Human Resources Head

G-Core Capital; Durban; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

G-Core Capital is seeking an experienced HR leader to drive organisation design, workforce planning and skills assessments, translating findings into actionable training, redeployment, recruitment, and restructuring. You will manage union engagement, disciplinary matters, grievances, and fair process under South African labour law, while strengthening performance standards and accountability.

You will oversee recruitment, onboarding, capability development, and HR service delivery, coaching the

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in HR, labour relations, psychology, business management or equivalent.
• Approximately 10-15 years' progressive HR experience, including at least five years in senior HR or industrial or employee relations leadership.
• Experience in complex, labour-intensive operations in South Africa (ports, mining, logistics, manufacturing, state‑owned entities or major workforce turnarounds).
• Strong SA labour law expertise and practical experience with unions, disciplinary proceedings, grievances and evidence-based case management.
• Demonstrated workforce transformation, organisation design, workforce modelling, skills assessment, restructuring and HR analytics capability.
• Strong executive advisory, stakeholder management and influencing skills, with resilience and practical execution in lean HR teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead organisation design, workforce planning and skills gap assessments; translate findings into training, redeployment, recruitment and restructuring.
• Manage union and shop steward engagement, disciplinary matters, grievances, consultations and disputes, applying fair process and South African labour law.
• Strengthen performance standards, management accountability and employee engagement while managing resistance to change and disruption risks.
• Maintain HR governance across direct and seconded employees, including PSA controls, the contractual separation of employer responsibilities and auditable case records.
• Oversee recruitment, onboarding, capability development and HR service delivery; coach the HR team and line managers.
• Use workforce data, HR dashboards and employee cost analysis to support executive decisions, budget control and terminal performance.

Job description

Key responsibilities

• Lead organisation design, workforce planning and skills gap assessments; translate findings into training, redeployment, recruitment and restructuring.
• Manage union and shop steward engagement, disciplinary matters, grievances, consultations and disputes, applying fair process and South African labour law.
• Strengthen performance standards, management accountability and employee engagement while managing resistance to change and disruption risks.
• Maintain HR governance across direct and seconded employees, including PSA controls, the contractual separation of employer responsibilities and auditable case records.
• Oversee recruitment, onboarding, capability development and HR service delivery; coach the HR team and line managers.
• Use workforce data, HR dashboards and employee cost analysis to support executive decisions, budget control and terminal performance.

Essential candidate requirements

• Relevant bachelor's degree in HR, labour relations, psychology, business management or equivalent.
• Approximately 10-15 years' progressive HR experience, including at least five years in senior HR or industrial or employee relations leadership.
• Relevant South African experience in complex, labour-intensive operations such as ports, mining, logistics, manufacturing, state-owned entities or major workforce turnarounds.
• Strong South African labour law expertise and practical experience with unions, disciplinary proceedings, grievances and evidence-based case management.
• Demonstrated workforce transformation, organisation design, workforce modelling, skills assessment, restructuring and HR analytics capability.
• Strong executive advisory, stakeholder management and influencing skills, with resilience and practical execution in a lean HR team.