People & Performance Business Partner

SUMMARY:
Our client, Africa's largest leader and producer in their industry, seeks your proven expertise to support the People & Performance Manager on the implementation of overall P&P strategy and plans, including:

1. Business partnering and providing P&P Generalist services and expertise to enable business objectives relating to change management;
2. Diversity & inclusion;
3. Employee engagement;
4. Performance management;
5. Learning & development;
6. Recruitment;
7. Mobility management;
8. HR functional excellence and governance relating to remuneration;
9. Master Data management and policy.

POSITION INFO:
Minimum Job Requirements:

• Minimum Honours Degree in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology or similar.
• Minimum 7 years proven Human Resources Management experience in a large and complex organisation.
• Impressive, demonstrable track record and skills/experience gained within a similar position(s), at a similar level.
• Extensive experience in project managing and delivering organisational design and change management projects.
• Strong track record delivering HR functional excellence and governance relating to remuneration and benefits, master data and payroll accuracy, HR audits and controls.
• Demonstrated Employee Relations experience, with a working knowledge of relevant legislation.
• Working knowledge of SuccessFactors or similar.
• Experience working with teams in Africa essential, and in Europe - a strong advantage.

1. Proven ability to partner and influence effectively at all levels.
2. Effective communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills.
3. Excellent attention to detail.
4. Demonstrated ability to provide quality assurance of data.
5. Strong numerical and analytical capabilities.
6. Proven planning, organising and project management skills.
7. Proactive and ‘can-do’ approach to problem-solving.
8. Ability to work in a high-pressured environment, with a strong track record in delivering results and meeting business expectations.
9. Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
10. Willingness to travel as required within the Group.

• Report to and support the People & Performance Manager with the execution and embedment of the Groups plans, including implementing change management and organisational design activities and projects.
• Provide day to day, efficient P&P service delivery, and perform P&P query resolution, escalating to P&P Manager as required.
• Partner with Line Managers to support an integrated short-term P&P plan to enable business performance, succession development and employee engagement.
• Support the P&P Manager by implementing defined performance management processes that drive a high performance culture.
• Initiate training and development initiatives to support capability development, working closely with the P&P Practitioners to ensure implementation of plans for L&D.
• Play a key role in supporting the P&P Manager on the Diversity & Inclusion agenda.
• Resolve employee relations issues, escalating complex matters to the P&P Manager as required.
• Ensure P&P policies are available and communicated to Line Managers and employees, initiating drafting and refreshing P&P policies and implement policy awareness campaigns for approval by the P&P Manager.
• Coach and upskill Line Managers to build their competence to own their people processes.
• Implement employee engagement, employee wellbeing and employee welfare initiatives.
• Partner with the Mobility Specialist on facilitating mobility arrangements.
• Effectively manage and maintain employee benefits and remuneration processes to meet HR functional excellence standards in the Business Partnering team.
• Ensure compliance to statutory, regulatory or policy requirements and internal P&P and audit controls.
• Adhere to and implement the P&P minimum standards across the employee life cycle, adhering to P&P functional excellence and striving for continuous improvement.
• Facilitate effective analysis, sourcing, recruitment, assessment, development, onboarding, engagement and retention of appropriate talent, complying with best practice recruitment processes.
• Query resolution, and adhoc support for projects and initiatives as required.

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