HR Director - SA & SSA

 

Recruiter:

Integration Resourcing

Job Ref:

IR62

Date posted:

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Location:

CapeTown, South Africa

Salary:

Highly competitve executive level package


JOB SUMMARY:
Incredible opportunity to head up HR with this global and highly respected advertising agency

JOB DESCRIPTION:

HR Director – SA & SSA – CAPE TOWN

dentsu SA & SSA is part of dentsu international, which is headquartered in London and operates in over 145 markets worldwide with more than 48,000 dedicated specialists. We help clients to win, keep and grow their best customers and achieve meaningful progress for their businesses. With bestin-class services and solutions in media, CXM, and creative. dentsu SSA has 33 affiliate partners across SSA with dentsu offices in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire and Uganda.

The purpose of this role is to lead the development and implementation of an integrated country HR strategy that partners with the business to identify and achieve strategic business goals. The role will lead the strategic development of the HR function to build our organisational capability for tomorrow’s business needs (leveraging the expert network in HR as needed) by creating a high-performance culture of continuous improvement. The role will also provide key co-ordination across HR leads in the wider SSA cluster to drive any people risk, compliance, and audit actions.

Key Accountabilities include:

  • HR strategy
  • Senior Business Relationships
  • Talent and Resource Strategy & Management
  • Business Management
  • Lead and Develop the HR Function
  • Support and enable the transition to a new business model for HR focussing on enablement of shared services and shift in ways of working
  • Enabling and Delivery of the Vision and Values, Employee Engagement and Diversity and Inclusion Agenda
  • Specific SA Duties Include: People Risk & Compliance Management; DEI; BBBEE; People Risk & Compliance Management as well as ad hoc co-ordination as required across cluster HR leads on behalf of requests by EMEA Chief People Officer or SSA CEO

Professional Skills & Experience

  • A strong track record of leading across the full spectrum of HR activities including talent, performance development, change management and reward
  • Experience in leading HR teams and partnering with regional CoEs to achieve high value business outcomes • An ability to drive the strategic HR agenda and partner with senior leaders
  • Experience in navigating and driving strategic initiatives in a highly complex matrix organisation
  • A proven ability to build effective senior level relationships and to be a partner, advisor, and confidant
  • Excellent influencer who can adjust their approach to credibly influence change in the business
  • A proven strong business and commercial acumen
  • Strong change and transformation experience
  • Strong employment law knowledge and an ability to identify, assess and advise on risks to the company
  • Strong experience with shared services, regional COE, BPO model

Joining dentsu will give you an opportunity to produce career-defining work. Along the way, you will team up with inspiring colleagues and encounter a richness of clients, cultures, and experiences. We offer exciting challenges, memorable experiences, and opportunities to shape your future.

 

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