Chief People Officer at Busamed Hospital Group

Summary

• The Chief People Officer is a critical member of the Executive Leadership Team, reporting directly to the CEO and holding full accountability for the people strategy across the organisation. This is a rare opportunity for a HR executive to influence culture, workforce planning, and organisational effectiveness at the highest level of a large, complex healthcare business, one where the quality of our people directly translates into the quality of care we provide
• You will partner closely with the CEO and Executive Team to ensure our people strategy is fully aligned with business strategy, driving performance, engagement, talent development, and organisational culture across a large and diverse workforce, including clinical and non-clinical staff

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

• Serve as a strategic partner to the CEO and Executive Team, providing expert counsel on all people-related matters
• Design and lead the enterprise-wide people strategy, aligned to business goals and growth ambitions
• Own talent acquisition, workforce planning, and succession planning across clinical and corporate functions
• Lead organisational design and change management initiatives to support business transformation
• Champion a high-performance, values-driven culture across all levels of the organisation
• Oversee compensation and benefits strategy, ensuring competitiveness and internal equity
• Lead employee relations, ensuring compliance with labour legislation and healthcare-sector regulatory requirements
• Drive leadership development and capability-building programmes across the organisation
• Ensure robust HR governance, policy frameworks, and reporting to the Board where required
• Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion, and employee wellbeing initiatives
• Build and lead a high-performing HR function and team

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Industrial/Organisational Psychology, Business Administration, or a related field (essential)
• An Honours or Master's degree (e.g. MBA, MCom, MA in HR/IOP) is strongly preferred
• Registration with the relevant professional body (e.g. SABPP) advantageous
• Minimum 10 years' progressive HR leadership experience
• Demonstrated experience operating within a highly regulated environment; private healthcare, hospital groups, pharmaceuticals, or medical services experience strongly preferred
• Sound working knowledge of South African labour legislation (LRA, BCEA, EEA, Skills Development Act) and experience engaging with the CCMA and Bargaining Councils
• Experience managing HR within a unionised and/or clinical/professional workforce environment advantageous

Work Experience

• Proven track record of operating at Executive Committee / Board level, with strong commercial and business acumen
• Broad generalist HR expertise across talent, reward, employee relations, organisational design, and culture

Knowledge

• Demonstrated ability to lead large, diverse workforces, including professional/clinical staff populations
• High ethical standards and sound judgement, with a genuine commitment to patient-centred, people-first values
• Exceptional stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills

Deadline:16th July,2026