Senior Human Resource Business Partner at Bryte Insurance Company Limited

Key Tasks & Accountabilities

• Provide strategic consulting to the business division to support organisational design and development
• Own the Employee Relations and Transformation Centres of Excellence for the Company.
• Design and deliver organisational development interventions
• Provide an escalation point for complex individual case management.
• Analyse and investigate business and people issues and trends within the division; identify improvement opportunities and establish action plans to address them.
• Ensure consistent application of HR policies and procedures aligned with the strategy
• Collaborate with other HR Business Partners to ensure a team approach and leverage strengths.

Manage core HR initiatives in the division

Talent management

• Support recruitment
• Performance management
• Coach leadership team to improve effectiveness; develop the coaching capability of the leadership team
• Succession planning
• Strategic workforce planning
• Employment equity compliance

People development

• Identify learning and development needs
• Facilitate appropriate solutions in coordination with Human Resources Manager

Employee relations

• Ensure compliance with labour relations policies
• Support employee relations processes
• Provide advice on industrial relations matters
• Enlist a labour consultant for assistance when required

Compensation

• Inform and advise clients on the application of compensation and rewards guidelines
• Actively participate in the remuneration review process and bonus distribution
• Collaborate to facilitate the flow of information and assist with corrective measures

Change capability

• Change agent
• Actively participate in operational transformation
• Facilitate team effectiveness
• Facilitate employee engagement survey results analysis and action planning to support the business in driving improvement activity

High-performance culture

• Set an example with Bryte guiding principles and challenge sub-standard delivery
• Provide coordination, reporting and analysis on Human Resources projects and initiatives, including all department of labour reporting, employment equity reporting etc.

Process ownership at the organisation level

• Develop and maintain strategy and supporting policy
• Implement and manage strategy in collaboration with global colleagues
• Fulfil line management responsibilities for a small team

Relationships

Internal

• Executive and management
• Business Partners
• General staff/employees
• Human Resources team

External

• Headhunters and other recruitment suppliers
• Consultants
• Industry bodies and professional networks
• Global colleagues
• Department of Labour

Qualifications & Experience

• University Degree
• Relevant HR/professional qualification
• Postgraduate qualification

Experience

• Minimum 3 years’ experience within the Human Resources function
• Minimum 4 two years’ experience within in a similar role
• Good relationship management skills and ability to build credibility with senior leaders
• Developed skills and proven experience in some of the key areas of Human Resources Business Partnering, including strategic consulting, organisation design, change  management, human resource planning, employee relations, performance management and compensation management
• Good business acumen
• Relevant industry knowledge
• Solid influencing and negotiation skills
• Sound understanding of internal and external networks and resources