Namibia HR Executive

Duties

• People Strategy:
• Contributes to the development of an in-country Human Capital strategy and underlying plans, aligned to the business strategy, executes against these plans and measures impact
• Builds a deep understanding of the business objectives and challenges, and the interests of the employee base, and proactively formulates solutions to address gaps and opportunities, improve productivity and enhance the overall people experience
• Prepares and contributes to regular reporting for stakeholders in-country and for the broader Old Mutual Group, used to track progress on key initiatives and provide key insights
• Governance, Risk and Compliance:
• Understands and complies with all the applicable governance, compliance and risk policies and procedures to ensure an effective Human Capital risk and controls environment
• Takes appropriate risks, provides open observations, challenges assumptions, and positively influences others
• Human Capital Business Partnership:
• Serves as a trusted advisor and coach to the in-country management team, and employees, in all aspects that impact people, organizational dynamics, and engagement
• Partners with management teams to advise on key people challenges and opportunities, and on how to drive for a high-performance culture at business, team, and individual level
• Provides policy guidance and interpretation, advisory and consulting on various Human Capital areas, ensuring understanding of and adherence to all Group governances, policies and procedures
• Helps formulate responses to support business transformation, change and culture shifts, ensuring effective change management and communication strategies and plans are in place to support strategic and operational change
• Partners with the broader Old Mutual Group to source solutions for key people challenges, and to ensure business needs are represented in policy and practice design and for segment and/or enterprise Human Capital initiatives
• Human Capital Operations:
• Manages the deployment of the HC Calendar cycles and HC practices in-country, and partners with Line Managers to in the execution of the various HC practices: Talent Management, Performance Management, Learning & Development, Reward & Recognition, Organisational
• Effectiveness (Change, Culture, Wellness, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Workforce Planning and Organisational Design), Employment Relations, Change Management)
• Manages all Talent Attraction and Acquisition processes (Recruitment & Selection)
• Manages payroll, participation in the formulation of payroll budget and ensures performance against budget, policies, and execution of payment processes
• Provides input to Country Mancos, Exco and to OMAR Central HC regarding HC issues and needs of the business
• Prepares and monitors the functional financial forecasts and budgets to ensure effective cost control and management
• Builds Line Management capability in people management and employee engagement
• Data, Analytics and Insights:
• Leverages data and reporting to identify patterns, trends and inconsistencies, and uses this information to provide insights, diagnose issues and risks
• Uses data, analysis and insights to diagnose issues and risks and proactively advise on people priorities and potential action required
• Stakeholder and People Management:
• Manages relationships with third party providers and consultancies
• Develops and leverages professional networks within and outside the organisation
• Manages an effective HR team, as applicable

Requisites

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field
• Relevant Post-Graduate Degree would be an added advantage
• 8 to 12 years’ experience in Human Capital of which at least 3 years must be at Senior Management level
• Must have broad knowledge and experience in all aspects of human capital management
• Experience in the Financial Services sector an advantage
• Must have the ability to drive Human Capital strategies with a foundation of Human Capital metrics to increase organizational profitability and effectively align the workforce
• Proven track record of influencing and coaching executives to organize strategically to scale and flex with business needs
• Must be able to interpret data, embrace change, provide insights, take action, generate ideas, examine information, adopt practical approaches, articulate information, produce output and team working

Notes

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted