational health and wellbeing team are seeking a confident, driven and motivated individual to join our growing team. As part of the Health Safety and Wellbeing team within People and Change, you will be working to deliver key elements of the council statutory Health surveillance programme (medicals), business support functions and Health and safety compliance support for schools.

 

The Role:

This is a hybrid that is supported by both OH and H&S in its delivery and training. Ideally you will already hold a Nebosh General certificate in H&S (or equivalent) or be able to demonstrate suitable work experience in either field. However consideration will be given to individuals who demonstrate skills and or aptitude for the role.

Key tasks within the role include but are not limited to:
Safety critical health surveillance medical delivery - Spiro/audio and vision 
advice and guidance on H&S and OH issues 
on call duty rota for safety team
business support functions 
support the wellbeing delivery program

Full training, upskilling and support will be provided in each element of the service offer and to support your continued professional development. The ability to travel within Cornwall is required and some out of county travel for training, upskilling and courses will also be needed.

 

What you'll need to succeed: 

Applicants should have good customer service skills, can do attitude and look forward to trying new things and varied workloads. A good level of IT skills knowledge is also required. 

 

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

 

What you'll get in return: 

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

· a competitive salary.

· a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions

· a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.

· A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme

· Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

 

Additional Information: 

The full role profile is attached here 

The Health Safety and Wellbeing team are committed to supporting the EDI framework within Cornwall Council. We welcome applications from all, and offer a range of adjustments to support potential employees. For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Robert Ley, Occupational Health and Wellbeing Manager on: 01872 323138

As this is a hybrid role your main work base will be New county hall, Truro, as well as alternative locations as determined by client and delivery needs.  

Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Find out more about working and volunteering for us.

  

We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options.

 

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.

 

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.