HRBP Lead at Vodafone Global Enterprise

Role Purpose/Business Unit:

• To partner with the allocated client BU  leadership team to define and support the delivery of the transformational people agenda, bringing to life the Vodafone People Strategy.
• To act as an interface between HR, Centres of Excellence and the client leadership team.

Key accountabilities and decision ownership:

People Planning:

• Drive and lead functional people plan that is fully aligned to Vodacom and HR strategy
• Drive delivery of functional initiatives on an on-going basis

Organisation Effectiveness & Change:

• Drive functional change programmes and OE activity in business areas
• Interface with key stakeholders to ensure alignment with cross-functional change activity
• Input to monthly and quarterly organisation reviews using OE metrics
• Drive organisation efficiency in business areas (ensuring compliance with agreed spans & layers targets)
• Support the delivery against FTE, contractor & employment cost targets in business areas
• Ensure organisation clarity & alignment in business areas, e.g., RACI, role profiles, role titles
• Ensure data integrity of people related information in the business unit
• Act as tactical sparring partner, engaging on the effectiveness of the BU, processes, systems, data, and people
• Drive the HR agenda within the BU, ensuring that all people managers are equipped and able to deliver against the annual recurring people management requirements
• Propose, develop, and deliver key functional change programmes in collaboration with COE.

 Reward:

• Drive with line managers the utilisation of Reward mechanisms.
• Ensure the organisation’s fair pay principles are aligned.

Talent & Capability:

Talent Acquisition:

• Collaborate with the TA team to deliver a pipeline of diverse future leaders and accelerate high potential development in functional business areas 
• Key part in senior resourcing for business area (in partnership with Resourcing colleagues).  Interview & calibrate agreed / key management in business areas
• Play part in ensuring that resourcing processes are fully aligned to business requirements (attraction, selection, on-boarding, etc)

Talent Management:

• Input to Talent Reviews across the function & follow through on outcomes in business areas; proactively use potential framework to ensure robust talent calibration and succession plans are in place, facilitating the performance and potential calibration
• Advise on performance and potential ratings for F and Staff Band Top Talent
• Support the emerging talent agenda i.e.  Graduate Programme, learnerships and interns.
• Ensure active management of poor performers in business areas
• Partner with the business leaders to drive group initiative on PD
• Drive Diversity & Inclusion agenda in business areas
• Partner with leadership to ensure teams have a clear understanding of the relationship between Vodacom, functional, team and individual goals in contributing towards delivery of the VSA overall strategy

Leadership and Management Development:

• Understanding of management development programmes to make recommendations for effective leadership development at key transition points on the management/leadership ladder and drive uptake of development programmes relevant to BU specific priorities
• Coach executives across business areas, in collaboration with COEs

Organisational Capability:

• Work with Talent & Capability to build critical functional capabilities to enable the business areas to deliver against their plans
• Ensure functional induction framework is developed and implemented & core organisational on-boarding programmes are in place and is effectively used

Cultural Change:

• Play key role in supporting leaders to live the Spirit of Vodacom and related people/HR policies.
• Provide Leadership of cultural change in business areas/areas of responsibility
• Challenge & improve people policies/processes/practices to ensure alignment with Spirit of Vodacom and new ways of working
• Challenge & support leaders in business areas to align behaviours/attitude to the Spirit of Vodacom and new ways of working

Communications & Stakeholder Engagement:

• Partner with BU Communications BP to ensure communication processes are working effectively within business areas
• Partner with leadership to actively drive employee advocacy for Vodacom products, services & network
• Focus the business areas on continuously improving employee engagement & by facilitating the development of Spirit action plan etc.
• Build a high ‘support & challenge’ relationship with leadership team members
• ‘Walk the tightrope’ of being part of the business areas yet maintaining an objective HR perspective.

Health & Safety:

• Ensure that the Health and Safety standards are maintained to group guidelines

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

• Matric (essential) 
• Relevant 3 Year Degree/National Diploma (e.g., Human Resources, Industrial Psychology, Business Management, etc.) (essential) 
• A minimum of 8 years' relevant experience as a Human Resources generalist across all areas of the HR spectrum (essential) in
• inclusive of 3 years’ experience as an HR professional interfacing with senior leadership in a corporate environment
• A post-graduate qualification will be advantageous

Core competencies, knowledge and experience :

• Job requires a broad and comprehensive understanding of the concepts and principles in HR to resolve issues 
• The role needs to balance the needs of business with that of HR and ensure alignment with parent company
• Knowledge and experience in Change management, people organization plans
• Exposure to coaching leaders for behaviour change
• Knowledge of labour legislation
• Knowledge of HR policies and procedures

Competencies:

• Problem solving and decision making
• Analytical thinking
• HR reporting
• Interpersonal skills and negotiating skills
• Business and financial acumen
• Consultation and facilitation skills
• Planning and Organising

Deadline:24th June,2025