Employee Wellbeing Specialist (6-Months Contract)
DeARX Services Pty Ltd · Johannesburg, Gauteng
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- We're looking for an Employee Wellbeing Specialist to join a leading financial services organisation on a 6-month contract. This is an exciting opportunity to influence wellbeing at an enterprise level — combining people, data, innovation and digital solutions to create meaningful employee experiences.
What You'll Be Doing
- You'll play a key role in shaping and delivering innovative wellbeing solutions that support both employees and the broader business strategy.
Your responsibilities will include
- Shape wellbeing strategy by providing specialist advice and insights across enterprise-wide initiatives.
- Turn data into impact by using wellbeing analytics, benchmarking and research to identify trends and inform strategic decisions.
- Lead wellbeing projects from concept and solution design through to implementation and delivery.
- Partner with HR, business leaders and other stakeholders to develop workforce-led wellbeing programmes, events and digital solutions.
- Develop and maintain practical wellbeing frameworks, guidelines, processes and knowledge resources.
- Drive awareness, change and capability-building through coaching, communication, training and knowledge sharing.
- Build strong relationships across the organisation and act as a trusted wellbeing advisor to key stakeholders.
- Measure the effectiveness of wellbeing initiatives and translate results into actionable insights.
- Identify and manage wellbeing-related risks, governance and compliance requirements.
- Support business cases, governance submissions, solution specifications and budget planning.
- Work within agile delivery teams to plan, execute and continuously improve wellbeing initiatives.
- Establish and grow a wellbeing community of practice, encouraging collaboration, innovation and knowledge sharing.
What We're Looking For
- We're looking for someone who can combine strategic thinking with practical delivery and understands how employee wellbeing contributes to organisational performance.
You'll need
- A relevant Professional Qualification or Honours Degree.
- A degree / Honours qualification in Human Sciences or a related field.
- 3–5 years' experience across employee wellbeing, organisational development or related HR services.
- Experience designing and implementing employee wellbeing programmes or solutions.
- Strong exposure to wellbeing data, analytics, reporting and insights.
- Experience managing projects and delivering initiatives from concept to implementation.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
- Experience working collaboratively within cross-functional and agile environments.
You'll Thrive in This Role If You Are
- Curious – You constantly look for new ways to improve employee wellbeing.
- Innovative – You enjoy challenging traditional approaches and exploring new solutions.
- Collaborative – You bring people together and thrive in cross-functional teams.
- Data-driven – You can turn information and analytics into meaningful business insights.
- Change-oriented – You know how to help people and organisations adopt new ways of working.
- Execution-focused – You don't just develop ideas; you make them happen.