Health & Wellbeing Programme Co-ordinator

House of Commons

The House of Commons a unique and exciting place to work right at the heart of the UK's thriving democratic system. 

Behind the scenes, the House of Commons Service is made up of more than 3,000 employees who support and facilitate the smooth day to day running of the House. They provide professional services to Members of Parliament, their staff, and the wider parliamentary community.

Staff Benefits

In addition to your salary, we offer an attractive range of benefits including: 

• 30 days’ annual leave (increasing to 35 days after first full leave year). 
• Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. 
• Access to training and development. 
• Flexible working. 
• Interest free season ticket loan and bicycle loan. 

Introduction

The Houses of Parliament Health & Wellbeing Service supports Parliament in developing a healthy working environment and encouraging people to have a positive attitude to health at work. Its objectives are to help promote and maintain a high standard of physical and mental health for all persons working in the Houses of Parliament and to assist managers in reducing the risks to staff and visitors which may arise as a result of our work.

The role

This role will have responsibility for developing and co-ordinating delivery of events on the parliamentary wellbeing programme. They will also have responsibility for supporting and developing membership of our Health & Wellbeing Champion and Mental Health First Aid networks. The ideal candidate will have a background in delivering health promotion events including experience of using a broad range of communication methods to ensure our programme inclusively meets the needs of our diverse working population. They will also provide advice and guidance to managers and teams on our in-house health and wellbeing support services.

Some of the responsibilities include:

• Co-ordination and delivery of events on annual wellbeing programme;
• Production of campaign materials using excellent written communication skills and via a variety of software packages.
• Work with stakeholders across the community and third-party providers to promote increased service engagement and to deliver key wellbeing initiatives
• Collation of statistics and feedback, producing regular management information and data insights when required.
• Updating health & wellbeing intranet content and media channels as required.

Skills and Experience 

The successful candidate will have the following skills/experience:

Criterion 1
Qualification or equivalent experience working in health/public health/health and wellbeing/health promotion or health and social care sector. 

Criterion 2

Experience in successful delivery of health and wellbeing campaigns including delivering events to a diverse working population both in person and remotely. Demonstration of ability to work collaboratively across an organisation and in a team setting. 

Criterion 3
Excellent written and oral communication skills producing copy and communications via a variety of channels such as intranet, social media, yammer groups/blogs to promote health messaging.

Next Steps and Additional Information

• CV & Supporting Statement – If you would like to apply for this role, please submit your CV and covering letter with a 500 word limit. 
• We will require candidates to deliver a short presentation on a health and wellbeing topic which will be confirmed to those invited to interview.
• Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams

More information on the role and the full criteria can be found in the Job Description. 

Please note that most job offers will be made at the minimum of the salary range, other than in exceptional circumstances.

Please be advised that if we receive a large number of applications, we may close the role sooner than the advertised closing date. We recommend that candidates submit their applications as soon as possible if they would like to be considered for the position.