Human Capital Manager - Discovery Life at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose

The role requires an individual to partner with the business to achieve the strategic objectives by supporting through means of effective HR services such as recruitment, project management and implementing people initiatives to drive engagement and commitment.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Ensures focus on staff development, succession planning and training. Through IDP and Talent Mapping / Matrix.
• To encourage CSI engagement across the Business Unit in order to make a sustainable impact to the project.
• Facilitate various business strategic projects such as employee engagement, smart people training, leadership engagement sessions, 2IC and Future leaders programme, Job Harmonization, and intern recruitment etc.
• To source suitable candidates for vacant roles in order to fulfil demands of the business in line with EE requirements / target set.
• Build and maintain relationships with all stakeholders throughout the business.
• Onboarding: accountable for successful on-boarding of new recruits, from offer acceptance to completion of induction to ensure a meaningful and positive candidate/new recruit experience.
• Maintain recruitment related SOPs and spreadsheets for reporting and business continuity. This includes capturing and updating information relating to recruitment for stats purposes
• Recruitment related administration including creating and storing documents online.
• Manage Engagement Survey (HRIS) Data for Discovery Life.
• Ensure that SharePoint is up to date with Recruitment and HR documentation in order to Manages and mitigates risks in area of accountability and ensures clean Audit, Risk and Compliance reports.
• Conduct Stay (Orientation) and exit interviews. Conduct annual trend analysis on termination data.
• Facilitate basic Industrial Relations support and advice, in line with central IR processes. Provides performance management support where necessary in these cases.
• Create HR communication for the Life Business, this includes for CSI, Fun initiatives, and special occasions.
• Participate in ad hoc projects aligning to the strategic vision of Discovery Life.
• Manage and be Responsible for HR Data Analyst Intern.

Personal Attributes

The Discovery Person:

• Values Driven
• Optimistic
• Learns on the Fly
• Resilient
• Instils Trust
• People Savvy
• Drives Results
• Problem Solver

Education and Experience

Essential

• Matric
• Related HR tertiary qualification (Degree or Diploma)

• 3 years HR consultant / Generalist experience in a Corporate/ Service environment
• Minimum of 2 years in recruitment (including bulk recruitment experience within the Financial Services/ Insurance Industry

Advantageous

• Honours in HR related qualification

Specific Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Trained on competency based interviewing skills
• General understanding of the LRA and BCA;
• Competency based interviewing
• Advanced level proficiency in MS Office applications, especially Excel

Advantageous

• Understanding of Insurance Industry
• Knowledge of Discovery’s Policies and Procedures