Junior: Human Resources Business Partner

**Who are we?**

**Build a successful career with us**
- We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future - your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters - Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office - the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.
- Role description
- The Junior Human Resources Business Partner will provide Human Resource support to assigned business units and be instrumental in facilitating and implementing agreed deliverables. These business deliverables will be aligned to Human Resources’ Strategy and Business Strategy, collaborating to develop and implement best practice HR programs, policies and systems that support the organisation’s leaders and managers in managing their units and meeting their strategic priorities.

Key to the success of the Junior HRBP is the ability to develop a strategic partnership in their ‘day to day’ work within assigned portfolios. This comes from understanding the department or business key strategic challenges and providing HR intervention to help the leaders achieve their goals and create positive and productive workplaces.
- Job Description, includes but will not be limited to

**Recruitment & Induction**
- Assists management with the development of Job Profiles and Specifications
- Advertising of vacancies
- Short listing of CV’s and conduct interviews in partnership with the relevant hiring manager
- Timeous induction and onboarding of new recruits

**Administration and Reporting**
- Completes all letters, contracts, benefits documentation in an accurate and timely manner
- Provides regular and thorough HR reports to assigned business areas
- Payroll administration

**Talent Management**
- Ensure all employees have a Personal Development Plan in place
- Assist with talent mapping and the talent alent review process in the Business Units
- Partner with Business on Talent retention strategies in the business unit.
- Conduct and analyze exit interviews.

**Business Partnership**
- Develop a good understanding of the business with the aim of partnering at the right level and influence HR related decisions and people outcomes.
- Provide advice and guidance on HR matters to managers and employees across the business area on HR related matters and escalate where necessary
- Drive actions with the support of the relevant CoE and MiWay HR Leadership
- Refer employees to the Employee Assistance Program, when required
- Drive Employee wellness initiatives within the business unit.

**Performance management**
- Assist Business Unit managers in the performance management process (contracting, appraisals, performance improvement plans etc)
- Continuous education regarding the performance management process

**Culture and Engagement**
- Partner with business on rolling out change management interventions in the Business Unit
- Responsible for the execution of the culture and engagement survey in respect of participation, feedback to business, action planning
- Partner with business regarding Organisational Design and Development

**Learning and Development**
- Assist Business Unit managers and Learning & Development (L&D) Department with discussions regarding work related and post graduate study aid as well as the placement of learners and graduates.
- Partner with Learning and Development to identify learning opportunities and interventions for the business unit.

**Employee Relations**
- Provide sound advice to ensure the organisation complies to best practice and legislative issues
- Provide support to line managers in dealing with disciplinary, incapacity and grievance matters
- Act as the primary point of contact for managers and employees for policy and procedure.
- Deal with all appeals from disciplinary proceedings in line with the disciplinary code
- Pro-actively addressing training needs in consultation with relevant COE and MiWay HR Leadership

**What will make you successful in this role?**

**Qualification**:

- Grade 12 / Standard 10 / NQF 4
- Diploma or Degree in Human Resources Management/ Industrial Psychology/ relevant behavioural science
- Post graduate qualification will be beneficialMinimum Experience

**Experience**:

- 3 years+ HR Generalist experience including responsibilities in IR, performance management and stakeholder engagement.
- Previous insurance experience in an HR role will be beneficial

**Competencies Required**:

- Self-starter, self-motivated and self-disciplined with a proven track record
- Collaborates - building partnerships and working collaboratively and inclusively with others to meet shared objectives
- Client focus - building strong client relationships and delivering client centric solutions
- Drives results - consistently s