People and Culture Manager

The People and Culture (P&C) Manager is responsible for building and managing NHG's end-to-end people function and ensuring that the organization has the people, structures, policies, performance systems and culture required to support its next phase of growth.

This is a hands-on leadership role. The successful candidate will operate as both a trusted adviser to the CEO and management team and the person accountable for the day-to-day execution of the P&C function.

The role encompasses the complete employee lifecycle, including workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding, probation, performance management, employee relations, learning and development, remuneration, P&C administration, policy governance, employee engagement and offboarding.

The P&C Manager will play an important role in developing NHG into a high-performance, accountable and people-focused organization while ensuring compliance with South African employment legislation.

Manage the full employee lifecycle from recruitment and onboarding through performance management, development and offboarding.

Partner with the CEO and Heads of Department on workforce planning, organizational structure and people priorities.

Manage recruitment, selection, employment offers and onboarding.

Own NHG's probation and performance-management processes.

Advise managers on employee relations, disciplinary, grievance, incapacity and poor-performance matters.

Ensure compliance with South African employment legislation and good P&C practice.

Maintain and improve P&C policies, employment documentation and employee records.

Coordinate payroll-related employee information, remuneration reviews and employee benefits.

Support learning, development and succession planning.

Drive employee engagement and support a high-performance, accountable culture.

Maintain accurate P&C reporting and provide management with meaningful people metrics.

Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize and automate P&C processes.

This is a remote position.

The People and Culture (P&C) Manager is responsible for building and managing NHG's end-to-end people function and ensuring that the organization has the people, structures, policies, performance systems and culture required to support its next phase of growth.

This is a hands-on leadership role. The successful candidate will operate as both a trusted adviser to the CEO and management team and the person accountable for the day-to-day execution of the P&C function.

The role encompasses the complete employee lifecycle, including workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding, probation, performance management, employee relations, learning and development, remuneration, P&C administration, policy governance, employee engagement and offboarding.

The P&C Manager will play an important role in developing NHG into a high-performance, accountable and people-focused organization while ensuring compliance with South African employment legislation.

• Manage the full employee lifecycle from recruitment and onboarding through performance management, development and offboarding.

• Partner with the CEO and Heads of Department on workforce planning, organizational structure and people priorities.

• Manage recruitment, selection, employment offers and onboarding.

• Own NHG's probation and performance-management processes.

• Advise managers on employee relations, disciplinary, grievance, incapacity and poor-performance matters.

• Ensure compliance with South African employment legislation and good P&C practice.

• Maintain and improve P&C policies, employment documentation and employee records.

• Coordinate payroll-related employee information, remuneration reviews and employee benefits.

• Support learning, development and succession planning.

• Drive employee engagement and support a high-performance, accountable culture.

• Maintain accurate P&C reporting and provide management with meaningful people metrics.

• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize and automate P&C processes.

• Relevant Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology, Labor Relations, Business Management or a related field.

• Minimum 5 years' broad P&C generalist experience.

• At least 2 years in an P&C Manager, P&C Business Partner or similar role.

• Strong practical knowledge of South African labor legislation.

• Demonstrable experience managing:

  • disciplinary and grievance processes;

  • poor performance and incapacity;

  • recruitment and…