Manager: Employee Wellbeing

Job Requisition details

REQ: 139680

Role: Manager: Employee Wellbeing

Area: Namibia

Advert closing date: 15/08/2025

Career Stream

HR Generalist/ Organisational Effectiveness 

Leadership Pipeline

Job Purpose

To influence and implement strategically aligned business practices for sustainable organisational health and effectiveness that will benefit and cause a positive development for Nedbank. Effectively manage the Employee Wellbeing Centre by creating space  that supports employees health while ensuring alignment with business goals.

Job Responsibilities

• Build credible business partnerships through professionalism and quality of advice and leadership.
• Engage various stakeholders deliberately and proactively through communication, collaboration and dedicating time.
• Develop and implement wellbeing programs that align with Nedbank’s culture and values.
• Position and manage the Nedbank Employee Wellbeing Programme (EWP) for positive employee engagement/experience.
• Align the Wellbeing Policy framework and guidelines to the evolving wellbeing journey.
• Influence and coach key stakeholders to enable effective organisational development, employee Wellbeing and change.
• Analyse and interpret Overall Wellbeing culture and business indicators through observation in order to consistently deliver on business needs.
• Build trust through integrity and ethical behaviours  
• Co-create various strategic employee wellbeing plans by making contributions that help determine the strategic people management enablers,
• contribute to and challenge the relevant business cases.
• Articulate people wellbeing impact required by integrating various diagnostic indicators.
• Develop and implement employee wellbeing models and methodology.
• Implement innovative employee wellbeing practices through the design and development of initiatives.Plan and execute specific key strategic wellbeing initiatives by applying project management principles.
• Facilitate employee wellbeing conversations and integrate effective wellbeing practices by engaging with different stakeholders in HR and Business units.
• Collate and present business reports that highlight the progress; value add and possibilities for further enhancement of overall employee wellbeing.
• Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives.
• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy.
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes and systems by identifying and recommending effective ways to operate and adding value to Nedbank.
• Coordinate cost effective interventions by assessing business requirements and needs and sourcing appropriate internal or external solutions.
• Manage and optimise own business wellbeing expenses in relation to the outputs or delivery of the role by aligning to the agreed budget or transfer pricing.
• Deliver on business requirements by prioritising and planning own activities in relation to the agreed requirements.
• Give advice on the improvement of business effectiveness by assessing and analysing various business indicators and putting forward recommendations on improvement of wellbeing strategies.
• Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values by reviewing Nedbank wellbeing strategy and ensuring delivered systems, process, services and solutions are aligned.
• Identify training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from management.
• Ensure all employee wellbeing activities are completed within specified timeframe..
• Share knowledge and industry trends with team and stakeholders during formal and informal interaction.
• Obtain buy-in for developing new and/or enhanced processes that will improve the functioning of stakeholders' businesses by highlighting benefits in support of the implementation of recommendations.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level 8

Professional Qualification

Postgraduate Degree: Industrial Psychology/ similar field

Preferred Certifications

Relevant Certifications

Minimum Experience Level

• 3 years in a Wellness consulting and/or HR management environment
• Experience in the Banking industry will be an added advantage

Technical / Professional Knowledge

Behavioural Competencies