Bank Windhoek is recruiting a Health and Wellness Manager, to be based in Windhoek, Namibia.
Description
- Responsible for assessing the health and wellness needs of the business, while providing solutions to both measure and address employee healthcare concerns
- The position focuses on enhancing employee health awareness and promotes wellness related initiatives by offering and implementing a variety of health and wellness programs that meets the requirements of a diverse workforce in addressing the changing healthcare needs of employees
Duties
- Wellness Strategic Initiatives:
- Develops, implements, and maintains health promotion/wellness programs and events by benchmarking successful external programs and staying current with best practices to drive continuous improvement of employee health and decrease employer costs on a year over year basis
- Initiate and plan company-wide wellness initiatives (e.g., blood donation clinics, World Aids Day Campaigns, etc.), health screen assessments and vaccination clinics as part of the wellness offering
- Partner and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders (i.e., psychologists, rehabilitation centers, doctors etc.) to drive Wellness Initiatives, campaigns and offer the best solutions to employees
- Leads the development of initiatives and implementation of wellness programs by the wellness champions
- Wellness Interventions:
- Provide ethical support for employees with health and personal challenges
- Provide diseases management support to employees with illness / injuries
- Organize training sessions and workshops on health and wellness topics, including physical health, mental health, nutrition, and overall well-being
- Reporting:
- Maintain accurate records and ensure confidentiality of all data collected health advising, health screenings, empowered health coaching, disease management and health promotion activities
- Submit monthly and quarterly data on all wellness program planning, initiatives and campaigns
- Financial:
- Plan, propose and manage the annual Wellness budget. Monitor adherence to budget, prepare projections and make recommendations accordingly
- Coordinate and liaise with all parties to ensure on-time payments of all service providers within approved budget
- Policies:
- Provide professional input to all Wellness related policies and ensure it adheres to legislation
- General:
- Conduct visits to Branches/Departments and employees in hospital/clinic for support
- Perform day-to-day administrative duties
- Ensure and maintain record keeping of all health and wellness information and data
Requisites
- Experience / Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- At least 5 years’ experience in the development of employee welfare and support programs or related environment
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Understand the basics of First Aid
- Qualifications:
- Degree in Psychology / Social Work or related field
- Accredited Employee Wellness Certification will be an added advantage
- Core Competencies:
- Relating and Networking
- Deciding and Initiating Action
- Presenting and Communicating Information
- Planning and Organising
- Analysing
- Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations
- Learning and Researching
Notes
- Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted