Health, Wellbeing and Belonging Engagement Specialist

About The Role

Drive a positive health, wellbeing and belonging culture at the heart of electricity transmission

Are you passionate about building a positive and proactive health, wellbeing and belonging culture based on collaboration, care and trust? At National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET), we believe that everyone has the potential to thrive in the energy industry. Our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion is at the heart of our approach to health and wellbeing.

Acting as a subject matter expert and bringing a DEI lens to health and wellbeing, you’ll contribute to NGET’s Health & Wellbeing Strategy and delivery plan, ensuring the requirements of the Group Business Management System, UK policies and standards, are understood and implemented within the business.

You’ll engage with stakeholders, to motivate and energise leaders, empowering them to take full accountability for health, wellbeing and belonging leadership in their respective areas of the business.

Summary Of Additional Accountabilities

• Develop strategic and operational relationships both internally and externally to promote the health, wellbeing and inclusion of NGET staff.
• Create and deliver presentations and facilitate engaging workshops as well as facilitate team discussions when needed.
• Work closely with our People Function and third-party occupational health provider to maximise and evaluate uptake of support services offered to staff.
• Evaluate the impact of interventions and then present these back to a wide audience.
• Create NGET wellbeing and health performance data.
• Maintain an up-to-date awareness of key public health developments.
• Support in the implementation, and legal compliance, of the Stress Risk Assessment process and Mental Health programmes.
• Use all available data to identify emerging health and wellbeing risks, using this data to set and deliver a range of risk-based programs and controls.
• Promote a positive health and wellbeing culture through visible, proactive and consistent influential behaviours.

We’re flexible on where you’re based but we’d like to see you at our offices in Warwick once a week and there will be a need for occasional site visits. This can be combined with hybrid working from home.

What You'll Need

• Enthusiasm, creativity and the ability to bring health, wellbeing and belonging to life.
• Knowledge of UK Health and Wellbeing Legislation.
• Experience of managing and engaging with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience of delivering wellbeing and health programme programmes, ideally in a high-risk, corporate environment and evaluating their effectiveness.
• Ability to evaluate, analyse and review Wellbeing and Health data.
• A good knowledge and understanding of the key principles and research within the health, wellbeing and inclusion fields.
• Experience of managing programmes from development through to delivery.
• Experience of undertaking stress risk assessments and implementing controls.
• Knowledge and application of the HSE Management Standards for work related stress.
• Engaging and influencing senior management, line managers, employee representatives, and other specialist support in designing and adopting wellbeing and health programmes
• NEBOSH National Certificate in the Management of Health and Wellbeing at Work, and a Current driving licence are both desirable.

What's in it for you?

A competitive salary of £48,300 – £60,000 per annum

• Annual Performance Based Bonus
• 26 days annual leave, plus eight statutory days
• The option to buy additional or sell holiday days
• Generous contributory pension scheme - we will double-match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%
• Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave – so long as it is relevant to your role
• Access to several flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.
• Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days)
• Access to a numerous apps which support health, fitness and wellbeing.

More Information

This role closes at midnight on 21st July 2025 however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.

At National Grid we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace for everyone. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience or qualifications don’t match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one.

At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.

Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.