Hours:
37.0 Hours per Week

Are you an experienced learning and development or wellbeing professional who is passionate about workplace wellbeing?

Are you a colleague who wants the opportunity to work in a positive, dynamic, supportive environment in a team that strives to learn, grow, and help others to realise their potential?

If so, we want to hear from you!

Workplace wellbeing is a priority within our Council Plan and is strongly supported by our Senior Leadership Team here at Solihull MBC. Our aim is to enable workplace wellbeing which can also have a direct impact on service delivery and business outcomes.

We have an exciting Organisational Wellbeing Strategy, and the new Wellbeing Development Officer role will support the established Organisational Wellbeing Lead in its delivery.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a talented, experienced, and passionate individual to join our energetic and outcome focused Organisational Development and Wellbeing Team.

Supporting a number of key wellbeing priorities within our Corporate Wellbeing Strategy, you will develop, deliver, and evaluate bespoke wellbeing related learning and development interventions that support and enable employee wellbeing within Solihull MBC.

You will work collaboratively with partners, stakeholders and colleagues across the Council including Managers, Local Wellbeing Leads, Resolution Contacts and Organisational Development Leads to develop, deliver, and sometimes commission wellbeing learning solutions that have a positive impact for colleagues, including developing training content and blended learning.

You should have experience of designing and managing the delivery and evaluation of innovative Learning and Development and/or wellbeing content and programmes for a range of different stakeholders with different learning and wellbeing needs.

Above all, you will be a passionate supporter of people development and be able to influence and challenge others to achieve their potential through a wide range of learning and development solutions.

You will have:

• A relevant learning and development, teaching, adult learning, adult mental health/wellbeing, human resources qualification or equivalent
• Experience of successfully designing, delivering, and evaluating learning and development and/or wellbeing interventions within a varied organisational setting
• Experience of supporting stakeholders in the identification and definition of current and future workforce wellbeing, learning and development needs
• Be willing to develop e-learning content where appropriate
• An understanding of workplace wellbeing

In return, working for Solihull MBC offers you the opportunity to further develop your professional skills and experience and achieve job satisfaction by being actively involved and having a voice about a wide range of approaches that will achieve positive outcomes for our colleagues.  

We also offer:

• Continuous professional development to grow you in the role
• Flexible working, including flexi leave up to 24 days per year and agile working arrangements
• The opportunity to buy up to 10 days additional leave per year
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme – a 24 hour independent, free and confidential advice and support service
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Employee benefits including a staff discount card

We are currently implementing Smarter Ways of Working as we recognise that work is what you do and not necessarily where you go.  Our aim is to balance the needs of our employees with service delivery and, for this role in particular, that is likely to include a combination of working from home (if desired) and our main Corporate buildings in Solihull.

This post is an Essential Car Users post which means that car park access will be available at the main Council House Complex offices in the centre of Solihull.

Please provide a current career resume (CV) accompanied by a supporting statement which tells us why you are passionate about workplace wellbeing and also importantly, what knowledge, skills and experience you can bring to the role in line with the job description and person specification

If you have a specific question or require further information regarding this post, please contact Tracey Ellis, Organisational Development and Wellbeing Business Manager, on 0121 704 6441 or Deryn Bishop, Organisational Wellbeing Lead on 0121 704 6357 or 07901510489

Interviews and an exercise where you will be asked to facilitate a wellbeing learning session will take place on the 1^st or 2^nd of September 2022 at The Council House Complex, central Solihull.

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Not Required .

This post requires the following Disclosure and Barring check: Not required .

Solihull Council is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit.

Solihull Council has a responsibility for, and a commitment to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Supporting documents
Job Description & Person Specification