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Employee Wellness Manager

The Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) was established in December 2004, in terms of the National Small Business Amendment Act. The Act merged the previous small enterprise development agencies Ntsika Enterprise Promotion Agency, NAMAC Trust and the Community Public Private Partnerships (CPPP) into a single small enterprise support agency. The GODISA Trust and the National Technology Transfer Centre were merged with Seda in April 2006, becoming the Seda Technology Programme (STP). The small enterprise support function of the South African Quality Institute (SAQI) and the Technology for Women in Business (TWIB) were incorporated with the STP in 2008. To date, Seda has established a network throughout the 9 provinces with 42 branches, 27 incubation centres, provincial offices and a national office.

Seda provides business-related information, advice, business registration, access to markets, facilitation of access to finance, training and mentoring services in all areas of business development for small enterprises. Through the STP, Seda also provides business and technology incubation services, support for management systems implementation (such as ISO9001 and OHSAS 18001), product testing and certification, as well as machinery and equipment.


Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced candidates for the following exciting and challenging position:

Employee Wellness Manager
National Office, Sunnyside (Pretoria)


Reporting to the Executive Manager: Human Resources, the successful candidate will develop and implement employee wellness, Quality of Work Life, Gender and Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) framework and strategies to promote and maintain a well balanced lifestyle for Seda employees.

Minimum requirements:

  • A recognised 3-year tertiary qualification in Social Sciences (HR/Social Work/Psychology)
  • 3-5 years’ experience in Employee Wellness
  • 2 years’ experience in providing counselling
  • Relevant training in counselling and EWP-related fields
  • Registration as a psychology counsellor with HPCSA or as a Social Worker with the SACSSP
  • Experience in dealing with gender issues
  • The ability to develop and implement related programmes and conduct workshops
  • Knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety
  • Knowledge of workplace HIV/AIDS programmes
  • The ability to manage projects independently
  • Working knowledge of EWP and OHSA and other Government-related legislation
  • Working knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993
  • Counselling skills
  • Listening skills
  • Project management skills
  • Flexibility
  • Computer literacy
  • Innovative thinking
  • Teamwork orientation
  • Time management skills
  • Persuasiveness.


Key performance areas:

  • Manage the Employee Relations Programme and the Internal Gender and People with Disability Programme
  • Take responsibility for Occupational Health and Safety
  • Manage resources (people, budget and assets)
  • Ensure compliance with relevant legislation.

Note: This position involves frequent travel around the country.

If you have not heard from us within 90 days of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Please visit our website for more info: http://www.seda.org.za/pages/seda_welcome.aspx

Closing date: 30 August 2011.