Occupational Health & Contracts Manager

Job Introduction

Are you looking for a career where you can make a real difference in people’s day. 

We are seeking an Occupational Health & Contracts Manager to join our team based from 4ML (hybrid working). 

Can you move people? Apply now.

What you’ll do

At Southeastern we are passionate about the support we provide to show we care about our staff and for their health, so that they can make great things happen for one another and for our customers.  

We manage extensive contracts to support Occupational Health and physical and mental health, with an ambitious programme of change for the forthcoming years as we focus on health and wellbeing.  

Therefore, the successful candidate will need to hit the ground running and undertake all aspects of the role.

There will of course be lots to do and achieve, but there are four strategic areas of focus that you will guide and lead the team on:

1.      Maximising the effectiveness of our Occupational Health offering to ensure the demands of the business are met.

2.      Ensuring we maximise the utilisation of our Employee Assistance and Musculo-skeletal support programmes.

3.      Enhancing our contracts to maximise all opportunities.

4.      Work across DOHL and the wider industry to share insight and maximise opportunities for Southeastern.

The selection process will involve a short interview that relates on points 1-4.  Further information will be shared with those that are shortlisted

Please see the job description which sets out the range of responsibilities and accountabilities.  

The experience you’ll need

To be considered for this role we recommend you demonstrate you have experience of the below in your application;

·       Have managed Occupational Health contracts, budgets and plans to tight deadlines.

·       Demonstrated the ability to improve OH contract delivery through effective contract management.   

·       Have created and developed detailed contract specifications to drive innovation in delivery.

·       Demonstrated stakeholder management, including examples of challenging stakeholders and providing alternative solutions.

·       Modernised your work e.g. identified and deployed processes to drive efficiency, or developed your team structure/way of working or business processes

·       Embraced diverse techniques such as digital and online to drive engagement with services.

 As proud members of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Scheme, we will offer you an interview if you apply under these schemes and meet the minimum criteria for the role. Find out more here. 

Other things to know

• This vacancy may close early if we receive a large number of applications. So, make sure you get yours in early.
• All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references, a right to work verification, a basic criminal record check, and a pre-employment medical assessment. Work visa sponsorship isn’t available for this role.
• If you applied but weren’t successful in getting a similar role at Southeastern, please wait six months before applying again.

Find out more about our recruitment process and get tips to help you apply.

What you’ll get in return

Along with your salary, the rewards you’ll get include:

• a final salary pension
• 25 days annual leave allowance (plus bank holidays)
• free rail travel across our networks.

Meaning you can feel secure in your career as well as fulfilled by your work. Click here to see our full range of amazing benefits.

A bit about Southeastern

We’re one of Britain's busiest train operators, serving London, Kent and parts of East Sussex. We run over 1,700 trains a day, carrying more than 500,000 passengers and serving 180 stations.

However, working on our railway is more than getting passengers from A to B. It’s about all the little moments that make a difference to their journey.

It’s also about making our railway a great place to work. With a team that represents the communities we serve. This is a journey we’re fully committed to and we’re proud to have been named a ‘Great Place to Work’ at the 2023 National Rail Awards and endorsed as a WORK180 Employer for Women.

Our ways of working are what we expect of everyone at Southeastern. They are powerful. Tiny moments, every day, from every one of us, add up to massive, positive change. Improving how it feels to work here and how it feels to travel with us.

Learn more about our railway and what we achieved in 2023.