Senior People Business Partner at Weaver Fintech Ltd

Job Description

• The ideal candidate for this role will be responsible for providing specialist knowledge, skill and competence and partnering with key stakeholders to attract, develop, engage and retain talent.
• The ideal candidate will work closely with the Head of People to conceptualise, manage and implement strategic projects based on local and global best-practice, adapted to meet business requirements to ensure high performance. The candidate will utilise analytics and reports for decision making for the business unit heads.

More about the role:

• Stay abreast of industry trends and proactively contribute towards the development and implementation of the People strategy
• Conduct internal and external trend analysis and provide the business with talent insights and recommendations
• Engage with business to obtain business insights to ensure alignment of People initiatives and plans to support business needs
• Partner with stakeholders to empower them with relevant tools and resources that allow them to effectively lead and inspire their teams, as well as manage performance
• Communicate and share relevant People reports/dashboards with insights to middle and snr management during departmental management meetings
• Continuously improve people processes (through innovation and/or automation) to enhance the employee experience
• Drive recruitment needs of the business by partnering with the Talent Acquisition Specialist to bring in the best talent
• Implement the performance excellence process, ensuring compliance across the business units and supporting managers where where poor performance arises
• Collaborate with relevant colleagues to execute People initiatives and projects
• Manage learning initiatives and facilitate specific interventions where required
• Provision of advice on discipline and grievance issues and being present at disciplinary enquires and CCMA cases as the People representative where appropriate.
• Support the business in driving culture initiatives
• Engage with business units on organisation effectiveness challenges impacting on culture and implement initiatives to address those challenges
• Ensure a successful employee experience from onboarding to offboarding
• Support business in their remuneration expenditure and ensuring salaries are benchmarked and aligned to budgets
• Drive employee wellness through the Company wellness programmes and initiatives and support individual departmental needs

More about you:

Experience & Skills

• A bachelor’s degree in organizational psychology or related
• 4 to 5 years senior HR generalist experience
• Good computer literacy skills with a proficiency in MS Office
• Experience in stakeholder management at senior management level
• Knowledge of and experience with various People related systems
• Strong employee relations experience and exposure

Attributes & Behaviors

• Excellent interpersonal communication (verbal & written), influence, assertiveness and judgment skills
• Strong planning, organizing and coordinating skills
• Performance-driven and results-orientated with a relentless drive to succeed
• The ability to prioritise and multi-task within a fast-paced and pressurised environment
• Exceptional attention to detail with a thorough approach to work
• A strong can-do attitude and an energetic positive approach
• A solid work ethic and a passion for recruitment
• Good judgement and decision making informed by critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Business/Commercial Acumen
• Understand stakeholder needs and expectations in order to generate creative solutions