Julia Collier

A senior Wellbeing Lead and Chartered MCIPD professional with extensive experience designing and delivering evidence-based wellbeing, mental health and resilience strategies across complex public and private sector organisations. Currently leading wellbeing and occupational health within a large, safety-critical, multi-modal transport organisation. Award-winning practitioner (Business Wales Wellbeing Award 2022; CIPD Wales Wellbeing Award Finalist 2023) with a strong track record of embedding wellbeing as a strategic enabler aligned to organisational culture, inclusion, legal compliance and operational reality.

Certified Mental Health First

Aider and Instructor.

Wellbeing Manager - Transport for Wales - Wales

(2024-01)

Organisation-wide lead for health, wellbeing, occupational health, EAP and mental health support across a large public sector, multi-modal transport organisation.

• Leading the review of OH and wellbeing provision
• Developing mental health and wellbeing programmes
• Leading stress risk assessments, manager awareness training and toolkits
• Delivering training and awareness sessions around mental health and wellbeing
• Establishing wellbeing KPIs and governance reporting

People Development & Wellbeing Partner - Catsci Ltd - Cardiff

(2020-08 - 2024-05)

Led the mental health, wellbeing and resilience strategy across the organisation. Developed manager capability programmes, and new manager development programmes, implemented international wellbeing interventions, introduced a wellbeing and ED&I room, embedded wellbeing governance, and partnered with senior leaders to strengthen culture and psychological safety.

People Manager - Flamgard Engineering Ltd - South Wales

(2018-02 - 2021-03)

Reported directly into the Managing Director, combining strategic and operational leadership. Establishing the HR function from inception, including policies, procedures and contracts. Led the mental health, wellbeing and resilience strategy across the organisation. Developed manager capability programmes, implemented international wellbeing interventions, introduced a wellbeing room, embedded wellbeing governance, and partnered with senior leaders to strengthen culture and psychological safety.

HR People Manager - University of South Wales

HR Consultant (PT) - Capital People (Capital Law) - Cardiff & London

OD/HR Consultant (PT) - BP Wales Consultancy

HR Planning Officer - South Wales Police

HR Case Manager - Ministry of Justice Shared Service Centre

HR Officer - Greggs Plc

HR Generalist - Coca Cola Enterprises (Wales & West)

HND - Business & Media - Farnborough College of Technology