Discovery Corporate & Employee Benefits

HR Manager

About Discovery

Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

About Discovery Corporate & Employee Benefits

Discovery Corporate and Employee Benefits is the first and only employee benefits provider to be shaping employee behaviour, creating healthier and wealthier workforces. It is an exciting business to be in as we reimagine the way retirement savings and life insurance is brought to companies and employees.

Key Purpose of the role

The Human Resources Manager plans, directs, coordinates and controls the human resource management activities of a business unit to ensure that the greatest value is derived from each stage of the employee cycle for both the employee and the business.

Areas of responsibility

The successful applicant will be responsible for but not limited to the following job functions:

• Ensures that the agreed performance management cycle is adhered to by providing relevant and timeous.
• Manage the employee engagement plan and run staff engagement sessions for the purposes of assisting manager in achieving the desired organisational climate.
• Manages the agreed transformation programs and provides regular qualitative and quantitative feedback to stakeholders.
• Guides managers on all IR related matters.
• Monitors competency and skill levels and reaches agreement on the necessary processes required to ensure that employee capabilities meet current and future business standards.
• To conduct trend analysis and compile reports both for line managers
• Conduct staff induction interviews with new staff, provide reports to line managers and compile trend analysis.
• Support line in the implementation of Talent management, including putting succession planning models in place
• Provide training relevant to HR processes to line managers and staff
• To co-ordinate exit interviews and related documentation in line with central processes.
• Co-ordinate divisional leadership programs, including implementing Team Leader Forums
• Recommend and implement HR policies and procedures.
• Interpret various people analytics and produce reports on key people drivers thus pro-actively highlighting key trends, risks and crafting action plans.
• Identify and drive the sharing of best practices across functions to facilitate continuous improvement and knowledge of progressive HR practices and key trends.
• Participate in developing department goals, objectives, and systems, and recommend necessary changes
• Recommend new approaches, policies, and procedures to affect continual improvements in efficiency of department and services performed
• Provide expert advice and coaching to employees and leaders when appropriate.
• Identify new opportunities for HR to add value to the business.

Personal Attributes and Skills     

The successful candidate must demonstrate the following competencies:

• Effective Communications - Proficiency Level Advanced
• Innovative Thinking - Proficiency Level Advanced
• Negotiating - Proficiency Level Advanced
• Problem Solving - Proficiency Level Advanced
• Relationship Management - Proficiency Level Advanced
• HR Consulting - Proficiency Level Expert
• HR Legal and Regulatory Environment - Proficiency Level Advanced
• HR metrics use & development - Proficiency Level Advanced
• HR Policies, Standards and Procedures - Proficiency Level Advanced
• HR Trends and Direction - Proficiency Level Advanced

Education and Experience

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY 

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.                    

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY   
                             
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.