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Talent and People Specialist

What’s this position about?

We are dedicated to building our successes from our innovative technologies, industry-breaking products, and services, but most importantly we are committed to building our workforce through identifying, hiring and onboarding super talented Rock Stars! It is our mission to source, attract, retain and support only the best Rock Stars throughout their journey!

We are seeking a results-driven Talent & People Specialist with start-up energy, an analytical mindset, and a strong work ethic. As the Talent & People Specialist, you will support our employees across the business by providing HR guidance, whilst maintaining accountability of effective delivery of HR services.

Salary range

Negotiable

Location

South Africa, Virtual

Start Date

Immediately

Duties

Your daily adventures include:

  • Deliver against the People Strategy
  • Leading/ supporting company initiatives
  • Ensuring role out of strategic initiatives across relevant division
  • Deal with people queries
  • Employment Equity forecasting and targets
  • Engaging with FASSET and SAICA around membership and Grants
  • Link between recruitment, Journey Advocates and Talent & People Managers
  • Onboarding (Ensuring all documentation, policies, procedures etc. are completed)
  • Offboarding of staff (exit interviews)
  • Updating of relevant systems
  • Communication with relevant stakeholders
  • Support Performance, evaluation tracking and monitoring of performance
  • Drive talent management activities across the organization
  • Identify, plan and monitor key talent programs
  • Understand the business strategy and participate in establishing annual KPIs per grade level
  • Provide regular guidance and education to staff on the performance management process.
  • Provide performance analytics, including poor performance.
  • Implement performance improvement interventions
  • Monitor general compliance with performance management approach
  • Liaise and collaborate for salary survey input and benchmarking information.
  • Analyze and understand remuneration trends and challenges. Advise and provide input into remuneration bands and practices.
  • Utilize analytics from exit interviews related to reward
  • Educating staff on rewards and benefits
  • Support HC Managers in the salary and performance bonus reviews
  • Understand the firm's EE targets and translate this into tangible workforce planning. Understand where the gaps lie and implement HC interventions to close the gaps through recruitment; promotions etc
  • HC representative in the firm-wide EE forum
  • Engage with Journey Advocates, Recruitment, and Employees around annual progression processes.
  • Report retention successes and potential challenges
  • End to end management and advice on IR matters, including incapacity, misconduct, and dispute resolution
Key requirements:
  • Degree in either Human Resources Management or Industrial & Organizational Psychology
  • The successful incumbent must have at least 4 years Human Resources consulting experience within a medium to large corporate
  • Resilience
  • Ability to deliver under pressure
  • Teamwork
  • Clear communication (verbally and written)
  • Above average analytical ability
  • Above average numeric and cognitive reasoning
  • Client centric 
  • Collaborative
  • A can-do attitude
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to prioritise

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