Senior HR Business Partner

2 days ago


Centurion, South Africa IQVIA Full time

**Job Overview**

The Senior HR Business Partner (HRBP) is a mature, dynamic, proactive, and solutions-driven professional who plays a critical role in aligning HR strategies with business unit goals. This role bridges the global HR agenda with local business needs within specified business unit, providing expert guidance to managers and employees, and ensuring the delivery of high-impact HR solutions. As a key driver of transformation, the HRBP will lead initiatives to enhance efficiency, standardize processes, and deliver first-class HR services across out teams in Africa.

This role requires exceptional interpersonal skills and collaborative approach, strong project management capabilities, and a results-oriented mindset. Working within a complex, matrixed global organization the HRBP will together with other team members lead local and regional HR initiatives, manage projects with precision, and serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders.

Success in this role requires the ability to take charge, drive implementation, and foster strong relationships at all levels of the organization.

**Key Responsibilities**

**Strategic HR Partnership**
- Partner with business leaders to develop and execute HR initiatives that combine global HR strategies with local business priorities.
- Actively participate in key people-related decisions, anticipating challenges and addressing people issues proactively.
- Provide HR knowledge and strategic advice to support the execution of business projects and organizational initiatives.
- Provide hands-on support to managers on key people processes, including performance management, team development, change management and resource planning.
- Handle complex HR data reporting, leveraging advanced Excel skills and an analytical mindset to deliver actionable insights and support data-driven decision-making.

**HR Efficiency, Transformation, and Policy Alignment**
- Lead and implement projects that drive HR efficiency, transformation, and process standardization across the businesses in Africa.
- Ensure HR services, policies, and systems are practical, relevant, and aligned with business needs and compliance requirements in African countries.
- Work collaboratively with HR colleagues to develop and refine policies and introduce innovative ways of working.
- Collaborate with HR Centers of Excellence (CoEs) and Shared Service Centers on projects.

**Regional Wellbeing Plan**
- Design, implement, and manage a comprehensive regional Wellbeing Plan for Africa, addressing physical, emotional, financial and workplace wellbeing needs.
- Facilitate global wellbeing programs and initiatives tailored to local and regional cultural contexts, ensuring employee participation and engagement.
- Leverage insights from employee feedback, surveys, and HR metrics to continuously refine and enhance wellbeing initiatives.

**Performance and Capability Development**
- Provide strategic coaching and advice to managers on organizational effectiveness, team dynamics, and leadership development.
- Advise, challenge, and coach Business Managers on people-related processes, including performance management, team and personal development, career path planning, resource planning, and restructuring needs.
- Support managers in navigating organizational change, ensuring employee alignment and mínimal disruption.
- Collaborate with managers to navigate change effectively, balancing empathy with a focus on results.

**Compliance and Best Practices**
- Act as a role model for the HR function, driving best practices and ensuring alignment across HR processes and policies, ethics and compliance.
- Provide hands-on support in driving the BBBEE agenda, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and organizational goals.
- Actively contribute to new initiatives, sharing lessons learned from previous HR projects and interventions.
- Demonstrate strong knowledge of local labor laws, CCMA processes, and employee relations (ER) matters, ensuring compliance and effective resolution of workplace issues.

**HR Metrics and Analytics**:

- Use HR KPIs and metrics to identify opportunities for improvement and develop clear, actionable plans to address them.
- Provide regular reports and analyses to senior management, highlighting trends and recommendations.

**Employee Engagement and Communication**
- Lead employee engagement initiatives to align staff interests with business objectives, leveraging insights from employee surveys to enhance engagement strategies.
- Ensure clear and effective HR communication, managing local employee engagement campaigns and aligning them with global HR messaging.

**Leadership and Collaboration**
- Build and sustain strong relationships with business leaders, employees, and HR colleagues, ensuring alignment across teams and functions.
- Take the lead on HR initiatives and projects while effectively collaborating with others in authority and across departments.
- Be a role model for positivit



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