Employee Wellbeing Lead at Chelsea Football Club

The Opportunity

• In this strategic role, you will lead the development and delivery of the Club’s mental health and wellbeing strategy, working closely with HR, Safeguarding, Health & Safety and senior leaders to embed a consistent, whole-club approach. You will oversee proactive wellbeing support, provide expert guidance to leaders, and shape a club-wide learning framework that strengthens wellbeing awareness and psychologically safe leadership.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. In the event that we receive a large number of applications, the position may be filled before the listed closing date. To avoid missing out, please submit your application at your earliest convenience.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of the Club’s mental health and wellbeing strategy in partnership with HR, Safeguarding, Health & Safety and senior leaders.
• Oversee proactive wellbeing support to ensure initiatives align with organisational priorities and deliver measurable impact.
• Act as a strategic adviser to senior leaders, providing expert coaching on wellbeing best practice and psychologically safe leadership.
• Shape and manage a club-wide wellbeing learning framework, embedding wellbeing into leadership development and organisational culture.
• Evaluate wellbeing activity and training, using data and insight to drive continuous improvement and inform strategic decision-making.
• Lead the governance and ongoing development of the Mental Health First Aider programme, ensuring high standards of training, support and quality assurance. 

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience of designing and embedding strategy within a complex organisation.
• Strong professional knowledge of mental health, wellbeing and psychologically safe workplaces.
• Track record in service development, programme leadership and delivering change.
• Experience of working with complex or high-risk wellbeing needs.
• Strategic, forward-thinking and innovative.
• High standards of confidentiality, professionalism and information governance.
• Experience of stakeholder engagement, partnership working and co-production.
• Strong written, digital and reporting capability.
• Resilient, adaptable and effective in fast-paced environments.
• Influential advocate for wellbeing at an organisational level.

Our Expectations:

• To embody the club’s BLUE behaviours (Brave, Lead, Unity, Edge) in the approach to work and interaction with others
• To adhere to the club’s policies and procedures, including Health & Safety, Financial Authorisation, Confidentiality and GDPR.
• To act as an ambassador for diversity, equality, and inclusion, and demonstrate a positive commitment by treating others fairly in line with our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Policy and reporting any acts of discrimination through appropriate channels
• To create a safe environment and act to protect all young people and vulnerable adults that are either in your care or attending club premises, and report any concerns to the Safeguarding Lead
• To report any misconduct or suspected misconduct to the HR Department

End Date: 21st April 2026