Human Capital Lead

2 days ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Absa Bank Limited Full time

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together one story at a time.
- With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group. Job Summary

The Human Capital Lead for the Function will partner with the Chief Human Capital Officer - Technology and the relevant Technology Executive(s) in translating the Human Capital strategy to a plan for the Function to improve performance, retention and the employee experience. This includes partnering with ExCo to shape the talent, workforce, and total rewards strategies as well as operational processes and systems needed to support the strategy and build an environment where employees can develop, contribute, and thrive.

As Human Capital Lead, the incumbent will lead a community of practice for the function to drive integration and build capability to better deliver to the strategy. This role will require an outcome driven, results oriented individual with strong coaching, collaboration and influencing skills.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities:
Commercial awareness and strategic partnering:

- Demonstrates a deep understanding of the global marketplace, competitive position and commercial drivers for a complex, large-scale business.
- Uses business acumen/perspective to translate the Human Capital strategy into a clear Human Capital agenda within the direction set by the bank and global Function for a business with multiple core lines of business.
- Is a strategic partner to the Chief Human Capital Officer and ExCo in a fast moving, complex and developing environment.
- Uses analytics, data and trends both internally and externally to diagnose Human Capital issues and recommend effective solutions.
- Manages external networks and is well connected in the appropriate bodies to shape the external perception of Absa Group Limited to be in a position to attract the best capabilities to the organisation and have influence in the marketplace.
- Articulates strategy and can translate strategy into action and results for the Function.

Trusted Advisor:

- Owns relationships and is as a trusted advisor.
- Exemplary coach and sounding board to the Function.
- Demonstrates influence and credibility with senior leaders across the business.
- Actively assists the Chief Human Capital Officer to build the effectiveness and develop the top team appropriately.

Ownership of the end-to-end Human Capital delivery:

- Operates as the relationship manager for the customer base and is responsible for broking Human Capital Specialist and Operations to execute on the defined Human Capital strategy.
- Works with the leadership to identify and develop talent and robust succession for the Function.
- Has a high level of focus on customer relations - Drives a culture of customer centricity and responsiveness across all Function teams.
- Able to prioritise, manage and lead a team of specialists to deliver across a Pan African agenda.
- Drive the delivery of key Human Capital initiatives through employing the appropriate change and project management disciplines across the Human Capital value chain.

Takes the business priorities and translates these into Human Capital Strategies and takes end-to-end ownership for delivering the following key Human Capital processes to their stakeholders by undertaking the following:

- Translate strategy into Human Capital strategy and ensuring that workforce planning is embedded whilst providing Human Capital analytics that deliver relevant insights.
- Support and drive major change and Function Projects.
- Specify capability gaps and define talent pools in conjunction with the leaders
- Takes ownership of strategic resource planning and delivery and participate in executive and senior role hiring.
- Takes responsibility for talent reviews, succession planning activities and talent and capability development.
- Deliver Leadership and Learning programmes via specialists, specifies internal capability gaps and ensure relevant assessments, development and coaching in place.
- Drive the Business Unit reward and performance strategy and provide input and manage the executive compensation and ownership of pay cycle and reward plan delivery.
- Ensure effective employee engagement for the Function in conjunction with the Chief Human Capital Officer, supporting the Human Capital Operations planning and service quality management.

Leading teams:

- Ensure the development of a high performing team through embedding formal Performance development and informal coaching.
- Determine and analyse training and development needs for team members.
- Establish and maintain a succession plan for the team using the formal talent management process.
- Interview and recruit direct reports.
- Develop appropriate engagement plans to drive heightened employee engagement



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