Employee Health & Wellness Manager Job at SABC in Johannesburg

POSITION:              Manager:  Employee Health &Wellness

DIVISION:              Human Capital Services: Organisational Development

REPORT LINE:        General Manager: Organisational Development

SCALE CODE:         125



MAIN PURPOSE OF POSITION

To formulate and manage employee wellness strategies, policies and procedures across the SABC,provide Wellness direction and guidance to management and all staff.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

•    Design and implement effective health and wellness programmes.
•    Promote and deliver Holistic Health & Wellness Education Strategy.
•    Review and develop policies processes and procedures, toaligned them to the SABC business strategy.
•    Conduct Occupational health risk assessments and reporting.
•    Manage ill-health and disease prevention programmes.
•    Provide support and guidance with regards toIncapacity & Medical Boarding
•    Manage the provision of Primary health care.
•    Provide guidance and support in Chronic Disease Management.
•    Manage Fitness for work assessments.
•    Manage Occupational Health Assessments (Periodical Health Assessments, Exit Medical Assessments and Executive Health Assessments /Excu care programme).
•    Management and Provision Travel Medicine Programme.
•    Design and Implement Pre & Post Retirement preparation Programme.
•    Advise, consult, communicate and train management and supervisors on, Employee Health strategies, relatedpolicies and practices and procedures.
•    Ensure synergies and alignment between HRBPP and Business Units in providing health and wellness solutions.
•    Manage competence; morale and performance of direct reports attend to all people management and development issues emanating from direct reports.
•    Coach /mentor and ensure all direct reports undergo continuous professional development (CPD), accumulate points and maintain their professional registration status.
•    Conduct health risk assessments and report to Management.
•    Conduct individual and or group therapeutic interventions,counselling support and ensure cases are registered and case reportsgenerated.
•    Report quarterly on the health profile of SABC employees at all levels and ensure that appropriate remedial action is taken where there are high health risks.
•    Develop and implement Employee Health and Wellness record keeping/case administration on SAP.
•    Manage the quality of Health and Wellness service provider deliverables are per agreed signed off contract and that they meet all deliverables (contract management).
•    Effective Management of the Health & Wellness Centre (facilities).
•    Ensure the Health and wellness centre is resourced adequately and provides relevant health and wellness solutions to the SABC employees.
•    Design and deliver on life skills programmes and personal development and empowerment programmes.
•    Educate employees on health preventative screening, health risks and life style changes required to improve personal wellness and health.
•    Build a positive culture of health within the SABC thus lowering medical aid costs reducing absenteeism and occupational injuries.
•    Make referrals to applicable medical specialists and institutions.
•    Assess requests for medical disability , pension to determine viability of request
•    Make recommendations on medical disability requests in conjunction with Medical Disability Committee.
•    Handle and counsel general staff complaints and facilitate resolution
•    Manage the medical disability database.
•    Use and apply relevant psychological diagnostic tools where required
•    Manage the Provision of Psychological support to children of staff members where required.
•    Facilitate the accreditation of the SABC Health & Wellness Centre as a training Centre for Psychology Students due for enrolment in an accredited Internship Programme and supervise interns.
•    Conduct competency assessments where required.
•    Provide education on ergonomics and compliance thereof.
•    Efficient and cost effective resourcing planning of the Health & wellness Centre.
•    Manage Health & Wellness Budget.
•    Manage and Implement bereavement/trauma counselling and support.
•    Manage and Co-ordinate multi denominational support programmes.
•    Build partnership with sports committees and the gym facilities manager to promote fitness.
•    Monitoring, evaluation and impact and efficacy assessments of health & wellness interventions.


QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
o    Clinical Psychology / Industrial Psychology Master’s DegreeNQF Level 8
o    Minimum 5 years in the practice of clinical or industrial psychology
o    Experience in Managing/co-ordinating Employee Health &Wellness Programmes and Occupational Health and Safety
o    Professional Registrationas practicing psychologist with HPCSA& Board of Psychology
o    Experience in administering of competency assessments and other psychological tests/Psychometric tests

SKILLS & BEHAVIOURS

•    Excellent computer skills
•    Effective business report writing skills
•    Professional customer handling skills
•    Administrative and business skills
•    Effective communication skills
•    Assertive and attention to detail
•    Presentation and facilitation skills
•    Verbal and written communication
•    Facilitation
•    Conflict management
•    Customer service
•    Relationship management
•    Team work
•    Problem solving
•    Planning and organising
•    Leadership and Management Competencies
•    Financial and budgeting
•    Staff management
•    Policy Development
•    Strategy development

KNOWLEDGE

•    Knowledge of best practice in the delivery and management of Employee Health and Wellness Programmes
•    Knowledge ofBasic Conditions of Employment (BCEA) and Safety, Health, Environment, Quality (SHEQ) standards
•    Knowledge of Occupational Health & Safety Act
•    Knowledge of  Labour Relations Act and other relevant employment practices related regulations
•    Employee benefit structures and conditions knowledge
•    Contract management knowledge
•    SABC Company policies and procedures (Finance / HR / Procurement)
•    Project Management (MS Project)
•    Thorough Knowledge of Information Management Framework (IMF)

•    Judgement
Makes rational, realistic and sound decisions based on consideration of all the facts and alternatives available.

•    Execution
Drives projects along, gets results, and ensures that key objectives are met.



•    Building and Maintaining Relationships
Able to establish and maintain relationships with people at all levels; puts others at ease; promotes harmony and consensus through diplomatic handling of disagreement and potential conflict.


•    Objective Setting
Produces detailed project plans in which objectives are clearly defined and action step for achieving them are clearly specified. Risks rae identified and mitigated.


•    Management Control
Establishes clear priorities; schedules activities to ensure optimum use of time and resources; monitors performance against objectives.

•    Concern for Excellence
Committed to the achievement and maintenance of quality; sets high standards of performance for self and others. Management via Total Quality Management (TQM)

•    Customer Service Orientation
Concerned to provide a prompt, efficient and personalised service to clients; goes out of way to ensure that individual customer needs are met and exceeded.


CLIENTS / CONTEXT

Clients
Internal

•    Management and SABC Employees
•    SABC Pension Fund
•    Medical Aid Scheme
•    SABC HCS


External

•    Service providers
•    HPCSA
•    Medical practitioners
•    Institutions of higher learning
•    EAPA South Africa
•    Other relevant professional associations and institutions for occupational health & wellness practitioners
•    Medical institutions



Context
•    Complexity of the delivery of health and wellness services within regulatory frameworks standards, ethics and legislation
•    Broad HR operations and policies
•    SABC HR, Procurement and Finance Administration value chain
•    Understanding of organisational strategy and business requirements
•    Understanding of broadcast environment within Africa and abroad.
Preference will be given to candidates from designated groups in terms of the Employment Equity Act and the SABC’s Employment Equity initiatives.
Concise CV should be submitted to: The Human Resources Department Room 2644, Radio Park or e-mail groupvacancies@sabc.co.za
Closing date: 28 January 2014