Employee Health and Wellness Specialist

Job Summary

The purpose of this role is to serve as a subject matter expert on workplace health and wellness improvement opportunities and programs aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of all HMC staff. The incumbent will take a lead on wellness initiatives, promote health behaviors, and project a positive and supportive image of workplace wellness. They will collaborate with Wellbeing Champions and all stakeholders across the corporation to facilitate implementation of HMC Employee Wellbeing Program.

Key Requirements

• Develops and implements health promotion and awareness plans for the Wellbeing program throughout HMC.
• Contributes to the development of employee wellbeing strategy, goals and policies.
• Develop, coordinate, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive employee Wellbeing program to reduce employee health risks and improve their health status.
• Establish and maintains links with Wellbeing Champions and Line Managers and coordinates the delivery of Wellbeing programs to all HMC employees.
• Enhance the awareness of the risk factors that can affect employee health and encourage employees to take more responsibility for their health behaviors.
• Coordinates health, wellness and nutrition fairs, and health screenings and conducts various health- related workshops and lectures.
• Assembles data from a variety of sources and systems for use in assessment and planning of health education and wellbeing programs.
• Develops individual employee health plans, assigns targets and goals, action steps specific to employee personal needs & priorities and monitors progress to improve health outcomes and status
• Provide individualized and group behavior change coaching to reduce or eliminate high risk behaviors.
• Coordinate the delivery of services and care with other members of a multi-disciplinary team within HMC and external vendors as directed by AED of HR.
• Compiles statistical summaries of participants and wellbeing champion activity data, workshop attendance to ensure proper detailed program evaluation.
• Conducts surveys, analyze, provide data and consult with advisory groups, taskforces and the medical professionals to coordinate, advice and advance employee health education program.
• Assists with program strategy and budget development and monitors monthly expenditures.
• Develops and deliver educational health and wellness presentations and training programs.
• Responds to high volume of inbound employee calls as well as leading campaign to encourage target employees to enroll in the program and ensure participants have sustained engagement.
• Assists in preparing news releases and articles on health topics and developing information for newsletters and other publications.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in healthcare related field or Nutrition or Psychology

Experience:

6 years’ experience in employee health and wellness program. OR HMC may exempt the above-mentioned experience requirements for Qatari nationals who show potential for success in this role