UK Inclusion & Wellbeing Lead in Leeds

Champion belonging, wellbeing and equity for thousands of colleagues across the UK at a global, purpose‑driven consultancy. This person can be based in one of our UK offices on a hybrid working model. Are you passionate about creating equitable, inclusive and healthy workplaces where people can truly thrive? Join us as our UK Inclusion & Wellbeing Lead and help shape a culture where belonging drives innovation and wellbeing is designed into everything we do.

About The Role

As the UK Inclusion & Wellbeing Lead, you will play a pivotal role in bringing our global Inclusion, Wellbeing & Engagement (IWE) strategy to life through a UK lens. Reporting into the Global Director of IWE and partnering closely with the UK+ HR Director, the Head of HR Business Operations, Equity Leadership sponsors and our EDI & Wellbeing champions, you will lead the delivery of the UK Equity Plan and ensure inclusion is embedded across our culture, systems and everyday experiences. Your work will directly influence how colleagues feel, work and grow at Buro Happold, supporting us in becoming an employer of choice today and setting a benchmark for the future.

Key Responsibilities

• Driving and embedding the UK Equity Plan, ensuring it reflects our overall UK+ strategy as well as the nuances of Business Operations.
• Integrating wellbeing pillars into our inclusion work, aligning to global priorities and supporting equitable practices that enable everyone to perform at their best.
• Leading wellbeing and inclusion initiatives such as Wellbeing by Design, our Mindful Business Charter work, champion networks, wellbeing resources and employee‑led programmes.
• Partnering with senior leaders to influence behaviours, policies and systems that foster belonging and healthy workplaces.
• Supporting inclusive policy development, inclusive language guidance, mental health support mechanisms, and culture‑building efforts across teams.
• Driving Culture Survey reporting, ensuring clear accountability, action planning and regular progress reviews.
• Overseeing equity metrics, gender pay gap reporting and people insights, turning data into clear narratives that shape decisions and challenge barriers.
• Supporting reflective representation across UK offices, working with Talent Acquisition to set inclusive hiring goals and promote the “Be Included” data campaign.
• Acting as a conduit to employee networks and supporting their development and impact.

What We Are Looking For

• Strong understanding of inclusion and wellbeing and how these influence business performance.
• Experience leading inclusion work within a complex, matrixed environment.
• Demonstrable success in delivering strategic plans and culture change initiatives.
• Confidence analysing data to inform strategy, measure progress and challenge inequity.
• The ability to build trusted relationships across diverse stakeholders and senior leaders.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of turning complex issues into compelling narratives.
• A proactive, curious mindset, accountability, and the drive to deliver meaningful change at pace.

Why Join Buro Happold?

At Buro Happold, we believe in creating a better, more sustainable world. You’ll be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence. We offer a supportive environment where your contributions make a real difference.

What We Offer You

• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Attractive salary and benefits package including private medical insurance, life assurance and income protection.
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
• 10% car allowance.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.
• Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
• 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
• A strong commitment to your continuous development.
• Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions.
• A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities.
• A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring.
• An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.

Apply now and be where exceptional is everywhere. A place for everyone Buro Happold values individual’s flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of the way you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers. Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive. We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing difference allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions. Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact recruitment@burohappold.com so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.