Maximus

Maximus is a global organisation that specialises in providing health and employment services to millions of people every year. Here in the UK, we employ around 5,000 people across the country to deliver services that have a profound impact on people’s lives. From assessments and health services to employability programmes and specialist support, we do work that matters with people who care.

What’s more, we’re transforming our occupational health offering for our colleagues, with an innovative wellbeing function that prioritises colleague health outcomes and drives the future of workplace wellbeing.

This pivotal role offers flexibility - you can work full or part-time, remotely and from anywhere in the UK.

Role summary

This is a brand-new role, in our newly formed Wellbeing function and we are looking for an Occupational Health (OH) Leader to formulate and execute a forward-thinking occupational health strategy that aligns employee wellbeing with business needs.

Reporting to the Wellbeing Director, you'll be the subject matter expert in Occupational Health, collaborating with the organisation to identify, target, and alleviate workplace health risks, and champion colleague wellbeing across our diverse workforce. You’ll lead and manage the occupational health service transition, leading a small team of OHA’s to deliver a customer centric, professional service across the organisation.

Essential duties and responsibilities

Your role will be to develop and maintain an insourced occupational health service, that balances employee health with organisational priorities, whilst ensuring compliance with policies, clinical regulation and legislation.

Developing team capability through ongoing training, mentoring, and professional development and driving team performance against KPIs to ensure timely, accurate, and professional service delivery.

You’ll leverage technology to deliver efficient and effective OH services and use data and insight to inform decisions to mitigate health risk. Working closely with our wider people teams, you’ll create health and wellbeing content and resources that are accessible, relevant and effective across our diverse employee groups and equip managers to handle occupational health conversations effectively.

This is a critical role ensuring our colleagues are supported in safety, physical, financial and mental health, from day one and throughout their journey with Maximus.

Qualifications and experience

• Degree or professional qualification in Occupational Health and professional registration with NMC or HCPC
• Experience of long-term health condition management within HR Policies / Employment Law
• In-depth knowledge of occupational health regulations, policies, and best practices.
• Experience in identifying and addressing key health risks within the workplace to improve absence and attrition
• Proven leader, able to build high performing teams to deliver a quality and effective OH service
• Demonstrable experience in managing pre-employment screenings, management referrals, and follow-up processes
• A customer-centric mindset, prioritising the needs of both colleagues and business
• Excellent relationship skills and able to engage with individuals at all levels
• Ability to manage multiple projects and initiatives, working cross functionally to deliver positive outcomes
• Able to use data and technology to monitor initiatives and drive performance.

If you're passionate about occupational health, eager to make a real impact in a leading UK organisation and ready to lead a team focused on improving colleague health outcomes with the flexibility of part-time and remote work, we’d love to hear from you.

Salary £70,000 - £80,000 DOE.

Benefits

· 25 days paid holiday per year + Bank holidays

· Option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year

· Life insurance

· Healthcare cash back plan

· 9% combined pension including enhanced employer contribution

· Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

· Employee assistance programme

· Paid volunteering days 

· Access to a wide range of tools designed to aid wellbeing

· Access to internal training programmes and self-development tools.