Hc Business Partner

-Introduction

**Introduction**

Metropolitan is one of the oldest financial services brands in South Africa. With a 116 year legacy of serving the communities in which it operates, Metropolitan represents true empowerment in serving Africa's people through affordable financial solutions that create financial growth and security.
Role Purpose

**Role Purpose**

Partner with leadership to develop and implement the HC agenda that enables business objectives and goals.
Requirements

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor's degree in HR, Social or Behavioural Sciences
- 5 years HR Business Experiencxe or HR advisory experience
- Knowledge of and experience in HR practices and legisltation
- Psychometrist (preferred)
Duties & Responsibilities

**Responsibilities and work outputs**
- Engage and partner with business to understand their needs to develop and implement integrated tactical and operational people plans and HC solutions in response to business and people challenges
- Collaborate with stakeholders, HC, COE's and HC Enablement to develop and implement initiatives aimed at optimising and managing organisational design, organisational effectiveness, employee engagement and retention
- Partner with HC teams to deliver effective, efficient, integrated and value added HC solutions to business in line with business needs.
- Drive the implementation and adoption of various HC practices and processes using various tools such as facilitating sessions to educate employees and line managers on these practices
- Promote efforts to measure employee satisfaction and climate within supported client groups, and facilitate action planning to improve employee engagement and overall workplace culture
- Advise, coach and support managers on the wide range of staff leadership activities, ranging from the design, implementation and leadership of change programmes
- Implement leadership development initiatives in partnership with OE, OD and L&D, to empower and enable leaders across business and actively management of leadership development programmes
- Identify training and development initiatives to address any learning or development challenges in line with business needs
- Guide and provide input on business unit restructures, organisational design elements and manage the organisational change
- Provide leadership, consultation and advice to business in the areas of workforce planning, talent management, succession planning, onboarding and performance management to align the needs of the business to the workforce
- Support business in the implementation of people practices in line with People Strategies and the operational needs of the business.
- Utilise trends and metrics to develop, optimise and implement HC solutions that address key business challenges and drive business objectives.
- Keep abreast of industry trends and best practice to optimise service offering, ensure compliance and mitigate risk
- Provide psychometric assessment feedback to line managers as part of the recruitment process, for team effectiveness interventions and team development interventions. Provide career development feedback to employees after the recruitment process or for development initiatives
Competencies

**Competencies required**
- Business Acumen
- Client/ Stakeholder Commitment
- Drive for Results
- Leads Change and Innovation
- Motivating and Inspiring Team
- Impact and Influence
- Collaboration
- Self-Awareness and Insight
- Diversity and Inclusiveness
- Growing Talent

Policy

We are committed to Employment Equity, diversity and inclusion when recruiting internally and externally. All appointments are made in alignment to our Employment Equity goals and we encourage people with disabilities to apply.