Role:  Employee Wellbeing Advisor

Department: Health, Safety & Wellbeing - Employee Experience

Grade: Professional Services Grade 6 (£33,020 - £38,805 per annum)

Responsible to: Employee Wellbeing Partner

Campus: Choice of Belfast, Coleraine or Derry~Londonderry

(Fixed-term until 31 March 2027 / Full-time)

Job Purpose:

The responsibilities of the Employee Wellbeing Advisor fall into four broad areas:

• To provide advice and guidance for employees and line managers, and act as the key contact for both the proactive and reactive management of absence.

• To undertake activity to identify trends in absence and to both personally deliver individual interventions and work with colleagues to design and introduce interventions to address identified trends.

• To work closely with People and Culture Partners, and colleagues in the wider University community as may be required to fulfil the role of providing absence management advice and support.

• To contribute to the delivery of the wider People and Culture strategy by working closely with colleagues in the other section of the People and Culture Directorate.

Closing Date:   30th April 2026 at 23:30

Guidance regarding applications can be found here:  https://recruitment.ulster.ac.uk/information-for-applicants/what-to-expect-from-the-application-and-interview-process. If you are still having issues, please contact Elaine Graham email: e.graham@ulster.ac.uk stating the vacancy reference number.

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Candidate Briefing Document - Wellbeing Advisor 042127

Salary Scale

Please be advised that due to the minimum salary thresholds imposed by the UKVI, this post will not qualify for university sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please check your options here: https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa

If you have any specific queries regarding this post, please contact the named email address for the vacancy, as listed on the main current vacancies landing page.

If you have any specific queries regarding eligibility to work in the UK, our Resourcing Compliance team may be able to help: Resourcing-compliance@ulster.ac.uk

We may create a 12-month waiting list for same or similar roles within the Department / Faculty.  The University reserves the right to extend the waiting list across the University if required for certain posts.

Ulster University holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advancing Gender equality in higher education. You can read more about what this means at  https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/equality-charters/transformed-uk-athena-swan-charter and on our University website  https://www.ulster.ac.uk/peopleandculture/employee-benefits/equality-diversity/athena-swan. The University has a range of initiatives to support a family friendly working environment, including flexible working.