People Operations Manager at Electrum

Responsibilities:

As the People Operations Manager your responsibilities will be:

• Manage the People Operations team and set goals in accordance with the company goals
• Align and articulate Electrum's people strategy with the company's strategic objectives
• Support DEI strategy development
• Identify opportunities to enhance organisational effectiveness and drive change initiatives

Own Electrum's employee lifecycle, which includes;

• Overseeing the recruitment and hiring process with the People Operations Generalist and Hiring Managers
• Ensuring all roles have accurate and up-to-date job descriptions
• Conducting annual benchmarking exercise against salary data and oversee the payroll and employee benefits administration processes
• Creating and maintaining policies and processes to enable Employee engagement and align with the organisation's goals
• Advising on and executing change management methodologies and manage team and organisational changes effectively

Ensure compliance by;

• Managing the BBBEE, EE and skills development processes in accordance with local legislation and compliance
• Maintaining policies and processes to align with legislation
• Plan and track expenses against the People Operations budget

Requirements:

• Degree in human resources, organisational psychology or related field
• Proven working experience in People Operations/HR for 5+ years
• Solid knowledge of local labour law and People Operations/HR best practices
• Demonstrable experience with People Operations/HR metrics
• Knowledge of People Operations/HR systems
• Demonstrable experience of maintaining and implementing people-related policies and processes in compliance with local laws
• Team lead experience 2+ years
• Demonstrable experience in building and managing a productive team (planning, prioritising, 1-1s, performance reviews, etc)
• Ability to foster psychological safety in the team
• Managing up and out
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Competence to build and effectively manage interpersonal relationships at all levels of the company
• Organised or systematic with the ability to summarise
• Comfortable with working in a VUCA environment

Advantageous for the role:

• Experience in a technical environment
• Experience in a scaling organisation