Regional Head, People & Culture, West Africa - Johannesburg at Standard Bank Group

JOB DESCRIPTION

• To provide strategic direction to People & Culture (P&C) Leadership within a specific region, to deliver on P&C strategic plans and business agendas. To translate Standard Bank Group’s business strategies and imperatives into a compelling, integrated P&C strategy for the region. To shape forward-thinking solutions to ensure that P&C business partnering is seamlessly solving for the most critical business challenges whilst collaborating with relevant stakeholders.

QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum qualifications

• Post Graduate Degree in Human Resources / Social Sciences /Business Commerce.

Experience required

• More than 10 years experience working as a strategic partner to Business Leadership across multiple portfolios.
• Demonstrated track record leading the positioning, design & deployment of integrated, effective & targeted employee centric People & Culture products/solutions. 
• Must have extensive Leadership experience within a multinational company working with and influencing Executives and Senior Management teams on People & Culture matters in a complex environment.
• Track record of developing, translating and delivering on strategic thinking and implementation plans for a dedicated Africa region, aligned to the Bank's future aspirations in terms of a platform organisation, driving execution of P&C approaches to support the business to become ecosystem platform providers.
• Ability to act as a standing invitee on the relevant country Board Remco / Nomco / P&C Committees, as the key adviser to those Board Sub-Committees on Group P&C standards, policies, processes and a key enabler for Board decision-making on critical people strategy decisions.
• Experience in leading and setting the pace for building a strong P&C talent pipeline across the various countries to ensure the identification, development and appointment of successors to the P&C Head and direct reporting roles across the various countries within the region.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with business leaders and people managers across different Segments to drive engagement, workforce and talent management as well as organisational change; navigating stakeholder requirements, innovating for the future, whilst serving the entire business value chain for different Africa Regions countries within a region.
• Must be able to partner with P&C CoE colleagues to design and deliver forward-thinking P&C initiatives that leverage the scale of the enterprise yet adapt to directly address business needs and create an integrated workforce experience within a dedicated Africa Region.
• Experience in defining and approving customised people plans for the Africa Region that drive employee efficiencies, considering future context, in terms of a personalised workforce experience.
• Ability to lead the P&C Heads for the respective Africa Regions countries according to SBG's leadership principles and values, including managing the employee lifecycle from recruitment through to exit, performance management, training and development, discipline and grievance management, retention, reward and people administration to ensure a high-performance culture.
• Monitor compliance to P&C regulatory requirements across the entire P&C value chain to ensure business meets the risk and regulatory requirements applicable to the various Africa Regions countries within the region.
• Knowledge and ability to interrogate the appropriate use of data to create insights, through predictive analytics, in order to optimise the solution offering and inform people driven decision-making processes across the various Africa Regions countries within the region.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Behavioural Competencies

• Articulating Information
• Convincing People
• Embracing Change
• Empowering People
• Making Decision
• Providing Insights
• Establishing Rapport

Technical Competencies

• Business Acumen 
• Challenging Thinking & Assumptions
• Change Management
• Coaching & Mentoring
• Compensation & Benefits 
• Digital Advocacy
• Employee Relations, Health & Wellness