People and Culture Business Partner at Collinson

Purpose of the role

• In this role you will play a key part in creating a balanced approach to the strategic and operational people and culture goals of the business while maintaining those aspects of the culture which we seek to preserve. Your role a Business Partner and a partner to the managers and senior managers will ensure excellent people and culture practices are operating throughout the divisions you work with and will play an active role in developing leadership and management capabilities. You will work collaboratively across the P&C team to promote a cohesive team environment and partner with the regions and the specialist P&C functions.

Main Accountabilities

• Be a trusted consultant to the business, to develop and implement the People and Culture business strategy in line with Collinson strategy and the operational goals of the allocated business units
• Be an advocate and support the ‘One Collinson’ concept to help develop a group identity and sense of belonging for our colleagues
• Provide advice and support to managers and staff on a wide range of people and culture issues including best practise, employment legislation and ensure people related legal and compliance issues are managed effectively and aligned with the overall P & C strategy.
• Support on-going change management activity within your divisions and taken ownership in relevant consultations where necessary.
• Create and facilitate delivery of the strategic people plans and aid managers to deliver on their business objectives by ensuring the optimum plans are in place and being worked through.
• Support leaders on workforce planning and organisation design, restructuring, mergers and acquisition activity
• Act as the guardian for supporting the timely delivery of key business process including , succession planning, colleague engagement survey and career development, talent management  and the development of senior level business objectives.
• Deliver assigned projects with quality to timeline with good communication and collaboration across the relevant audience/sponsors and stakeholders
• Identify processes for improvement within the People and Culture function and assist with solutions to further enhance the P&C reputation across the Group
• Facilitation of Performance and Calibration process which drives a high-performance culture
• Creation of Insight/Analytics and recommendations into People and Culture and the strategic workforce plans and actions
• Support D&I agenda working with the D&I Lead to create targets, plans and priorities to improve D&I across the function.
• Handle mediations and employee disputes
• Collaborate with Global BP’s and senior stakeholders across all business divisions to ensure compliance and alignment
• Chairing disciplinary hearings
• CCMA representation including objection of con-arbs and legal representation
• Manage any disputes pertaining to the employment relationship
• Support senior leaders with labour related matters
• Ensure adherence to labour legislation of BCEA, Employment Equity, LRA, Skills Development Levies Act, and POPI Act
• Work closely with the P&C Operations Operations Coordinators

 Requirements of the role

• It is essential that the role is performed in a manner that enhances the desired culture of the organisation and is in line with the organisational values. Emphasis is on collaboration and integrity.
• Strong commercial awareness.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships at all levels and influence senior stakeholders
• Ability to lead by example in challenging situations and think objectively and strategically to build organisational effectiveness.
• Essential to have proven experience and working knowledge of BCEA, desirable to have experience of another specialist area

Skills and Capabilities

• Hold a full generalist remit including employee relations, succession, restructuring, as well as other people and culture projects.
• Experience or exposure, facilitating performance and talent calibration processes.
• Comfortable presenting to groups and facilitating workshops.
• Able to present recommendations in a clear compelling format appropriate to the situation.
• Able to balance the commercials of the business whilst up-holding Collinson values
• Able to work in ambiguous or changing situations and prioritise own work
• Experience of being able to implement projects whilst maintaining BAU to high standard