Head of Health and Wellbeing

Job Title:                          Head of Health and Wellbeing

Reports to:                       People Director

Terms:                               Permanent, Full time, 50% Hybrid

Location:                          Head Office, Dublin 2

Salary:                               GB 8: €80,184 - €89,094

Requirements:                Willingness and ability to undertake short- term deployments and visits to any of our country programmes, approximately 2 or 3 times in a year.

About Concern:               Established in 1968, Concern Worldwide is an international, humanitarian, non-governmental organisation dedicated to the elimination of extreme poverty and the reduction of human suffering, primarily in fragile countries.

Our Vision is a world where all people live in peace and prosperity and are treated equally, with dignity and respect. Informed by the priorities of affected communities, we go where the needs are greatest, and work to save lives, protect and develop livelihoods, support recovery and build long-term resilience

To advance our mission and ensure high quality‑quality, impactful work, we are guided by our core values and a culture committed to inclusion, compassion, and humanity. Inspired by our founders and our long history of effective programming, these values reflect both who we are and how we address extreme poverty in the world’s most fragile contexts.

We are dedicated to fostering a workplace where everyone feels valued and supported to succeed and contribute to our mission.

 

Role Purpose:  

Working as part of the HR Directorate, the Head of Health and Wellbeing is responsible for leading the design, development and delivery of HR workplace policy and strategy in health and wellbeing for all staff. Sensitive to the cultural diversity of Concern’s contexts, the job holder will work with stakeholders across the organisation to drive Concern’s ambition to progress workplace health and wellbeing.

Through the provision of workplace support and advice the job holder will promote a positive health and wellbeing culture across the organisation. The role is expected to ensure that consistent standards are maintained while supporting a working environment that is in keeping with the organisation’s values.

This role works across all of Concern’s Programme Countries, Concern’s subsidiary offices and the Head Office in Dublin and has a remit for over 3,000 staff in 24 countries along with Head and Support Office staff.

Responsibilities:

• As part of the People Management Team, contribute to the development of the organisation’s People Strategy and management of the People function
• Lead the team in the development and rollout of critical operational procedures including, pre and post deployment medical checks and briefings, standard operating procedures for managing illness, identification and assessment of service providers and procedures to be followed during medical evacuation
• Lead the team in the implementation of the current Mental Health and Psychosocial Support policy and strategy and development and rollout of next phase strategy
• Lead the team in monitoring and tracking of health, illness and wellbeing trends, to inform initiatives and mitigate future hazards
• Work with Managers (including the Senior Management Team and Country Directors) and key staff to identify, support and manage health and wellbeing risks to staff; developing mitigation measures in support of Concern’s work in both development and emergency contexts
• Manage the identification of and routine liaison with insurance providers ensuring that effective medivac and insurance claims procedures are in place
• Manage as required, time critical medical evacuations
• Through establishing and maintaining internal and external networks, stay abreast of best practice and trends in the humanitarian sector, with a specific focus on health and wellbeing
• Identify and track key performance indicators to measure the return on investment in health and wellbeing initiatives
• Demonstrate leadership on workplace equality, diversity and inclusion and role model a positive safeguarding ethos
• Accept, advance and pursue any new objectives or responsibilities that may be assigned by the People Director
• All managers are responsible for upholding and promoting Concern’s values, demonstrating leadership on workplace equality, diversity and inclusion, and role modelling a positive safeguarding ethos
• All managers are required to actively participate in any emergency response as and when required

Role Holder Requirements:

• A primary adult general nursing qualification, with current registration and a post graduate qualification
• Experience leading a team in an organisation involving delivery of health care and health promotion, with a preference for management experience in the humanitarian sector
• Strong critical thinking skills
• Ability to manage high-level relationships at organisational level
• Strong communication skills and proven capacity to build relationships
• Proven capacity to deliver results
• A post graduate qualification in tropical medicine, occupational health and safety, public health, or demonstrable years of working experience at an equivalent level
• Knowledge and experience managing and coordinating mental health and psychosocial support, staff welfare or staff wellbeing would be advantageous
• French language fluency is desirable

For GB7 – 10 Roles:

As this is a key leadership position, potential candidates are expected to demonstrate significant ability in the following areas:

 

Focusing on the most marginalised people

Communicating and influencing

Managing risk

Leading change

Making decisions

Driving performance

Leading by example

Removing barriers to delivery

Motivating and developing

 

We encourage all eligible candidates, irrespective of gender, ethnicity or origin, disability, political beliefs, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status to apply to become a part of the organisation. Concern is against all forms of discrimination and unequal power relations and is committed to promoting equality.

If this role sounds right for you, please apply with your CV and cover letter. Please be aware we may offer positions before the closing date.

If you have any concerns about our recruitment process and need particular assistance - for example if you have a disability e.g. a hearing impairment - please let us know and we will do our best to respond to your needs.

Due to the urgency of this position, applications will be shortlisted on a regular basis, and we may offer posts before the closing date.

Concern has an organisational Code of Conduct (CCoC) with three Associated Policies; the Programme Participant Protection Policy (P4), the Child Safeguarding Policy and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy accessible here. These have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation, and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organisation, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context, staff have a responsibility to the organisation to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and Associated Policies as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Concern Code of Conduct, candidates acknowledge that they have understood the content of both the Concern Code of Conduct and the Associated Policies and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these policies. Additionally, Concern is committed to the safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults and children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work or volunteer with vulnerable adults and children are recruited by us for such roles. Subsequently, working or volunteering with Concern is subject to a range of vetting checks, including criminal background checking.

Your Personal Data

During this job application, you will provide Concern with your personal data. Concern takes its responsibilities towards this personal data very seriously and is committed to complying with all relevant data protection legislation.

Concern receives a substantial amount of funding from external donors each year. Increasingly donors are introducing requirements whereby future funding is conditional on ensuring that the name of any employee or volunteer (existing or new), does not appear on terrorism lists generated by the European Union (List of person, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC No. 2580/2001 applies), the US Government (Office of Foreign Assets Control list of specially designated Nationals and Blocked Persons) and the United Nations (Consolidated List).

Any offer of employment (either paid or voluntary) with Concern Worldwide will only be made following a successful clearance check being conducted on the applicant and such checks may be updated periodically during the course of the period of employment.

By submitting a formal application for paid or voluntary employment to Concern, you agree to Concern carrying out a clearance check as outlined above and that Concern will not proceed to recruit you should your name appear on any of the aforementioned lists

In certain circumstances, donors may request that personal data relating to employees to work on the activities that they fund be provided directly to them - so that they can perform their own counter terrorism checks. This may involve transferring some basic personal data outside the EEA. It will be a condition of your employment contract that Concern be allowed to share this information with institutional donors for these purposes.

For additional information please consult our web site or contact the Human Resource Division in our Head Office.

You have certain rights under data protection legislation. For more information on how to exercise those rights please visit www.concern.net/about/privacy

Please only apply for this position if you are satisfied with the proposed processing of your personal data as outlined above.

• Salary:€80,184 - €89,094
• Based in Country:Ireland
• Contract Type:Permanent Full time
• Benefits:Please see T&C's attached
• Closing Date:1 April 2026
• Location:Dublin