Senior Advisor Prof Employee Wellness

Listing reference: eskom_002767
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 4 February 2026
Position summary
Industry: Electricity, Energy & Water Supply
Job category: Wellness
Location: Germiston
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: No
Introduction
Area of specialization: To provide professional and confidential assistance to human resources business partners (HRBP) and stakeholders regarding psycho-social matters through employee assistance programme interventions. Task Grade: P14 Department: Health and Wellness Business Unit: Human Resources Location: Simmerpan, Germiston, Gauteng
Job description

Key Responsibilities

  •  Provide leadership, guidance for psycho-social processes
  • Manage employee assistance programme (EAP) activities
  • Scan the environment and analyse information
  • Design policy, negotiate and communicate information
  • Provide specialist advice
  • Monitor human resources indicators
  • Represent Eskom on external and local forums
  • Manage client relations

Skills and Competencies Required

 Behavioural:

  •  Integrity
  • Honesty
  • Confidentiality
  • Professionalism

 Leadership:

  • Live the Eskom vision
  • Grow people
  • Ignite passion
  • Promote teamwork
  • Encourage right behaviour

 Knowledge:

  • Employee wellness and employee assistance program (EAP)
  • Marital, family and relationship, personal debt and financial management, sexual harassment problems
  • Substance abuse alcohol, drugs, prescription medication and other addictive behaviour such as gambling
  • Workplace violence, trauma counselling and after care conflict management and resolution
  • Health stress management
  • Lifestyle management, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome
  • (AIDS) and tuberculosis (TB) in the workplace
  • Employee Assistance Professional Association (EAPA) standards, related legislation
  • Organisations human resources (HR) systems, policies and procedures
  • Management of sickness, absenteeism and medically incapacitated employees
  • EAP service provider contracts, eligibility requirements, performance standards, budget limitations,scope of service, strengths and weaknesses of the service provider 

Skill:

  •  Crisis management and debriefing
  • Problem solving
  • Project management
  • People management
  • Financial management
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Management and execution of large-scale projects
  • Consulting
  • Negotiation techniques
  • Change management

Minimum requirements

Qualification(s):

  •  Honours Degree in Social Work / Psychology at NQF8 with 480 credits

 Professional Registration Body

  • Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) or South African Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP).

Experience:

  • 4 Years Related Experience in Experience in employee wellness

Disclaimer: 

“If you have not been contacted within 28 days after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.”

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