Manager Human Resources - Hotazel Manganese Mines

In brief

**Overview** This is a permanent, full-time Manager Human Resources position at Hotazel Manganese Mines (HMM), a South32 operation. The role involves leading and executing the HR strategy and agenda for HMM, providing high-quality HR coaching and support across the full employment lifecycle to achieve operational objectives. The Manager Human Resources reports to the VP Operations MnSA. **What you will do** Key responsibilities for this role include: * Leading a team of HR professionals to execute the HR Strategy and effectively implement relevant processes, procedures, and frameworks. * Understanding key drivers of business performance at the operations and developing HR strategies that enable business objectives and performance. * Creating effective relationships with internal and external customers to meet needs through reliable, effective, fit-for-purpose service. * Understanding key drivers of business performance at HMM and developing HR strategies that deliver positive business outcomes. * Developing and implementing HR improvement plans for the operation. * Ensuring HR programs align with the global model and are embedded in day-to-day business processes. * Influencing and providing strategic support to the Operational Leadership Team across the full employee lifecycle, including workforce planning, talent acquisition, remuneration, performance and development, talent and succession planning, and employee separations. * Setting the long-term Employee Relations (ER) strategy for HMM, focusing on direct engagement with employees and structuring industrial agreements to support operations. * Managing litigation matters for the HMM operation, including coordination of relevant external bodies. * Leading the development of strategies to drive the desired culture at the operations, with a focus on building a diverse, inclusive, high-performing, and engaged workforce. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * 5 to 7 years of experience as an HR Professional (essential). * Demonstrated Leadership experience and capabilities with teams of similar size (essential). * Sound knowledge and experience in engaging and influencing others to work according to established operational standards, and in creating a collaborative environment with key stakeholders. * Significant experience in employee/industrial relations with a sound knowledge of industrial and ER theory, principles, policies, and practices within a heavy industry context. * Excellent negotiation and influencing skills, with an ability to effectively and creatively challenge people, situations, and current thinking. * Demonstrated knowledge and experience to assess, evaluate, and establish mitigations to operational issues and risks, including Business Contingency and Disaster Recovery plans. * Experience managing end-to-end enterprise agreement negotiation processes. * Experienced and credible in advising others on people management processes. * Tertiary qualifications in a relevant degree, preferably HR/IR, Organisational Behaviour, or Change Management. **Who should apply** This role is suitable for an experienced HR Professional with 5-7 years of experience, including demonstrated leadership of teams of similar size. The ideal candidate will possess sound knowledge of engaging and influencing stakeholders, particularly within a heavy industry context for employee and industrial relations. They should have significant experience in industrial relations theory and practice, excellent negotiation skills, and a proven ability to manage operational risks and enterprise agreement negotiations. A credible advisor on people management processes, they will also hold relevant tertiary qualifications in HR, Industrial Relations, Organisational Behaviour, or Change Management. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/manager-human-resources-hotazel-manganese-mines-south32 Source: myjobmag

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