About This Role
Partnering with leaders across the company to translate business priorities into practical workforce plans and a positive employee experience is the core of this role. It suits someone who can bring sound judgment, thoughtful challenge, and a genuine interest in helping people and teams do their best work.
Responsibilities
- Build trusted relationships with leaders and advise them on workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, role clarity, performance, and employee relations
- Help departments translate company priorities into people plans, then keep agreed actions moving
- Support recruitment planning for priority roles and help strengthen candidate and new-hire experience
- Coach managers through goal-setting, probation, performance conversations, and sensitive employee matters
- Own the accuracy and timely maintenance of HRIS employee records and provide useful workforce insights
- Use engagement and employee feedback to help leaders identify priorities and take action
- Coordinate employee-lifecycle administration, including contracts, employee queries, policy administration, and onboarding administration, in close partnership with colleagues
- Contribute to succession, retention, and continuity planning for critical roles
Requirements
- At least six years of progressive in-house People or HR experience, including strategic business partnering
- Confidence advising and constructively challenging leaders, and turning business needs into practical people actions
- Experience with workforce planning, organizational change, performance, and employee relations
- Hands-on HRIS experience and a strong understanding of accurate people data and reporting
- A sound working knowledge of South African employment practices and policy administration
- Clear communication, strong relationship skills, and the judgment to handle sensitive matters with care
- A collaborative, organized approach and the ability to keep priorities moving in a changing business
Benefits
- Group Risk Cover
- Discretionary performance bonus
- 18 days’ leave
- Half-day birthday leave
- Free coffee and a healthy daily selection of seasonal fruit
- Quarterly celebrations and team-building
About the Company
WeconnectU is a South African SaaS company building intelligent software solutions for the property management industry. It is one of the fastest-growing technology companies in the country, committed to creating solutions that make property management simpler, smarter, and more efficient.
