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Job description

Contributing and Leading on the development and delivery of a strategy and a suite of supporting interventions to promote and support employee health and wellbeing including attendance management. This includes wellbeing initiatives and services for staff. The Health and Wellbeing Senior Advisor will be responsible for continuously improving the Health & Wellbeing service provided to all within EA. The post holder will provide support across a number of key strategic areas to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and performance of EA functions and services. At present this is not a direct line management role (subject to change). The post will require regular travel throughout Northern Ireland.

Responsibilities

• Provide training, support, coaching, mentoring to school leaders, Board of Governors and EA managers in the implementation of robust health and wellbeing and attendance strategies to facilitate the management of people, ensuring health and wellbeing
• Deliver key interventions to build capability of Governors, school leaders and line managers who have responsibility for people management, development and performance.
• Provide school leaders, Boards of Governors and EA managers with high quality guidance and support in developing and progressing HR health & wellbeing solutions to achieve business objectives.
• To provide guidance and support materials to EA managers and schools to promote a Health and Wellbeing culture.
• The post-holder will develop and give direction in relation to policy implementation and systems management.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Hold a bachelor’s degree or an equivalent or higher qualification and have a minimum of three years’ experience of providing relevant HR Health and Wellbeing expert advice and support to managers or or school management OR
• Have a minimum of five years’ experience of providing expert advice and support to managers or school management on a range of non-routine, complex workforce issues.
• Have experience of providing advice, guidance and support to senior managers in the handling of unacceptable attendance levels.
• Have experience of successfully leading absence projects resulting in tangible attendance, policy and process improvements.
• Knowledge of relevant HR policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of relevant employment law relating to Health and Wellbeing in particular Attendance Management.
• Willingness to undertake some evening work to support schools and managers.

Desirable Skills

• Demonstrable experience delivering Health and Wellbeing Programmes to more than one organisation to improve attendance levels.

Further Information

Locations include: Dundonald Office, Armagh Office, Ballymena, Ballee Centre, Omagh Office. Base to be determined on appointment. A full list of responsibilities, essential and desirable skills can be found on the Education Authority website. The Education Authority is an equal opportunities employer.