Are you passionate about making a meaningful impact on the employee experience, inclusion, wellbeing and engagement at Sheffield City Council? If so, we would love to hear from you.
We’re committed to creating an inclusive and engaging environment where all employees feel welcome, supported and able to thrive. Our newly formed Employee Engagement, Inclusion and Wellbeing team plays a key role in strengthening the voice of our workforce, coordinating activities that drive meaningful improvements, and helping us to retain a diverse and talented workforce.
About this role
As part of this team, you will work closely with colleagues across the People Service and the wider organisation to deliver tasks and projects that enhance the employee experience and reinforce Sheffield City Council’s reputation as an employer of choice. This includes contributing to improvements in recruitment, reviewing people practices and policies, and ensuring that the voices of employees are reflected in our approaches to engagement, wellbeing and inclusion.
A key part of the role will involve coordinating responses to employee engagement, inclusion and wellbeing queries received via our team inbox, the anonymous “ask a question or make a comment” platform, and other channels. Some of these queries may also require recording and monitoring on the service risk register. You will be expected to interpret and apply HR policies, procedures, guidance and legislation to provide timely, accurate and accessible advice to colleagues across the organisation.
The role will also involve:
- Supporting the capture and analysis of employee voice, ensuring feedback informs continuous improvement.
- Assisting in the coordination of work tasks and outputs that support the team’s wider workplan and organisational priorities.
- Monitoring and reporting potential risks or barriers to engagement and inclusion, helping to manage these effectively.
- Working collaboratively with colleagues to ensure our work is joined up, impactful and delivers on time.
- Coordinating various communication campaigns and working closely with key audiences such as employee hubs and internal communications team.
You will also support the Head of Service and the wider team with a variety of activities, while taking ownership of your own work and consistently delivering results of a high standard. Together, we are building a culture where engagement, inclusion, wellbeing and employee voice are at the heart of how we work.
What You Bring
We are looking for someone with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust, rapport and strong relationships across all areas of the organisation, putting our customers at the heart of what we do. These attributes will be supported by having strong organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks effectively to meet the demands of this new team.
Within the People Service we are seeking to embrace the technology available to us and therefore you will have strong IT skills in relation to the use of Excel, Word, Outlook, MS Teams, PowerPoint, SharePoint and a willingness to embrace newer applications including CoPilot, MS Bookings and MS Forms.
What We Offer
- To work in a welcoming, supportive and inclusive culture where your skills and ideas are listened to and valued.
- The chance to work on core areas that are central to the functioning of Sheffield City Council and the opportunity to engage with a range of customers and partners across the organisation.
- An opportunity to learn and develop, so you excel in this role.
Location: Hybrid working including worksites across the City, City Centre and working from home
For information and how we support the Council to meet our equality duties on the intranetand here www.sheffield.gov.uk/equality.
If you’d like to find out more about the role, please contact James Jackson, Head of Employee Engagement, Inclusion and Wellbeing [email protected] 07901223246
We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on Cultivate a Culture of Belonging, Strengthen Inclusive Leadership and Accountability, Champion Race Equality, Establish Mental Health Standards, Enhance and Demonstrate Value of Wellbeing Initiatives. All of this work aims to better ensure our people and teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.
Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.
Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hours contracts, working part time or as a job share.
Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our New job evaluation process to be introduced at Sheffield City Council | Sheffield City Council
