HR Business Partner at Vodafone Global Enterprise

What you’ll do

Role purpose: 

• Works closely with the Executive Head in partnership with the MAST’s leadership to closely manage and grow the MAST business by providing strategic and hands-on HR support & delivery.
• This includes driving the delivery of the transformational people agenda and bringing to life the MAST People Strategy. In addition, also responsible for creating an enabling environment to drive a high performing entrepreneurial culture and employee engagement across the organization.

Who you are

Key accountabilities and decision ownership : 

HR Strategic Partnering 

• Responsible for executing on the MAST people strategy.
• Together with Executive develop key portfolio strategies and frameworks (L&D,Talent etc)
• Work closely with senior leaders to drive and deliver their people plan that supports the business growth.
• Partner with business to ensure the optimum org design is in place to deliver a fit for future business.
• Drive organizational performance aligned to MAST’s PM framework and competencies.

Organisation Effectiveness & Change 

• Support and deliver functional change programmes and organisational effectiveness or OD activities in the business areas.
• Interface with key stakeholders to ensure alignment with cross-functional change activity.
• Deliver against FTE, contractor & employment Opex targets in business areas and support business in managing the payroll budget and headcount.
• Act as tactical sparring partner, engaging on the effectiveness of processes, systems, data and people. 
• Drive the MAST People plan within each BU, ensuring that all people managers are equipped and able to deliver against agreed plans.
• Propose, develop and deliver key functional change programmes.

Cultural Change 

• Act as a catalyst for change by helping the organization as they transform.
• Seen as a trusted and respected change agent who can influence, persuade & support the business. 
• Challenge & improve people policies/processes/practices to ensure alignment with the MAST People plan & new ways of working.
• Challenge & support leaders in business areas to align behaviours/attitude to new culture framework.

People Planning 

• Input to functional people plan that is fully aligned to the MAST strategy & operating model.
• Drive delivery of functional initiatives/projects to support the MAST strategy.

Talent Management and Reward 

• Continuously drive performance dialogue awareness in partnership with business
• Work in partnership with senior leaders on future fit resourcing plan

Support senior leaders on the Talent Management scope:

• Talent Acquisition
• Talent Development

Talent Retention and Engagement 

• Execute on the organization’s Reward framework and principals.

Organisational Capability  

• Input in MAST functional and leadership development framework 
• Work with senior leaders to build critical functional & leadership capabilities to enable the business areas to deliver against their plans.
• Ensure development of future capabilities for PAN African capabilities 
• Manage MAST L&D budget.
• Core competencies, knowledge, and experience :

Competencies:

• Execution Excellence

Planning, Execution, & Quality Results

Team Mastery: 

• Communication, Teamwork & Collaboration

Business Management:

• Functional Expertise & Business Acumen

Must have technical / professional qualifications: 

• Matric / Grade 12 essential 
• 3year degree/diploma (e.g., Industrial Psychology, BCOM/BA – Honour in HRM, Business Management, etc.) is essential 
• A post-graduate qualification is required. 
• 8 + years' applicable experience as a Human Resources professional across all areas of the HR spectrum, as well as proven experience is essential 
• Leadership experience is desirable