Hr Business Partner : Broker Solutions

The Human Resources Division has a permanent position available for an HR Business Partner: Broker Solutions, reporting to the HR Business Partner Lead.

This position will be based at the Santam office in Johannesburg.

To align human resource strategies and practices with the overall business objectives, and act as strategic partners to the leadership, driving the enhancement of business performance through effective people management.

To provide Human Resource consultation to assigned business units and be instrumental in facilitating and implementing agreed deliverables.

These business deliverables will be aligned with Human Resources' Strategy / Business Strategy, collaborating to develop and implement best practice HR programs, policies, and systems that support the organisation's leaders and managers in managing their units and meeting their strategic priorities.

Key to the success of the HRBP is the ability to develop a strategic partnership in their 'day to day' work within assigned portfolios.

This comes from understanding the department or business's key strategic challenges and providing HR intervention to help the leaders achieve their goals and create positive and productive workplaces.

What will make you successful in this role?

The HRBP will take ownership of the overall HR practices for the business area, supported by the HR Centre of Expertise (COE), attending to:

1. Strategic alignment: Work closely with senior leadership to ensure that the HR strategy supports the organizational goals and actively participate in business planning discussions to understand priorities and challenges.
2. Talent Management & Acquisition: Manage delivery on talent acquisition with the support of the Talent Acquisition specialist. Drive talent management and succession planning. Develop appropriate talent management strategies aligned with the business strategy.
3. Organisational Design: Partner with senior leadership to design and implement organizational structures that support strategic goals. Lead workforce planning initiatives that align talent acquisition and development with business direction.
4. Business partnership: Provide coaching and support to managers on HR-related issues, helping them navigate complex employee relations matters and enhance their leadership capabilities.
5. Diversity management & Employment Equity: Assist in developing EE plan per BU, implement actions, track and achieve milestones.
6. Performance management: Ensure that performance metrics align with business objectives. Keep abreast of best practices on performance management trends.
7. Culture and Engagement: Conduct organizational assessments to identify opportunities for improvement and implement solutions to enhance organizational effectiveness.
8. Leadership and people development: Facilitate discussions regarding work-related and post-graduate study aid (candidate approval) as well as the placement of learners and graduates.
9. Employee Relations: Act as a custodian of people-related policies. Provide sound advice to ensure the organization complies with best practices and legislative issues.
10. Total Rewards including Employee Wellbeing: Facilitate remuneration processes in BU's including creating awareness of employee wellness offerings, job evaluation, etc.

Qualification and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Psychology / HRM or related (NQF 7). At least 7 years HR Generalist experience. Ability to travel as required.

Knowledge

Knowledgeable in HR practices: recruitment, talent development, performance management, legislation, labour relations, leadership and organizational development, change management, and remuneration. Comprehensive understanding of HR practices, employment laws, performance management, talent acquisition, and organizational development.

Skills

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills. Excellent interpersonal and communication ability. Proficiency in HRIS and Microsoft Office Suite. Strong relationship-building ability. Ability to influence.

Core Competencies

Cultivates innovation - Contributing through others. Customer focus - Contributing through others. Drives results - Contributing through others. Being resilient - Contributing through others. Collaborates - Contributing through others.

About The Company

Santam is the market leader in the general insurance industry in Southern Africa. We are a large, diversified, expanding, and transforming company and whilst based in South Africa, we are rapidly moving into a number of emerging markets, both in Africa and Asia.

Our success is rooted in our passion for our clients and everything we do is centered on our delivery of Insurance Good and Proper. We're about people. People drive our business so it follows that we want to recruit the best people possible whether they work for us permanently or for a short time as temporary employees.

At Santam, we are committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society.

In achieving our employment equity goals we give preference to applicants from the designated groups in alignment with the Divisions Employment Equity targets.