Health and Wellbeing Projects Officer in Salisbury

Salary: Part time salary (30 hours per week) - £31,744 - £33,868 per annum (rising by annual increments). Full time equivalent - £39,152 - £41,771 per annum. More information on salaries and progression can be found on our pay and policies page.

Hours of work: Part Time - 30 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Location: Service Headquarters, Salisbury OR Dorchester Support Offices, Poundbury - There will be a requirement to attend your centre of duty location approximately once a week for key activities and meetings. When you are not working from your centre of duty location there will be the flexibility to work from home / DWFRS Stations / Support Offices, and we will welcome a conversation with the successful candidate on what type of flexible working arrangement will work best for you.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, an organisation that is passionate about changing and saving lives. Our corporate staff are absolutely vital in helping to make our communities safer and healthier. Without them, we couldn’t do it.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits and strive to ensure that staff are valued and rewarded. For example, we offer a flexi time scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme, a generous annual leave allowance, a variety of family friendly schemes including 39 weeks’ full pay during maternity leave (subject to qualifying criteria) and health & well-being services.

As a Health and Wellbeing Projects Officer in our People department you will:

• Lead and coordinate a range of Health and Wellbeing projects from planning through to delivery, ensuring clear governance, effective project management, and successful outcomes delivered on time and within agreed resources and deadlines.
• Proactively identify, manage, and report on project risks, dependencies, and challenges, recommending practical solutions and mitigating actions to support successful delivery and continuous improvement.
• Provide flexible support and resilience across Health and Wellbeing functions as needed, ensuring continuity and effective delivery of key priorities.
• Build positive working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders to support the successful delivery of Health and Wellbeing initiatives and organisational objectives.

What makes you our ideal Health and Wellbeing Projects Officer?

• Post specific qualification at Level 5 or working towards; or Professional Membership of the CIPD at Associate Level; or equivalent demonstrable working experience at this level.
• Knowledge and working experience of project governance and the production of documentation and records to support the development and delivery of projects.
• Experience in working with strategic and senior officers and stakeholders, as well as other internal and external stakeholders.

Other Information:

You must be able to fulfil the travel requirements of the role. Travel requirements will include attending meetings and training events at various locations across the service area. A Standard Disclosure & Barring Service Check (DBS) clearance will be undertaken on the successful individual prior to offer of employment. Any offer of employment will be subject to full pre-employment checks which include identity checks, right to work in the UK, medical, receipt of satisfactory references, verification of employment history and an explanation of any gaps in employment in the last 3 years.

Find out more and apply:

For a chat about this post, please contact Vicky Read, Head of People Support on 01722 691146 / Vicky.Read@dwfire.org.uk

The closing date for applications is Sunday 14 June 2026 (midnight). It is intended that interviews will take place on Tuesday 30 June 2026. Should you be shortlisted for interview, further details regarding the interview format / location will be provided before the interview date.

We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of our communities and welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. All applications will be treated on merit and staff involved in recruitment and selection processes undertake unconscious bias training.

We are committed to the Disability Confident Scheme and guarantee an interview to applicants with a disclosed disability if they meet the minimum criteria for the post to which they are applying. Please tell us in confidence if this applies to you, or if there are any reasonable adjustments that would help you apply for this post.

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service’s recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Adults, Children and Young People. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment.

If you hold international qualifications, you will be required to provide official evidence that shows how these compare to UK Qualifications. We will accept a Statement of Comparability from a UK organisation called ENIC which can be obtained via their website.

Please note that UK ENIC charge for this service, so if you request a Statement of Compatibility, you will be required to pay for it as we are unable to reimburse you.

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