Job Title: Head of People
Location: Claremont Cape Town
Job Type: Permanent
About us:
Our client is one of the largest privately-owned providers of specialised financial solutions and advisory services to businesses and high net worth individuals in South Africa. Founded in 1998, the company provides tailor-made lending, wealth management, asset management and transactional solutions to businesses and high-net-worth individuals, with offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Pretoria, George, Durban, Nelspruit, Port Elizabeth, Namibia, Botswana and North Carolina USA. Certain companies in the group are licenced and authorised financial services providers.
Responsibilities:
1.Legislative Compliance
• • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the Basic Conditions of Employment and Labour Relations Act.
• Ensure that the organization’s policies and practices comply with all relevant legislative requirements and are adhere to by staff.
2. Benefits and Remuneration
• • Executive Incentives: Drive and manage the implementation and administration of executive incentive
• programs.
• • Share Participation Trust: Oversee the management of the share participation trust.
• • Remco Matters: Handle and resolve issues related to the Remuneration Committee (Remco).
• • Job Grading: Supervise and oversee the job grading process to ensure accuracy and fairness.
• • Annual Increment and Bonus Process: Manage the annual increment and bonus distribution
process, including negotiation and allocation of group and divisional bonus pools.
3. Strategic Objectives
• • HR Department Structure: Design and implement the optimal structure, processes and systems for the HR department.
• • HR Development Plan and Procedures: Design, develop and implement the HR plan and associated procedures across the group.
• • Stakeholder Relationship Building: Build and maintain strong business partnerships, engaging effectively with stakeholders in alignment with the business strategy, values, and culture.
4. Organisational Development
• • Organisational Capacity and Culture: Drive HR initiatives that support and enhance the organizational strategies, structures and processes.
• • Change Management and Transformation: Lead and manage organizational change initiatives and transformation efforts.
5. Talent Management
• • Talent Acquisition and Retention: Develop and implement strategies to acquire and retain top talent within the organization.
• • Training and Development: Ensure that training and development needs are met across the group.
6. Team Leadership
• • Achieving KPIs: Lead the team to achieve key performance indicators (KPIs) successfully.
• • Change Agent: Act as a change agent, leading change initiatives within the team.
Qualifications:
– BCom Degree in Human Resources, Organisation Psychology or related field
– Master’s degree with focus on Human Resources (advantageous)
– ITC and Credit Clear
Experience:
– Proven HR Leadership Experience: At least 10-15 years of progressive experience in Human Resources, with at least 3-5 years in a senior HR leadership role, such as Director of HR, VP of HR, or similar.
– Strategic Planning and Execution: Experience in developing and implementing HR strategies that align with organisational goals.
– Change Management: Demonstrated experience in leading organisational change and transformation efforts.
– Talent Management: Experience in managing and developing talent management strategies, including recruitment, retention, performance management, and employee development.
– Benefits and Compensation: Proven experience in designing and managing compensation and benefits programs.
– Legislative Compliance: Extensive knowledge of employment laws and regulations and experience ensuring compliance.
