Wellness Specialist

Position: Wellness Specialist

Location: Lusaka

Key Accountabilities

1. Design and Deliver Wellness Programs:

Develop workplace wellness initiatives aimed at reducing health risks, lowering medical costs, and promoting healthy lifestyles for corporate clients. Also, ability to deliver engaging and evidence-based health talks.

2. Coordinate Wellness Initiatives:

Maintain a comprehensive record of wellness activities, source credible service providers, manage service contracts including pricing, and conduct provider assessments to ensure optimal service delivery.

3. Conduct Health Research and Surveys:

Undertake research and gather data on social determinants of health and identify strategies to enhance mental health and wellbeing in relevant populations.

4. Teamwork:

Work synergistically with relevant teams, such as client services and marketing, to enhance Medlink’s brand as a leading wellness provider. This includes taking on the role of being Medlinks Wellness Ambassador.

5. Promote Mental Health Literacy:

Advocate for mental health awareness by providing training, counselling support, and guidance to client wellness teams and beneficiaries.

6. Monitor and Evaluate Wellness Programs:

Develop and implement tools and procedures to measure the effectiveness and impact of wellness initiatives.

7. Innovation and Flexibility:

Be able to see systemic gaps and unmet needs in the wellness landscape and quickly develop cost effective, but high-impact, strategies to respond to them.

Qualifications & Experience

• A Bachelor’s Degree in health education, psychology, counselling, social work, or a related field (required)
• Master’s or a relevant postgraduate diploma (preferred)
• Demonstrable competence in solving current problems (required)
• Three (3) or more years of experience in wellness program design and implementation
• Member of relevant professional body (required)
• G12 Certificate (required)

Knowledge & Skills

• Knowledge of a broad range of whole person health topics and a commitment to wellness and the promotion of life learning
• Keep professionally current in relevant research
• Ability to establish relationships with administrators and employees to promote participation in sponsored programs, and to motivate them to set and reach health goals
• Ability to display professionalism when dealing with employees and service providers
• Ability to conduct benchmarking analysis, and environment and culture assessments to assist in programme development
• Ability to create an environment that provides positive and collaborative relationships
• Ability to maintain confidential documents and information and keep abreast of legal requirements
• Ability to integrate wellness/fitness program initiatives into culture and organizational mission
• Demonstrate skills in program building, critical thinking, verbal and written communication, computer and web-based programs.

Personal Attributes

• Highly motivated, creative and able to work with minimum supervision
• Lifelong learner and teacher
• Team player with excellent interpersonal skills

Application Requirements

Interested persons who meet the job requirements should email their Cover letter (single page), CV, and Qualifications as one PDF document to careers@medlink.co.zm. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Closing date: 26th July 2025