Head of Human Capital
Executive Placements · Bo-Kaap, Western Cape
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Job purpose
Reporting to the CEO
The primary objective is to implement the company's manager's strategic priorities to ensure effective delivery on the business's people agenda.
Success in this role depends on the ability to build strong, trusted partnerships with Human Capital stakeholders and company's Managers and Exco members across assigned portfolios. This is achieved through a deep understanding of the business's strategic objectives and key challenges, and by translating these insights into targeted Human Capital interventions.
The role enables leaders and their teams to achieve business outcomes by fostering a positive, high performing, and sustainable workplace culture that drives engagement, productivity, and overall organisational success.
Key responsibilities
Strategic Partnership
Aligns business requirements and effective Human Capital practices to deliver people solutions.
Influence leadership on the people agenda and related issues.
Analyse Human Capital data and interpret trends and suggestions for decision-making.
Collaborate with Human Capital and business leaders to understand business strategy and translate it into actionable Human Capital priorities.
Influence people-related decisions, workforce trends, and organisational design within the business.
Lead change management initiatives to support transformation and innovation and support project-based initiatives.
Owns talent management for the business
Builds company leadership competence through coaching and to guide the line management around people processes.
Implements talent management framework (including succession management) in partnership with Human Capital.
Identifies the immediate and long-term talent issues that impact the business and puts appropriate plans in place to address them.
Ensures the retention of high-performing and high-potential employees through various strategic levers.
Facilitates succession planning and leadership development aligned with future business needs.
Supports and implements Human Capital performance management processes and capability building within the company.
Manages Talent Acquisition
Partners with the company manager on recruitment and placement of talent.
Identify critical and scarce skills for Company with all relevant COE's (e.g. Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development and Total Rewards) to ensure appropriate pipelines over the short and long term.
Help build a purpose-led culture
Ensure that values and leadership standards are communicated and unde
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