What will make you successful in this role?This role is required to operate at a tactical level, dealing with difficult and somewhat complex challenges under limited oversight, but leveraging of existing frameworks, policies, guidelines, and practices to address those challenges.
The role is required to influence decision-making related to people matters at business unit level and leverage of the HC network to deliver on the business needs.
These are the key outcomes expected from this role: Be a trusted advisor to the business and managers on all people matters.
Support the business in their people needs, including talent acquisition, talent management and development, performance management, rewards, and recognition.
Drive awareness and understanding of Sanlam's people strategy, policies and practices and ensure adherence to HC frameworks and guidelines.
Ensure regulatory compliance across the people practices.
Be an agent of change and support the implementation of change and transformation programmes across the business unit.
Accountable for all reporting, analytics and measurement related to HC in the business unit.
Detail Deliverables:Business Partnering: Act as a trusted liaison between business and human capital, by having a good understanding of the business and how it generates value for the various stakeholders and broad experience and understanding of human capital practices and disciplines, to provide sound advice to business and managers on how to drive engagement and performance of their people, leveraging of Sanlam's people practices and policies.
Strategy Execution: Support the Human Capital Strategy execution at business unit level, Policy Implementation: Keep abreast of all Human Capital policies and policy changes and ensure that business and employees are aware and have a good understanding of the Sanlam HC policies, driving and monitoring adherence to policies.
Regularly engage with business to understand the effectiveness of HC policies in the business unit and provide recommendations to Human Capital leadership on policy changes/enhancements that will better support the business and talent management.
Transformation and Change: Drive the implementation of diversity & inclusion, transformation and change processes and plans, engaging with business to get buy-in and facilitate the change and transformation processes.
Act as a change and transformation champion to the business unit, monitoring the progress and effectiveness of the programmes, plans and processes and providing regular feedback and updates to HC Leadership and CoEs.
Compliance: Ensure adherence to labour regulations and legislation, by engaging with business on a regular basis to create awareness of regulatory requirements, monitoring compliance across the different human capital processes and taking action either directly or through escalation in case of non-compliance.
Talent acquisition and Onboarding: Leverage Sanlam's job architecture and talent acquisition frameworks and assessment tools to ensure business needs are met, in terms of skills, capabilities and fit.
Support business in onboarding new employees, to ensure a smooth integration within the business unit and awareness and understanding of the Sanlam's employee value proposition, rewards and benefits programmes, people processes and policies.
Qualification and Experience: Tertiary qualification with at least 5 years related experience A post-graduate qualification will be advantageous Knowledge and SkillsHR Consulting and Solutions orientationData analysis and interpretation and trend analysis within complex business environmentBusiness understandingComplex HR SupportPersonal AttributesCourage - Contributing through othersManages complexity - Contributing through othersEnsures accountability - Contributing through othersPlans and aligns - Contributing through othersBuild a successful career with usWe'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.Core CompetenciesCultivates innovation - Contributing through othersCustomer focus - Contributing through othersDrives results - Contributing through othersBeing resilient - Contributing through othersCollaborates - Contributing through othersTurnaround timeThe shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached.
The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.
