Employee Benefits Specialist

2 days ago


Western Cape, South Africa Clicks Group Limited Full time

**Listing reference**: 019240

**Listing status**: Online

**Position summary**

**Industry**:Wholesale & Retail Trade

**Job category**:Compensation and Benefits

**Location**:Western Cape

**Contract**:Permanent

**EE position**:Yes

**About our company**
- Clicks Group

**Introduction**
- We are looking to recruit an Employee Benefits Specialist to work within the Group Compensation and Benefits Team in the Clicks Shared Services. The role will be based at Clicks Head Office in Cape Town.

**Job description**
- To manage employee benefit programs relating to:

- Retirement Funds
- Medical Aids
- To review and optimise cost efficiency of benefits.
- To be accountable for Governance and Legal Compliance of the different funds.
- To manage queries and to effectively communicate information related to employee benefits funds and insurance.
- To review and enhance the company’s medical aid policy, manage the SLA’s with medical aids, and to explore opportunities to the benefit of Clicks and its employees regarding medical benefits.
- To ensure the efficient administration of Medical aid membership, option selection, contributions and increases and communication
- To effectively manage and develop the Benefits tea

**Minimum requirements**

**Qualifications and Experience**:

- Relevant tertiary qualification
- Exposure as a member of board of trustees as a Trustee or Principle Officer
- 5 years’ experience in a similar position
- Experience in a retail organisation is advantageous

**Skills, Abilities and Job Related Knowledge**:

- Knowledge of all Pension Fund Act /rules & Medical Aid Rules and PF 130 and PF circulars
- Ability to draft policy documents
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment, at all levels
- Knowledge / understanding of Pension & Medical Aid industry & keeping up to date with legislative changes & impact on Funds and business
- Strategic thinking - impact of changing circumstances on benefits.
- Ability to build value based relationships with service providers to optimize cost efficiency
- Ability to design member communication which is understandable & informative, so that members can make an informed choice (member investment choice, retirement etc.)
- Understanding benefits in large complex organisation

**Essential Competencies**:

- Analysing and Interpreting Information
- Writing and reporting
- Learning and researching
- Adhering to principles and values
- Working with people
- Numerical and financial acumen, including the ability to interpret financial statements
- Excellent excel skills and work with extensive spreadsheets
- Presenting and Communicating Information



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