HR & Workforce Transformation Strategist

PwC; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC is seeking a Workforce Transformation Senior Associate to support HR and transformation engagements within multidisciplinary teams. You will contribute to HRIS implementation, process optimisation, change management, and operating model design, while embedding digital and AI-enabled ways of working.

You will analyse client needs, prepare high-quality deliverables, and help manage projects with attention to timelines, quality, and stakeholder engagement across diverse teams and geographies.

Qualifications

• Typically 5+ years of experience in consulting or complex corporate environments, with involvement in HR and workforce transformation projects.
• Proven track record of delivering end-to-end projects across Workforce capability areas (e.g. Organisational change and adoption, HR process/technology implementation, strategic workforce planning, operating model and organisation design, reward and recognition, culture, and learning and development).
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams and, ideally, global or multi-country programmes.

Responsibilities

• Supporting teams in delivering programmes across the following Workforce capability areas: Organisational change and adoption, HR process/technology implementation, strategic workforce planning, operating model and organisation design, reward and recognition, culture, and learning and development.
• Supporting the delivery of end-to-end projects against agreed timelines and quality standards, from design through to implementation, working closely with client stakeholders and other PwC team members.
• Assisting in scoping, planning and delivery of client deliverables, working alongside other workstreams such as technology, process, and system design.
• Supporting client interviews, workshops, and analysis of client documents and data to help develop a clear understanding of current state and future development.
• Supporting business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients.

Skills

Change management

HR processes

Analytics

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or related

Postgraduate qualification; project management / Agile training

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Office

Collaboration tools

Survey tools

Job description

PwC is seeking a Workforce Transformation Senior Associate to support HR and transformation engagements within multidisciplinary teams. You will contribute to HRIS implementation, process optimisation, change management, and operating model design, while embedding digital and AI-enabled ways of working.

You will analyse client needs, prepare high-quality deliverables, and help manage projects with attention to timelines, quality, and stakeholder engagement across diverse teams and geographies.