Senior Occupational Health & Wellbeing Specialist - Secondment
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Description
Location
Manchester, GB
Department Name
SC Head of Workforce Health Safety & Environment (115681) G2
About Network Rail
🌟 Join Our Team at Network Rail! 🌟
Are you ready to make a difference in people's lives? At Network Rail, we connect passengers and freight customers, ensuring safe and efficient transportation across the country. We're an organisation where people truly matter, and when you join us, you matter to us and millions of others. Click here to watch our inspiring video to learn more about us!
We're dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the passengers we serve. To achieve this, we're committed to becoming an open, diverse, and inclusive workplace, leveraging the skills and expertise of our talented workforce.
Network Rail has been recognised as one of the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equity for the fourth consecutive year! 🎉 You can find out more about this here: The Times Top 50 Listmakers 2024 - Business in the Community (bitc.org.uk)
Together, we strive to create a safe and accessible railway for everyone. Discover more about the importance of Diversity and Inclusion at Network Rail by clicking here .
Investing in our people is key to enhancing the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our railway system. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact, then this opportunity is for you!
About our people and the recruitment process -
Manchester, GB
Department Name
SC Head of Workforce Health Safety & Environment (115681) G2
About Network Rail
🌟 Join Our Team at Network Rail! 🌟
Are you ready to make a difference in people's lives? At Network Rail, we connect passengers and freight customers, ensuring safe and efficient transportation across the country. We're an organisation where people truly matter, and when you join us, you matter to us and millions of others. Click here to watch our inspiring video to learn more about us!
We're dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the passengers we serve. To achieve this, we're committed to becoming an open, diverse, and inclusive workplace, leveraging the skills and expertise of our talented workforce.
Network Rail has been recognised as one of the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equity for the fourth consecutive year! 🎉 You can find out more about this here: The Times Top 50 Listmakers 2024 - Business in the Community (bitc.org.uk)
Together, we strive to create a safe and accessible railway for everyone. Discover more about the importance of Diversity and Inclusion at Network Rail by clicking here .
Investing in our people is key to enhancing the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our railway system. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact, then this opportunity is for you!
About our people and the recruitment process -
We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone! We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don't always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, just let us know and we'll do our best to help and invest in your career with us , whilst you have a healthy work life balance.
We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.
You will be part of the North West & Central Region (NW&C) which consist of three routes – North West, Central and West Coast South – and a regional team supporting Regional Major Programmes & Professional services. You can learn more about our region here: North West & Central region - Network Rail .
Brief Description
To provide technical expertise and leadership to the continual refinement, implementation, monitoring and delivery of the Route / Region Occupational Health and Wellbeing strategy.
The successful candidate can be based in, Birmingham, Manchester or Milton Keynes.
About The Role (External)
We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.
You will be part of the North West & Central Region (NW&C) which consist of three routes – North West, Central and West Coast South – and a regional team supporting Regional Major Programmes & Professional services. You can learn more about our region here: North West & Central region - Network Rail .
Brief Description
To provide technical expertise and leadership to the continual refinement, implementation, monitoring and delivery of the Route / Region Occupational Health and Wellbeing strategy.
The successful candidate can be based in, Birmingham, Manchester or Milton Keynes.
About The Role (External)
Key Accountabilities
- Providing technical input to improvement projects needed to deliver the occupational health and wellbeing strategy, including, but not limited to, those related to medical fitness-to-work requirements, drugs and alcohol, mental health, health promotion, health surveillance and management of occupational health hazards, working with other functional teams across the route / region where necessary.
- Leading the planning, implementation, monitoring and completion of projects related to the improvement of occupational health and wellbeing management within the route / region where directed by the Health, Safety & Environment Director, Region.
- Implementing the technical requirements of Network Rail occupational health and wellbeing standards/policies, and issue-specific improvement frameworks where gaps are identified relating to, but not limited to, occupational health hazards, health surveillance, drugs and alcohol, and medical fitness-to-work requirements.
- Acting as the route / region technical expert for occupational health and wellbeing, including supporting the identification of potential future strategy agenda items, occupational health hazards, changes in legislation or other business risk/opportunity.
- Must be a member (or equivalent of) the Institute of Occupational Health and safety (IOSH) at Certified (CertIOSH) level or above.
- Relevant experience in the railway or construction industries
- Proven experience of ability to develop, implement and manage multiple projects simultaneously
Salary: £55,596- £65,966 per annum. Depending on experience.
This vacancy is advertised externally in parallel with an internal workforce change process. As this is a critical role, we are keen to hear from external candidates who feel they meet the criteria. External applications will be considered should the role not be filled internally.
Closing date: 25th March 2026 . - Late applications will not be accepted. We may close the advert early if we receive a large volume of applicants.
As this is a role in a regional team, regular travel across NW&C is required. Candidates should be comfortable with frequent travel to client sites, regional offices, or other business locations as needed.
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This is a fixed term opportunity ending on 31/10/26 and has the potential to become permanent.
For Milton Keynes you need to live within 75/90 minutes of The Quadrant in Milton Keynes.
Remote working opportunity! this role requires working in the office 3 days a week.
What does our recruitment process look like?
Network Rail Benefits
This is a fixed term opportunity ending on 31/10/26 and has the potential to become permanent.
For Milton Keynes you need to live within 75/90 minutes of The Quadrant in Milton Keynes.
Remote working opportunity! this role requires working in the office 3 days a week.
What does our recruitment process look like?
- Once you have applied, our Recruitment Specialist will look at your CV.
- If your experience matches what we're looking for, you'll be invited to an interview
Network Rail Benefits
- 28 days annual leave – with the opportunity to buy and/or sell up to 5 days
- Access to a range of contributory pension schemes,
- The potential to top up your competitive salary with a bonus
- A subsidy of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets if you travel to work on the train
- Privileged staff travel – Discretionary leisure travel discount of 75%
All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information