Business Partner, Senior, People and Culture at Standard Bank Plc

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

This is a true generalist HR role where the successful candidate will be responsible for  leading the portfolios, using specialist knowledge, collaborating with senior stakeholders; advising the areas on crafting & execution of bespoke & pragmatic people solutions.

• Bachelor’s degree in related fields/Master’s degree preferred – with broad exposure across people team functions.
• 8+ years relevant experience in HR or related field in a corporate environment.
• Works independently but collaboratively in a collegial team environment within a fast-paced and dynamic company.
• Strong business acumen skills and collaboration skills, across a variety of functions and levels in the organization.
• Able to work efficiently with cross-functional teams and manage numerous projects simultaneously under deadline pressure.

Responsibilities

• Leverage the organisation’s data driven workforce insights to inform workforce strategy development, enabling solutions which aid business and people growth.
• Provide guidance on strategic people metrics per portfolio/s; highlight and connect areas of focus based on market and environmental trends.
• Initiate and lead People and Culture workstreams, supporting key strategic outcomes in role of the chief people liaison for a Business Unit.
• Collaborate with finance and operations teams regarding workforce planning within allocated portfolio/s, confirming compliance with budgetary requirements; contributing to accurate information on costs.
• Adhere to and advise relevant stakeholders on the People & Culture  risk and governance framework to ensure that risks are appropriately mitigated in the portfolio/s.
• Lead the implementation of organisational design and change management initiatives within the portfolio/s, in collaboration with key stakeholders, to support the successful implementation and acceptance thereof.
• Customise people plans, catering for current and future needs, for execution within the portfolio/s by identifying the experiences employees value least and most and basing recommendations on these insights to achieve the People Promise.
• Inform and drive business performance and enhance the People & Culture value proposition through collaboration with Digitisation, Insights and Operations, using critical workforce and business data, insights and analytics, market intelligence and industry trends.