Human Resources Director
HR
Durban – KwaZulu Natal – South Africa
Our client, a well-known South African company in the financial services sector, is currently seeking a Human Resources Director to join their team in Durban. The primary purpose of this role is to design and implement a comprehensive range of HR interventions aimed at enhancing organizational value and supporting the realization of strategic goals. Key responsibilities include leading the development and execution of people practices, with a focus on strategic workforce planning, talent pipeline development, risk mitigation, and continuous learning opportunities tailored to different experience levels. Additionally, the HR Director will advocate for employee engagement initiatives and implement strategies to retain key skills within the organization.
Requirements:
- Postgraduate Diploma / Honours in Human Resources Management
- 10 years’ experience as a Human Resources Executive or Human Resources Lead in senior leadership
- Proven track record
Key Performance Areas:
Strategic Partnerships:
- Regularly scan the external environment against current business focus areas and align HR focal areas.
- Offer aligned and integrated people management practices around people performance and work focused on key business issues.
- Drive career pathways through effective talent dialogues and succession planning.
- Enable business to use people data to support decision making
Employee Experiences:
- Maintain employee well being & a great place to work culture
- Develop a responsive, intergenerational employee value proposition
- Conduct regular pulse checks and deep employee sentiment diagnosis covering employee journeys from beginning to end
- Offer competitive rewards and benefits across all levels
Investment in People:
- Analyse current skills set against desired capabilities and provide to close identified gaps
- Integrate competency framework with business needs
- Learning and development meet business priorities
- Implement a holistic development of people encompassing ideal weighting of technical, personal, social, and cognitive skills
Operations and Governance:
- Functional excellence through relevant HR policies and practices
- Oversee the rewards and benefits management in line with market trends
- Match human capital strengths in accordance with business requirements
- Sound adoption of the spirit and letter of Labour and Employment laws in South Africa
- Delivery of people management input to executive and non-executive directors