Group Health and Wellbeing Manager

About us

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry.

To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.

At National Grid, we aim to create an environment where everyone is welcomed for who they are and where our differences are celebrated. We utilize the insights of our employees that come from all different cultures, backgrounds, and beliefs to better serve our customers and communities.

National Grid is hiring a Group Health and Wellbeing Manager (US). This hybrid role can sit in our Northborough MA, Waltham MA, Syracuse NY or Brooklyn NY location.

Reporting to the Group Head of Health and Wellbeing, the Health and Wellbeing Manager (US) contributes to the development, implementation, and management of a comprehensive Group health and wellbeing programme to improve employee health and wellbeing for National Grid. The job holder is responsible for the promotion, implementation, and evaluation of these programs across the US, whilst also working with the Group team to deliver key strategic work streams.

• Act as a Group subject matter expert on occupational health and wellbeing for National Grid.
• Provide leadership and guidance on strategic health and wellbeing matters and support our business units and functions in managing their associated risks.
• Continuously monitor US policy, legislative and other developments relevant to occupational health and wellbeing at work, advising on such to ensure National Grid’s US businesses are compliant.
• Lead on the management, development and promotion of health and wellbeing policies, standards, and high-level procedures to ensure they meet legislative requirements, business needs, and add value.
• Responsible for the planning, implementation, awareness building, management, and evaluation of a comprehensive evidence based wellness programme to improve employee health and wellbeing, including communication strategy to ensure employee engagement, providing tools that empower employees to make informed lifestyle decisions.
• Work collaboratively with People & Culture and Benefits groups to integrate the wellness program with medical plans and develop prevention and intervention strategies that address chronic disease and health risks for employees and their families, and ensure employee benefits practices are compliant with health policies (e.g. Private medical provision etc.).
• Conduct research and analysis on benefit and wellness initiatives to assess their effectiveness, including reviews of aggregate employee health data to ensure the program is relevant to employee health needs and drives efficiencies within the wider business.
• Collaborate with colleagues in the UK and US to develop high level health policy initiatives through the use of pilots and service providers in order to test their validity across the business.
• Deliver periodic wellness campaigns that address identified key risk areas and create engagement across diverse stakeholder networks.
• Manage the day-to-day relationship with current health contract service providers, including negotiation, interpretation and application of established contractual agreements and/or service level agreements to ensure adherence to standards and best outcomes for National Grid.
• Keep informed of best practice and research through external networking and professional development, related to the management of health and wellbeing in the workplace and look to adopt and deliver new and innovative health and wellbeing approaches.
• Lead on the development and maintenance of a range of measures and KPIs that inform our performance in managing health…