Psychological Health and Wellbeing Manager

The Opportunity

Shape the future of psychological health and wellbeing at National Grid. 

Reporting to the Group Head of Health and Wellbeing, the Group Psychological Health and Wellbeing Manager is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in influencing and shaping the future approach to colleague psychological health and wellbeing across National Grid.

Why this role matters 

You will act as the subject matter expert for the Global business, leading the development and delivery of psychological health and wellbeing standards, programmes, services and training, to help create a workplace where colleague wellbeing can thrive. Working closely with stakeholders across UK and US, you will use insight, evidence and best practice to identify risks, shape interventions and deliver measurable outcomes across the Group business.

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What You'll Do

• Act as a Group subject matter expert in psychological health and wellbeing matters for National Grid.
• Provide leadership and guidance on strategic psychological health and wellbeing matters and support our business units and functions in managing their associated risks.
• Continuously monitor UK and US policy, legislative and other developments relevant to psychological health and wellbeing at work, advising on such to ensure National Grid’s businesses are compliant.
• Lead on the management and development of psychological health and wellbeing policies, standards, and high-level procedures to ensure they meet legislative requirements, business needs, and add value.
• Lead on embedding an effective Group organisational stress risk assessment process and support the business units and functions in their compliance with this.
• Identify and implement improvements that can be made to psychological health related services, materials and resources to ensure optimal support systems for our employees.
• Keep informed of best practice and research through external networking and professional development, related to the management of psychological health in the workplace and look to adopt and deliver new and innovative psychological health and wellbeing approaches.
• Lead on ensuring the UK business has procured health services that support employees with their psychological health and wellbeing, taking part in tender events. Manage the service delivery element of these third-party contracts to ensure optimal service outcomes for our employees and service targets are achieved.
• Have responsibility and ownership for a suite of psychological health and wellbeing training courses within the UK, working with stakeholders and providers to ensure timely organisation and delivery.
• Deliver periodic psychological health campaigns that address identified key risk areas and create engagement across diverse stakeholder networks.
• Lead on the development and maintenance of a range of measures and KPI’s that inform our performance in managing psychological health and wellbeing. Analyse trends and to inform the business of future priorities and improvement areas.
• Lead on writing and/or contributing to Board and Executive Committee papers.
• Act as the psychological health and wellbeing lead in supporting audit and compliance activities in relation to Group health and wellbeing standards.
• Work with National Grid’s US Health and Wellbeing lead to establish common UK/US psychological health and wellbeing approaches and to ensure group level consistency and sharing of best practice where applicable.
• Represent National Grid’s Group Health and Wellbeing team at external events as required and co-ordinate, develop, and maintain positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Advise National Grid on highly specialist topics when required such as suicide prevention/postvention and critical incident,  trauma support or psychological support pathways.
• Identify opportunities to establish relationships with employee resources groups (ERGs) that improve the level of adoption of psychological health and wellbeing strategies across the organisation.
• Work with UK case management and occupational health teams to ensure we are optimally managing, reviewing, and resolving psychological health and wellbeing related cases.  

About You

• Suitable technical or professional qualification such as a degree in Psychology, Behavioural Science, Occupational Health, Mental Health Nurse (RMN) is preferred.
• A passion for Safety, Health, and Wellbeing, with high levels of enthusiasm and drive to achieve results and be recognised internally as a centre of excellence for psychological health and wellbeing.
• Relevant experience working within complex organisations, interacting with key stakeholders, developing and implementing proactive psychological health and wellbeing programmes designed to positively impact the organisation.
• Detailed knowledge and understanding of psychological health practices, policies and legislative/regulatory requirements across UK and US.
• Someone who remains curious and with the ability to seek innovative approaches to continually improve management of psychological health and wellbeing risks and embed them within an organisation.
• Experience of evaluating, analysing, and reviewing psychological health and wellbeing data and the effectiveness of programmes to evidence the impacts on individual and business performance.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate articulately at all levels, verbally and written.
• Demonstrates the ability to network internally and externally and develop successful, long-lasting business relationships. 

This is an opportunity to make a lasting difference by shaping the wellbeing agenda of one of the world's leading energy companies. 

Your Rewards and Additional Information

Alongside a competitive base salary, you'll benefit from a standout reward package - including up to 30% performance bonus, and a generous pension scheme with double-matched contributions up to 6% of your salary. You'll also have access to flexible holiday, wellbeing and family support, and matched charitable giving - so you can perform at your best, in and out of work.