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Job title : Employee Wellbeing Specialist
Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town
Deadline : November 23, 2024
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POSITION OVERVIEW:
- To design, develop and implement a wellness strategy and employee assistance programme (EAP) that is aligned to the overall Human Resources as well as organisation strategy of NSFAS.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Policy, Systems & Procedure Implementation
- Support the unit in the maturing of employee wellbeing policy/ies, procedures, and processes
- Develop presentations that enable the socialisation of employee wellbeing policy/ies, procedures and processes
- Socialise and implement the employee wellbeing policy/ies, procedures and processes
- Core Strategic/Operations Objectives Implementation
- Provide input into overall Human Resources Management value proposition as it relates to the wellness practice through the development of best practice, research, trends analysis and wellness initiatives
- Analyse wellness trends and prepare high level reports to management as input to create an engaged workforce
- Implement wellness interventions based upon identified needs within the organisation
- Build capacity in the organisation to drive and manage an employee wellness culture
- Design, implement and drive NSFAS’s programme, including providing awareness campaigns and training, professional counselling, testing and support through external vendors
- Ensure that all wellness initiatives contribute towards the operationalizing of the overall Employee Value Proposition
- Participate in the Wellness Committees and Forums to facilitate the successful implementation of wellness initiatives and programmes
- Develop policies and procedures to support the implementation of wellness initiatives
- Serve as the employee trustee for provident fund and participate in health care committees and wellness coach
- Provide monthly and quarterly report on wellness statistics and focus on analysis, comparison, and trends
- Create Awareness through wellness events and educational information on health issues
- Coordinate and promote wellness initiatives in partnership with other stakeholders
- Responsible for trauma debriefing during trauma incidents
- Conduct workshops on selected wellbeing issues and obtain feedback on existing programmes
- Cover whole spectrum of individual wellbeing components as defined by the World Health
- Organisation (WHO) or Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)
- Support the HR operations unit and HR team with employee wellbeing programmes of the NSFAS
- Contribute input and manage the employee wellness budget
- Coordinate with employee relations, business partners and senior management on cases of potential incapacity and ensure correct reporting and process for 3rd party claims
- People Management & Ethical Leadership
- Guide, inspire, coach and mentor employees to deliver quality wellness programmes in line with NSFAS Values
- Lead and manage the individual performance contracting and review process for self
- Stakeholder Management & Relationships
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to implement employee wellbeing programmes
- Collaborate with external stakeholders to enable the employee wellbeing programmes
- Manage the service level agreement of external providers of employee wellbeing deliverables
- Project Management & Leadership
- Manage and supervise the projects to address identified needs as per the employee wellbeing initiatives
- Annalise and interpret project reports on completion of the project to evaluate return on investment and to inform decision-making in the subunit
- Budget optimisation
- Expenditure forecast for subunit employee wellbeing activities and projects
- Expenditure management in line with employee wellbeing activities and projects
- Risk, Compliance Monitoring & Evaluation
- Support compliance checks and audit of employee wellbeing interventions with HR policies
- Identify risks and mitigate them in line with the risk register
- Support the compliance of NSFAS with the EE Act and legislation
- Information & Knowledge Management
- Collaborate with stakeholders to build systems that enable the management of data obtained from different sources
- Collaborate with stakeholders to use their experience, education and understanding to obtain knowledge from this information
- Reporting & Accountability
- on recruitment strategic KPIs progress
- on the employee wellbeing operational plan progress
- on internal and external recruitment risks
- on any other work in the mandate of the employee wellbeing work
DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Minimum Qualification requirements:
- NQF 7 Degree in Industrial Psychology, Psychology, Social Work
- Certification in EAP/wellness practitioner or management
- Minimum of six (6) to eight (8) years’ experience in Employee Assistance Programme / Wellness of which three (3) years must be the managing of an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) / Wellness function
- Experience in a Higher Education environment will be an added advantage
- Basic understanding of Labour Law e.g. LRA, EEA, BCEA, OHSA, employee health, wellness and benefit administration concepts, practices, and procedures
- Solid project management Skills
- Intermediate Knowledge of the higher education sector
- Employee wellbeing legislation experience and knowledge
- Employment Equity Act and related legislation
- Computer literacy – Intermediate MS Package Suite
- Driver’s License
Preferred
- NQF 8 Degree in Industrial Psychology, Psychology, Social Work
- Registered with HPCSA as Counsellor, Social Worker, Psychologist, Industrial Psychologist
- Certified Wellness Coach
- Computer literacy – Advanced MS Package Suite
- Advanced project management Skills
- Advanced knowledge of the higher education sector
- Extensive exposure to the functions of the employee wellbeing
- Knowledge and understanding of the NSFAS Act and PFMA
Skill and Competencies:
- Excellent communication (written and verbal) skills
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Planning and Organising
- Stress Management
- Counselling Skills
- Confidentiality, knowledge and understanding of the Human Resources Services Lifecycle.
- Planning and organising skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Leadership skills
- Agile and Innovative
- Time management skills
- High Emotional Intelligence
- Integrity
- Communication skills
- Adaptable to change
- Team player
- Goal orientation
- Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines
- Professional self-awareness
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