Workplace Wellbeing Business Partner

Serco - Justice & Immigration

Hybrid – Home / Regular travel to sites across UK

12-month FTC, Full Time

Up to £56,000 per annum + Car + Corporate Benefits Package

At Serco, we’re committed to supporting our people to be healthy, safe, and engaged. We’re looking for a proactive and influential Workplace Wellbeing Business Partner to help shape and deliver our Health & Wellbeing strategy across our Justice & Immigration business unit.

In this role, you’ll lead the development of wellbeing initiatives, manage key service providers, and act as the subject matter expert for all health and wellbeing matters. You will work closely with Contract Directors, HSE teams, People Partners, and Group Wellbeing colleagues to deliver impactful programmes that strengthen workforce wellbeing and improve attendance.

You will monitor and analyse absence trends across all J&I contracts, identifying root causes and supporting targeted, proactive interventions. You’ll also play a key role in the mobilisation of new contracts and the design of wellbeing solutions for future bids.

What you’ll do

• Translate Group and Divisional wellbeing strategy into practical solutions.
• Lead wellbeing and absence projects, driving continuous improvement.
• Manage relationships with internal stakeholders and external service providers.
• Provide expert advice to leaders on wellbeing, sickness absence and legislation.
• Wider data analysis, including absence. and share insights to drive better attendance outcomes.
• Support wellbeing solutions for new bids and contract mobilisations.

What you’ll bring

• Experience as an autonomous wellbeing or occupational health professional.
• Strong stakeholder-management and influencing skills.
• Ability to analyse data and communicate insights clearly.
• Experience across complex, fast-paced operational environments.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset.

Why Join Us? 

At Serco, we help deliver essential public services that make a real difference. Joining us means:

• Purpose-driven work that directly supports the wellbeing of people delivering critical services.
• The chance to shape and influence wellbeing strategy across a diverse and impactful business area.
• A role with true autonomy, where your expertise is valued and acted upon.
• Opportunities for professional growth, supported by divisional and group wellbeing leaders.
• A collaborative culture built on trust, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• The ability to see the results of your work in improved engagement, attendance, and operational outcomes.

If you’re motivated, confident, and ready to drive positive change, we’d love to hear from you.

What we offer

• This is fixed term contract role, with a view to going permanent in the future.
• A competitive salary and benefits package
• Comprehensive training and development opportunities
• A collaborative team environment with strong leadership
• The chance to make a real difference in the justice system
• Up to 6% contributory pension scheme

About Serco
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services.  We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.

By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging. 

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Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. 

At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.  For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.
 

At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 to discuss.