Wellbeing, Attendance & Inclusion Manager

Wellbeing, Attendance & Inclusion Manager

Can you demonstrate experience of influencing and building strong relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders to promote inclusion, wellbeing, and positive organisational change?

Have you used equality, diversity, and workforce data to identify trends, develop initiatives, or inform recommendations that have improved employee experience, inclusion, or business outcomes?

Are you confident interpreting policy, legislation, and best practice guidance, and using your expertise to advise others while developing and delivering effective wellbeing and inclusion initiatives?

If so, we'd love to hear from you!

Our Inclusion and Wellbeing team is dedicated to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and able to thrive. Working closely with colleagues across HR, business areas, staff networks, and external partners, the team leads on initiatives that promote equality, diversity, inclusion, and employee wellbeing across the organisation.

The team provides expert advice and best practice, on themes such as disability, reasonable adjustments, wellbeing support and workplace inclusion, using insight and workforce data to drive continuous improvement and support strategic decision-making. Through collaboration, engagement, and innovation, the team helps shape an inclusive culture, delivers meaningful wellbeing initiatives, and ensures that inclusion is embedded in everyday business activities. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a positive and inclusive working environment that supports colleagues to perform at their best.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King's birthday
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

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This role supports the development and delivery of Inclusion and Wellbeing initiatives across the organisation, working with a wide range of stakeholders to promote an inclusive and positive workplace culture. The postholder will provide expert advice on equality legislation and policy, use workforce data to drive improvement, oversee engagement and communications activities, and lead collaborative initiatives that enhance wellbeing, inclusion, and organisational performance while ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and best practice.

Your responsibilities will include, but aren't limited to:

• To build and maintain constructive relationships across HR teams, Business Partners, SSa, the business, DfT and with external stakeholders, ensuring that Inclusion & Wellbeing is considered in all aspects of work
• To engage with internal and external stakeholders, customers and support groups on Diversity and Inclusion policy, while building strong relationships across HR teams, Business Partners, SSa, the business, DfT and external stakeholders, ensuring Inclusion & Wellbeing are embedded in all areas of work.
• To translate equality legislation into practice to ensure DVLA meet statutory requirements
• To use D&I workforce information according to the strategy set out by the CS, implementing actions to continuously improve the business. Producing communications in line with the communication strategy providing feedback on the effectiveness of that strategy
• To manage relationships with Staff Networks and Employability Skills Ambassadors to ensure a collaborative and strategic approach is taken to promote all aspects of wellbeing and inclusion.
• To plan and co-ordinate the resources and activities of direct reports in order to deliver objectives
• To provide a source of knowledge on policy and legislation for others within and outside of HR
• To identify and research options for implementing wellbeing and inclusion initiatives in consultation with stakeholders and in line with best practice and to achieve value for money. To seek buy-in and make recommendations on options to Directors

Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.

For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

Company: Government Recruitment Service

Salary: £35,663 - £35,663

Hours: Full-time

Location: Swansea

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 5 Aug 2026

Closing date: 19 Aug 2026

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