Human Capital Business Partner

Job Title- Human Capital Business Partner- Location- Selby - Johannesburg, GP 2001 ZA (Primary)- Occupational Level- Professional- Job Category- Human Capital- Job Type- Permanent- DescriptionBankservAfrica form part of the South African National Payments System and are a trusted partner of the financial industry, including banking institutions, and therefore require that employees adhere to unwavering standards of honesty and transparency in performing their duties.

PURPOSE
- The main purpose of the HC Business Partner is to be a strategic advisor and partner to business and bridge the gap between Human Capital and Business. The HC Business Partner must possess deep business acumen, understand their business area and its challenges to help address people needs in the business. They must be able to work at different levels (strategic, operational and tactical) and be able to influence effectively across all levels and also be able to navigate through ambiguity, recognising when it is appropriate to introduce structure and process without disrupting business operations. The HCBP will be responsible for aligning the BankservAfrica people strategy with the organisations business priorities. The HCBP will support business in:
- Providing employees with a good employee experience throughout the Employee lifecycle and actively involved in Inducting and Onboarding new employees and facilitating performance management and talent management processes
- Supporting and provide effective strategies to prevent and manage Employee Relations in their respective areas
- Attracting, developing top talent
- Improving employee engagement and productivity
- Minimising legal and compliance risk
- Achieving its business objective
- You will engage with the following stakeholders:
- Exco members
- HC Management and employees
- Line Managers
- Manco members
- External service providers
- CCMA and Labour Court officials
- Your key responsibilities include:
- Partner with Senior Leaders and Line Managers to develop and implement effective HC policies and practices that will support the strategic growth of the business
- Partner with Line managers to ensure their commitment to the delivery of the people agenda and timeous implementation of actions required
- Fully responsible for all HC related matters and position self as the ‘face of HC’ for their business
- Offer thought leadership regarding organisational and people-related strategy execution
- Research, develop and implement innovative solutions that addresses organisational needs and in line with best practice and local and global trends
- Project ownership and participation in the development and implementation of strategic HC projects and programmes that support the business and people strategies
- Provide timely information and/or education for all levels of the organisation on HC matters
- Facilitate the Induction and Onboarding of new employees and preparing line managers to support new employees, ensuring a positive employee experience
- Educate, coach, support and partner with Line managers on Performance Management and Employee Development goals ensuring alignment to business strategy
- Facilitate the cascading of the annual scorecards - from the Corporate Scorecard all the way to individual Contribution Plans as one way of maintaining a high-performing organisation
- Provide HC expertise in the areas of Employee Relations, Development and Coaching, Compensation and Organisational Development
- Provide specialist expertise to line management with regards to Organisational Development - the science of planned systemic change as it relates to human behaviour that aims to change culture (mindsets / beliefs, attitudes, values and structures) so that BankservAfrica may better adapt to technology and the pace of change. This should be done in alignment with our values, our Leadership Signature and our Standard for Line Management, as well as the principles of diversity, inclusion and belonging
- Collaborate with the bigger HC team to champion and support business on building, growing and sustaining a healthy productive culture where employees live our values, feel a sense of belonging and contribute to the success of the organisation while paving the way for psychological safety
- Develop People strategies and approaches for identifying opportunities/ challenges to improve people performance towards organisational goals and enhance employee experience and satisfaction.
- Facilitate the Talent Management process ensuring strategies are developed and implemented to address Talent Attract, Talent Identification, Talent Retention and Talent Development as well as ensuring the succession management of identified key roles in their business
- Foster a positive Employee Experience with employee wellbeing at its core and facilitate programme and initiatives to improve wellbeing, support line managers to address and manage wellbeing issues that arise and proactively assist in ide