HR Business Partner
Partner with business leaders to deliver end-to-end human resources support that enables business performance, talent optimisation and a positive employee experience.
Job Purpose
The HR Business Partner acts as a trusted advisor to leadership, providing practical, commercially sound HR solutions across the full HR value chain, with a strong focus on talent management, performance management, employee relations and organisational effectiveness.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Industrial Psychology, Labour Relations or related
- Honours OR Masters degree in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology or related discipline
- SABPP registration
- Change management certification
- Coaching certification
- Enneagram | Insights certificate
Minimum Experience Level
- 5 years’ experience in an HR generalist or HR Business Partner role
- Proven experience managing employee relations cases independently
- Exposure to performance and talent management processes
- Experience within financial services and/or asset management environment preferred
- Data Orientated - interpretation knowledge
- Smart, Intelligent and creative as well as an independent thinker
Job Responsibilities
- Partner with line management to understand business strategy and translate it into effective people plans initiatives and interventions
- Deliver end-to-end HR generalist support across the full employee lifecycle, ensuring alignment to HR policies, procedures and labour legislation
- Act as a trusted advisor to managers on talent management, succession planning, performance management and employee engagement
- Facilitate and manage performance management processes, including goal setting, mid-year and year-end reviews, calibration sessions and performance-related employee discussions
- Facilitate talent reviews, succession planning discussions and development planning sessions with leadership teamsIndependently manage employee relations matters, including misconduct, poor performance, grievances, incapacity and workplace conflict, ensuring fair, consistent and legally compliant outcomes
- Provide sound advice and practical guidance on South African labour legislation and internal HR policies
- Draft, review and deliver clear, professional employee and leadership communications relating to HR processes, change initiatives and people matters