HR Business Partner Consumer Business Unit

Vodafone; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement funds

Medical aid

Staff discounts

Cell phone benefits

Data benefits

Job summary

Vodafone is seeking an experienced Human Resources Business Partner to create an enabling environment that drives performance and engagement across business areas. You will partner with leaders to define and implement people plans, deliver HR priorities, and support strategic workforce initiatives.

The role focuses on organisation effectiveness, talent management, and cultural change, working to align HR processes with business strategy and driving the Spirit Beat across the BU.

Qualifications

• Matric/Grade 12 essential.
• 3 Year Degree/National Diploma (e.g. HR) required.
• 5–8 years HR generalist experience across HR spectrum essential.
• Includes at least 3 years interfacing with senior leadership in a corporate environment.
• Post‑graduate qualification advantageous.

Responsibilities

• People Planning aligned to Vodacom/functional strategy.
• Drive delivery of functional initiatives to support HR strategy.
• Deliver organisational change programmes and OE activity.
• Engage stakeholders to align cross‑functional change and payroll/headcount targets.
• Support leadership to align behaviours to Spirit Beat and new ways of working.
• Partner with leaders to implement Performance Driven Reward plans.
• Lead Talent and resourcing activities, including succession and development.

Skills

Change Management

Stakeholder Engagement

People Planning

HR Analytics

Coaching Leaders

Education

National Diploma in HR

Postgraduate HR qualification

Job description

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Role Purpose/Business Unit:

The role of the Human Resources Business Partner is responsible to create an enabling environment to drive performance and employee engagement across the business areas by partnering with business leaders to define and implement relevant and appropriate People plans.

Provide HR Business Partnering to Leadership teams. Facilitate the delivery of the Vodacom strategic HR priorities, through defining an appropriate strategy to deployment the people plan and partner with business leadership in the execution of the plan.

The key focus will amongst others include but not limited to organisation effectiveness, talent management & building capabilities. Bringing the Human element to Technology while supporting sound business decisions.

Your responsibilities will include:

People Planning

• Input to functional people plan that is fully aligned to Vodacom/functional strategy.
• Drive delivery of functional initiatives/projects to support Consumer Business/HR strategy.

Organisation Effectiveness & Change

• Support and deliver functional change programmes and OE activity in business areas.
• Interface with key stakeholders to ensure alignment with cross-functional change activity and manage the change process.
• Input to monthly and quarterly organisation reviews.
• Deliver against FTE, contractor & employment Opex targets in business areas and support business in managing the payroll budget and Headcount.
• Ensure organisation clarity & alignment in business areas, e.g., reporting lines, role profiles, role titles and global job architecture.
• Ensure data integrity of people related information in the business unit.
• Drive organisation efficiency in business areas (ensuring compliance with agreed spans & layers targets).
• Act as tactical sparring partner, engaging on the effectiveness of processes, systems, data and people.
• Drive the HR agenda within the BU, ensuring that all people managers are equipped and able to deliver against the annual recurring people management requirements – provide advice and training to line managers.
• Propose, develop and deliver key functional change programmes in collaboration with COE.

Cultural Change

• Play key role in supporting leaders to align to spirit behaviours and related people/HR policies.
• Provide leadership of cultural change in business areas/areas of responsibility.
• Challenge & improve people policies/processes/practices to ensure alignment with Vodafone, People strategy and new ways of working.
• Challenge & support leaders in business areas to align behaviours/attitude to Spirit and new ways of working.
• Ensure that the Health and Safety standards are maintained to required guidelines.

Performance and Reward

• Ensure active management of poor performers in business areas.
• Partner with the business leaders to drive group initiative on PD.

Talent & Resourcing

• Collaborate with the talent management team to deliver a diverse succession plan. Accelerate high potential development in functional business areas.
• Input to talent reviews across the function & follow through on outcomes in business areas; proactively use ‘talent matrix’; ensure robust talent, succession & scenario plans are in place, facilitating the performance and potential calibration.
• Advise on performance and potential ratings for F and top talent/successors at all levels.
• Actively support all talent and signature programmes.
• Support Graduate Programme and emerging talent in business areas.
• Actively manage Diversity & Inclusion agenda in business areas.
• Key part in senior resourcing for business area (in partnership with Resourcing colleagues). Interview & calibrate agreed / key management in business areas.
• Ensure that resourcing processes are fully aligned to business requirements (attraction, selection, onboarding, etc.).

Leadership and Management Development

• Ensure understanding of management development programmes to ensure effective development at key transition points on the management/leadership ladder and drive uptake of development programmes relevant to BU specific priorities.
• Coach executives across business areas, in collaboration with COEs.

Organisational Capability

• Work with L&D to build critical functional capabilities to enable the business areas to deliver against their plans.
• Ensure functional induction framework is developed and implemented & core organisational on-boarding programmes are in place and being effectively used.
• Ensure development of future capabilities required.

Communications & Engagement

• Partner with leadership to ensure teams have a clear understanding of the relationship between Vodacom(business), functional, team and individual goals and their role in contributing towards delivery of the overall strategy.
• Focus the business areas on continuously improving employee engagement & by facilitating the development of Spirit Beat action plan etc.

Relationship Management & Partnering

• Build a high ‘support & challenge’ relationship with leadership team members.
• ‘Walk the tightrope’ of being part of the business areas yet maintaining an objective HR perspective.
• Input to functional people plan that is fully aligned to Vodacom/functional strategy.
• Challenge & support leaders in business areas to align behaviours/attitude to The Spirit Beat and new ways of working.
• Implement all ‘Performance Driven Reward’ plans in business areas and ensure recognition of staff.
• Deliver a pipeline of diverse future leaders and accelerate high potential development in functional business areas.
• Identify and deliver leadership team effectiveness solutions.
• Focus the business areas on the Vodacom Strategy and help people to recognise their part in drive performance.
• Build a high ‘support & challenge’ relationship with SLT members.

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• Matric / Grade 12 essential.
• Relevant 3 Year Degree/National Diploma (e.g. Human Resources, Personnel Management, Industrial Psychology, Business Management, etc.) - essential.
• A minimum of 5 - 8 years applicable experience as a Human Resources generalist across all areas of the HR spectrum essential.
• Inclusive of 3 years experience as an HR professional interfacing with senior leadership in a corporate environment.
• A post-graduate qualification will be advantageous.

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:

• Telecom Industry experience will be an added advantage.
• Knowledge and experience in Change Management, people organization plans
• Exposure to coaching leaders for behaviour change.
• Problem solving and decision making.
• Analytical thinking.
• HR reporting.
• Interpersonal skills and negotiating skills.
• Business Acumen.
• Knowledge of labour legislation.
• Knowledge of HR policies and procedures.
• Consultation skills.
• Planning and Organising.

We make an impact by offering:

• Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
• Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
• Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

Closing date for Applications: 03 September 2026.

The base location for this role is Midrand, Vodacom Campus.

The company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates, and values diversity & inclusion.