Group Specialist OE: Employee Wellbeing (OVA5794)

GROUP SPECIALIST: EMPLOYEE WELLBEING

6 Months Independent Contract

Johannesburg-Hybrid-3 days in the office

Are you an experienced Employee Wellbeing / Organisational Development professional passionate about creating meaningful employee experiences and building workplace wellbeing solutions? We are looking for a Group Specialist: Employee Wellbeing to provide specialist expertise, advisory services and innovative solutions that support employee wellbeing and align with broader people strategy and the evolving future of work.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide specialist employee wellbeing consulting and advisory services across the organisation.
• Design, customise and implement enterprise-wide wellbeing solutions aligned to business objectives.
• Use wellbeing data, analytics, benchmarking and research to generate insights and inform strategic decisions.
• Lead wellbeing projects from scoping and solution design through to implementation and delivery.
• Design and support wellbeing events, solutions and digital platforms that improve employee access, adoption and experience.
• Develop and maintain wellbeing knowledge management, including guidelines, processes, system guides and supporting materials.
• Drive wellbeing awareness, change and capability-building initiatives through coaching, communication, training and information sharing.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders and influence the embedding of wellbeing practices across the organisation.
• Monitor and report on the performance and impact of wellbeing initiatives across different workforce segments.
• Identify and mitigate wellbeing-related risks while ensuring alignment with governance, compliance, legislative and regulatory requirements.
• Support business cases, solution specifications, governance submissions and budget planning.
• Participate in Agile delivery practices and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Build and manage a wellbeing community of practice to support collaboration, co-design and operationalisation.

Requirements

• Relevant Degree / Honours Degree in Human Sciences or a related field.
• 3–5 years' experience providing a breadth of employee wellbeing and/or Organisational Development services or related components.
• Strong understanding of employee wellbeing practices, frameworks and solutions.
• Experience in stakeholder management, consulting and advisory services.
• Experience using data, analytics and research to generate practical business insights.
• Experience in project delivery, change initiatives and capability building.
• Ability to work collaboratively across HR, business and cross-functional teams.
• Exposure to Agile ways of working would be advantageous.

Key Competencies

• Curiosity and continuous learning
• Innovation and future-focused thinking
• Strong communication skills
• Connected decision-making
• Planning and organising
• Execution and delivery
• Hyper-collaboration
• Change facilitation
• Stakeholder engagement
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

What Will Make You Stand Out?

We are looking for someone who can combine deep employee wellbeing expertise with commercial and business insight — someone who can turn wellbeing data, research and employee needs into practical solutions that improve employee experience and deliver meaningful organisational impact.