Health & Wellbeing Projects Lead (Part-Time)

Company: Dorset Council
Apply for the Health & Wellbeing Projects Lead (Part-Time)
Location: Salisbury
Job Description:

Job title: Health and Wellbeing Projects Officer

Grade: F

Salary: Part time salary (30 hours per week) – £31,744 to £33,868 per annum (rising by annual increments)

Full time equivalent: £39,152 to £41,771 per annum

Hours: Part Time – 30 hours per week

Location: Service Headquarters, Salisbury OR Dorchester Support Offices, Poundbury. There will be a requirement to attend your centre of duty location approximately once a week for key activities and meetings. When you are not working from your centre of duty location there will be flexibility to work from home or other support offices.

Appointment Type: Permanent

Contact: For a chat about this post, please contact Vicky Read, Head of People Support on 01722 691146 or (email protected)

Responsibilities

  • Lead and coordinate a range of Health and Wellbeing projects from planning through to delivery, ensuring clear governance, effective project management, and successful outcomes delivered on time and within agreed resources and deadlines
  • Proactively identify, manage, and report on project risks, dependencies, and challenges, recommending practical solutions and mitigating actions to support successful delivery and continuous improvement
  • Provide flexible support and resilience across Health and Wellbeing functions as needed, ensuring continuity and effective delivery of key priorities
  • Build positive working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders to support the successful delivery of Health and Wellbeing initiatives and organisational objectives

Qualifications

  • Post specific qualification at Level 5 or working towards; or Professional Membership of the CIPD at Associate Level; or equivalent demonstrable working experience at this level
  • Knowledge and working experience of project governance and the production of documentation and records to support the development and delivery of projects
  • Experience in working with strategic and senior officers and stakeholders, as well as other internal and external stakeholders

Other Information

  • You must be able to fulfil the travel requirements of the role.
  • A Standard Disclosure & Barring Service Check (DBS) clearance will be undertaken on the successful individual prior to offer of employment.
  • Any offer of employment will be subject to full pre‑employment checks which include identity checks, right to work in the UK, medical, receipt of satisfactory references, verification of employment history and an explanation of any gaps in employment in the last 3 years.
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Benefits

We offer a wide range of employee benefits and strive to ensure that staff are valued and rewarded. We offer a flexi time scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme, a generous annual leave allowance, a variety of family friendly schemes including 39 weeks’ full pay during maternity leave (subject to qualifying criteria) and health & well‑being services.

Equal Opportunity

We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of our communities and welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. All applications will be treated on merit and staff involved in recruitment and selection processes undertake unconscious bias training.

We are committed to the Disability Confident Scheme and guarantee an interview to applicants with a disclosed disability if they meet the minimum criteria for the post to which they are applying. Please let us know in confidence if this applies to you, or if there are any reasonable adjustments that would help you apply for this post.

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Posted: June 2nd, 2026