Work-Force
Bring your skills as a Employee Wellness Officer to Mdantsane and join a team that moves fast. This Eastern Cape role is one to watch.
About This Position
An experienced Employee Wellness Officer is needed to support operations in Mdantsane. The role forms part of how the business keeps its hr jobs portfolio strong in Eastern Cape.
The successful applicant is given the room to plan, deliver and review their work without unnecessary noise. The organisation has built its Mdantsane team on trust, and the Employee Wellness Officer role will feel that from week one.
Internal documentation, process notes and shared playbooks make it easier for the Employee Wellness Officer to step into the hr jobs workflow quickly. Institutional knowledge is well-organised, so people are not reinventing the wheel from one week to the next.
Equal Opportunity
Inclusive recruitment is part of the organisation’s employment practices. Applicants are assessed on relevant qualifications, skills and experience for this role in Mdantsane.
Importantly, the hiring organisation’s applicable employment-equity and inclusion practices will be explained in the final vacancy details for Eastern Cape.
Crucially, inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Mdantsane.
What Your Day Looks Like
Your day is people-shaped from the moment you log in. You move between recruitment screens, manager calls, payroll queries and the occasional sensitive conversation that needs your full attention. Mid-morning you might be running an onboarding session for new starters, and by the afternoon you’re back at your desk preparing EE or B-BBEE reports. Through it all, you balance compliance with care, making sure that policies are followed and people are heard.
Beyond that, the Mdantsane office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.
Crucially, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Eastern Cape operations throw up the unexpected.
Your Role
- Manage benefits, pension or provident fund and medical aid administration
- Compile workforce reports for EE, B-BBEE and skills development submissions
- Champion transformation and inclusion across all people processes
- Run exit interviews and feed insights into retention strategies
- Maintain accurate employee records on the HRIS
- Support managers with disciplinary, grievance and incapacity processes
- Support organisational design, job evaluation and grading processes
Essential Criteria
- Project management skills for HR initiatives and rollouts
- Member or affiliate of SABPP or IPM is an advantage
- Experience supporting CCMA, disciplinary and grievance processes
- Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Human Resources or Industrial Psychology
- Commitment to fairness, transformation and ethical conduct
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret HR metrics
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
Each application is reviewed carefully, and strong matches against the criteria above will move forward in the process.