Head of People

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🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👥 People Operations

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RecruitMyMom

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2012

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

📣 Marketing

Consulting • Logistics • Marketing

RecruitMyMom is a specialist talent agency in South Africa focused on empowering women by providing access to skilled job opportunities. With a commitment to diversity and flexibility, the agency connects professional mothers and independent contractors with employers seeking reliable talent for both full-time and part-time positions across various industries. They offer services including background checks, psychometric testing, and access to a wide range of professions, from virtual assistants to fractional executives.

📋 Description

• Lead the development and delivery of the People Strategy aligned to business objectives and growth plans • Partner with executive leadership to provide strategic advice and guidance on all people-related matters • Shape organisational design, workforce planning, future capability requirements, and succession planning • Drive initiatives that enhance employee engagement, wellbeing, and overall employee experience • Champion corporate culture, values, behaviours, and the Employee Value Proposition • Lead organisational change and transformation activities, ensuring effective communication, stakeholder engagement, and adoption of new ways of working • Strengthen performance management, career development, and progression frameworks across the business • Develop leadership and management capability through coaching, learning, and development initiatives • Provide expert guidance on employee relations matters, employment legislation, policy development, and HR best practice • Oversee all people operations, ensuring efficient, compliant, and effective HR processes from recruitment through to exit • Create visibility of recurring people issues, including reward and benefits queries, escalating material retention, competitiveness, and operational risks as appropriate • Own HR systems, people data, reporting capability, and workforce analytics to support informed decision-making • Deliver regular people insights and reporting to the Board and senior management team • Lead, mentor, and develop the HR Advisor while building the capability and structure of the wider People function as the organisation grows • Manage external HR providers and ensure compliance with employment legislation, governance, and health and safety requirements • Report directly to the CEO and serve as a key member of the Senior Management Team

🎯 Requirements

• Diploma/Degree HR qualification or equivalent professional experience • Proven experience leading a People or HR function within a growing organisation • Strong strategic thinking combined with the ability to deliver operational results • Expertise across employee engagement, employee relations, learning and development, and HR best practice • Significant experience partnering with senior leaders and influencing business decisions • Experience supporting organisational change, including stakeholder engagement, manager enablement, communication, and adoption activities • Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data and insights to drive decision-making • Excellent communication, relationship-building, and influencing capabilities • Experience coaching managers and developing leadership capability • Strong understanding of UK employment legislation and HR governance practices • Candidate must be based in South Africa and capable of working UK business hours

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote

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