Head of Human Resources at Munich Re

Job description

Munich Reinsurance Company of Africa Limited (MRoA) has been operating in South Africa for almost 50 years. The Head Office of MRoA is in Johannesburg, with a client service office situated in Cape Town and Client Management offices in Accra – for West Africa - and Nairobi – for East Africa.

We are currently looking for a highly capable HR Manager to lead our HR team, reporting into the CEO and the regional Head of HR (APAC).

Responsibilities

• Ensuring optimal job-person matching
• Drives practices to attract, retain & motivate best qualified employees for positions at MRoA
• Ensures optimal reward and recognition practices are in place to drive high performance
• Operationalisation of HR strategy
• Ensuring alignment between MRoA strategic objectives and HR strategic targets
• Manage, coach and develop the team of HR team members (4), adding value in the fields of Employee Relations, Performance Management, Training & Development, Recruitment, Reporting and remuneration.
• Drive the development of management information systems to complement our existing payroll and performance management systems
• Project management of HR initiatives in response to MR global or MRoA business change requests – take the brief and ensure delivery.
• Advising and partnering with internal clients.
• Talent Management
• Driving leadership development & coaching support
• Effective and insightful talent management

Your Profile

• B.A./ M.A, Degree in Law, Economics, Finance, Business Administration, Psychology or a numerate subject of study; ideally with a professional or post graduate qualification in Human Resources Management
• Minimum of 7 years progressive HR management experience as a generalist in a Financial Services or ‘intellectual capital’ based environment with excellent command of the English language and good communication skills
• Minimum of 3 years prior experience of managing a HR team
• Project management experience
• Excellent leadership and team development skills
• Strategic capabilities
• Good negotiation skills
• Understanding of Employee Relations
• Experience of providing oversight of payroll
• Presentation skills at all levels