Head Of

Description

Lead and execute Indwe's people strategy to enable business growth, organisational performance and long-term sustainability. Partner with the CEO, Executive Team and business leaders to build leadership capability, strengthen organisational effectiveness, shape culture, develop talent and ensure commercially sound, compliant and future-focused people practices.

Office Location: Houghton

Employment Type: Permanent

Education Minimum

• Post graduate qualification in Human Resource Management, Behavioural Science or Business Management
• Relevant qualifications in labour relations, organisational development, change management or leadership

Experience Minimum

• 7 - 10 Years

Ideal Education

• Post Graduate HR Degree an advantage
• Qualification in labour relations, organisational development, change management or leadership

Ideal Experience

• 8 - 10 years' experience in Human Resources, Human Capital or People Management roles
• At least 5 years' experience in a senior HR leadership role
• Proven experience partnering with executive leadership teams to deliver talent, culture and organisational outcomes
• Demonstrated experience leading organisational change, succession planning and leadership development
• Experience within financial services or a regulated environment will be advantageous

Skills

• Develop and execute a people strategy aligned to Indwe's business objectives and growth priorities
• Partner with the CEO and Executive Team to ensure talent, leadership, workforce and organisational capability support the business strategy
• Provide strategic advice on people-related opportunities, risks and organisational decisions
• Ensure the People strategy enables business growth through effective talent, leadership, reward and culture practices
• Lead strategic workforce planning to ensure the organisation has the sales, advisory, leadership and specialist capabilities it requires
• Drive talent management, succession planning and leadership development across the organisation
• Build a sustainable leadership pipeline and strengthen organisational capability to support future business needs
• Develop and implement learning and development strategies that enhance professional, technical and leadership capability
• Ensure learnership, internship and graduate development programmes create meaningful talent pipelines
• Partner with business leaders to build a high-performing brokerage sales and advisory organisation
• Ensure the organisation attracts, develops and retains high-performing and high-potential employees
• Lead organisational design, workforce optimisation, change management and transformation initiatives
• Shape and strengthen a high-performance culture aligned to Indwe's values and leadership expectations
• Drive employee engagement, wellness, inclusion and organisational effectiveness initiatives
• Lead the implementation of Employment Equity, transformation and diversity objectives across the organisation
• Develop and evolve reward, recognition and remuneration strategies that support business performance
• Ensure remuneration models remain market relevant, commercially sustainable and aligned to organisational priorities
• Embed performance management practices that promote accountability, differentiation and continuous improvement
• Partner with business leaders to ensure reward and incentive structures support strategic growth objectives
• Strengthen and maintain a compelling employee value proposition that enhances attraction and engagement
• Provide executive oversight of employee relations, labour matters and employment-related risk
• Ensure compliance with applicable labour legislation, internal policies and governance requirements
• Promote consistent, fair and commercially sound people practices across the organisation
• Monitor people-related risks and implement appropriate mitigation strategies to protect the organisation
• Oversee the effective delivery of people services, systems, processes and programmes across the employee lifecycle
• Leverage workforce data, analytics and insights to inform strategic decision-making and continuous improvement
• Establish meaningful people metrics and dashboards that enable proactive management of workforce performance
• Monitor and report on key people metrics, organisational capability, talent, engagement and workforce trends
• Drive operational excellence, service effectiveness and continuous improvement within the People function
• Contribute as a member of the Executive Leadership Team, providing enterprise-wide leadership beyond the People function
• Lead, coach and develop the People team to deliver high-quality, business-focused support
• Build trusted relationships with executives, leadership and employees across the organisation
• Foster collaboration across regions, business units and functions to achieve enterprise-wide people objectives
• Act as a credible and influential advisor on leadership, culture and people matters

Knowledge

• A clear and executable people strategy aligned to business priorities
• A workforce strategy that supports sustained growth, client retention and advisory excellence across the organisation
• Strong organisational capability, leadership bench strength, succession readiness and a sustainable talent pipeline
• High employee engagement and a healthy, performance-oriented culture
• Effective management of employee relations, people risk and governance
• Measurable progress in transformation, inclusion and workforce development objectives
• Consistent HR service delivery and operational effectiveness
• Market-relevant reward and performance practices that support talent retention and employee engagement
• A trusted, commercially focused and high-performing People function
• The role may require travel across Indwe's national footprint from time to time