Human Capital Consultant

Responsibilities

• Support execution of divisional/business unit HC strategies and translate them into actionable plans with senior and supervisory leaders
• Advise management on organisational design, workforce planning, and talent optimisation
• Facilitate workforce planning; support talent reviews, succession planning, and retention of high-potential talent
• Drive culture change, values alignment, and EVP initiatives; analyse engagement data and propose action plans
• Implement performance management processes; coach managers on goal setting, reviews, and feedback
• Support organisational design, change management, job analysis, and competency frameworks
• Manage end-to-end HC processes: onboarding, offboarding, contracts, and employee records
• Coordinate recruitment, interviewing, selection, and local onboarding
• Liaise with Payroll/Shared Services to resolve transactional discrepancies
• Provide first-line HC advice to employees and line managers; facilitate site engagement, DEI, and wellness initiatives
• Advise on labour relations; coordinate conciliation, arbitration, disciplinary hearings, grievances, and poor work performance processes
• Manage union meetings and engagements; maintain ER/IR documentation and escalate high-risk matters
• Accountable for monthly IR reporting
• Monitor workforce trends (absenteeism, turnover, grievances); analyse HC metrics and prepare regular/ad-hoc reports

Requirements

• Education (Essential): Bachelor’s Degree (3 years) / NQF Level 7 in Management Sciences or Human Resources
• Professional Body (Preferred): SABPP – South African Board for People Practices; HRP – Human Resource Professional
• Experience: Up to 4 years in General Human Resources, with supervising/overseeing experience (Essential)
• Behavioural Competencies (Tactical level): Teamwork; Integrity and trust; Insight; Discernment/Judgement; Detail-oriented; Analysing and forming opinions
• Technical Competencies (Tactical level): Providing expert advice; Problem solving and analysis; Informing; Communication; Client orientation and customer focus; Analysing information; Administrative skills
• Core Skills: Business acumen; Consulting skills; Change agility; Analytical thinking; Relationship management; Communication; Execution focus; End-to-end HC value chain coordination; Labour law and policy advisory (ER/IR); Operational agility
• Key Interfaces: Contract Managers, Site Supervisors, Line Managers, HC Manager/Divisional Head, HC Shared Services, HC Centre of Expertise, Payroll and Finance, Site Employees
• Working Conditions: Office environment; variable problems requiring technical/analytical skills; high-diplomacy communication; decision impact of 1–3 months with monthly goals