HR Manager at Discovery Limited

Human Resource Manager

Key Purpose

The HRM supporting Discovery Connect is accountable for the delivery of all HR functions across the employee lifecycle. Supported by an experienced team, the role requires a dynamic HR professional who ensures that deliberate strategies are in place to bolster innovation in the people function & employee sentiment.

Key Outputs

• Recruitment & selection: align, translate & activate recruitment strategies & practices to meet business requirements & targets
• Onboarding: ensure that a standard onboarding practice is designed & in place & activated for new joiners
• Training & development: proactively identify & bridge development gaps; ensure that the training needs of the area are established & met
• Performance: drive for a high-performance culture & initiate performance improvement strategies
• Talent Management: drive & implement talent management and leadership development strategies, plans, processes, practices, and tools
• Retention Planning
• Succession planning
• Organisational Development: ensure that an optimal & effective organisational structure is implemented to support the business requirements
• IR: Manage Labour Relations to maintain an optimal employee-employer relationship to meet business goals
• Transformation: drive & coordinate the implementation of the Employment Equity strategy & ensure integration with other HR process & alignment to business strategy.
• Employee relations: Stay abreast of key employee issues in order to maintain an optimal relationship to meet business goals
• Reporting & trend analysis
• Problem solving: Corrective action for HR insights
• Ensure implementation of HR policies & procedures
• Partnership with the department executive team in driving people objectives & outcomes
• Engagement & culture management
• Execution of people strategies & initiatives
• Team management: Management & leadership of the HR team

Competencies

• Takes initiative and works under own direction
• Takes responsibility for actions, projects and people
• Works strategically to realize organizational goals
• Motivates and empowers others
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Upholds ethics and values
• Demonstrates integrity
• Gains clear agreement and commitment from others by persuading, convincing and negotiating
• Easily establishes good relationships with customers and staff and relates well to people at all levels
• Writes clearly and correctly
• Applies specialist and detailed technical expertise
• Encourages an organisational learning approach
• Consistently achieves project goals

Qualifications & Experience

Essential
Matric

• Minimum of 3 years Human Resource Generalist or Human Resource Management experience
• Industrial Psychology/HRM Degree, or the equivalent

Advantageous

• Registered Industrial Psychologist
• Postgraduate HRM or Psychology degree
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience of Discovery human capital processes
• 5 years’ experience in an HR Manager role

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.