Executive Manager: Human Resources (5 Year Fixed -Term Contract)

Introduction

Mintek has an exciting career opportunity for an Executive Manager: Human Resources. The successful incumbent will be responsible for leading and managing the Human Resources function, ensuring that the discipline is strategically aligned and managed in a manner that sustainably delivers on its mandate, supports organisational objectives, and drives people excellence across the organisation. Duties & Responsibilities

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS: Leadership

• Live the Mintek values, foster a culture of collaboration within Mintek. • Create an environment for the division to succeed and manage outputs. • Maintain consistently visible leadership. • Lead HRD. Governance and Risk Management

• Risk profiling and mitigation activities for the Division’s activities, including SHEQ. • Accountable for adherence to all Mintek’s policies and ethics within agreed thresholds. • Implement divisional and Mintek policies. • Ensure divisional compliance with applicable legislation. Relationship Management and Reporting

• Ensure the right data is available for accurate and useful reporting, making crucial data available “at the fingertips”. • Timely providing consolidated monthly and quarterly reports. • Monitor and report on Divisional performance, including financials. • Reporting value, ensuring critical issues and key results areas are addressed. • Stakeholder engagement, including the development of relationships with new stakeholders, stakeholder management and satisfaction for both internal and external stakeholders. • Drive standardisation, automation, and process optimisation to improve service quality and turnaround times. Strategy

• Drive the Human Resource Division strategy and operations, and develop plans for the implementation of the strategy. • Provide strategic leadership in the continuous management of performance, Human Resource information and remuneration systems. Financial Sustainability

• Deliver user-friendly, cost effective administrative and transactional business and employee support services. • Annual expenditure budget of R20m. • Must be able to apportion expenditure accurately and correctly according to funding source (Science Vote, Mintek or earmarked funds). Performance Management

• Deliver on the division’s KPI’s. • Undertake performance management for the Division. • Ensure that systems and tools are in place to monitor and measure the delivery of the divisional activities. Governance and Risk Management

• Risk profiling and mitigation activities for the Division’s activities, including SHEQ. • Accountable for adherence to all Mintek’s policies and ethics within agreed thresholds. • Implement divisional and Mintek policies. • Ensure divisional compliance with applicable legislation. Relationship Management and Reporting

• Ensure the right data is available for accurate and useful reporting, making crucial data available “at the fingertips”. • Timely providing consolidated monthly and quarterly reports. • Monitor and report on Divisional performance, including financials. • Reporting value, ensuring critical issues and key results areas are addressed. • Stakeholder engagement, including the development of relationships with new stakeholders, stakeholder management and satisfaction for both internal and external stakeholders. • Drive standardisation, automation, and process optimisation to improve service quality and turnaround times.

Desired Experience & Qualification

JOB KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• Master's degree level Human Resources Management or relevant (NQF – level 9).
• 10 years’ experience on the relevant field of which 5 years must be on management position.
• Good business insight.
• Knowledge of Mintek’s business products and activities.
• A thorough knowledge of PFMA and applicable legislation.
• Report writing skills.
• Policy and procedure writing.

COMPETENCIES

• HR Expertise. • Demonstrated ability to function at senior or executive management level. • Sound practical knowledge of leading talent management and business re-engineering processes. • Ability to initiate, implement and monitor Human Resource service delivery processes. • Ability to establish, manage and lead effective teams as well as optimal use of resources to achieve business results. • Strategy and business plan development and implementation. • Ability to lead diverse teams to ensure delivery and efficiency. • Ethical Practices. • Business and financial management. • Leadership of people and operations management. SKILLS:

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Excellent numerical and quantitative skills.
• Good management and leadership skills.
• Self-driven.
• People skills.
• Strategic thinking.
• Ability to multi task.
• Ability to get things done.
• Ability to lead by example.