Human resources

An eye on the future

Our culture is about empowering you, both to contribute to our business objectives and to achieve your own personal and career goals. We also keep an eye on the future, with our 'leadership behaviours' initiative aiming to identify the next generation of leaders. 

How we work

HR works in three major sections to help us work effectively in achieving our objectives. They include the Business Partners, Expertise teams and Services:

Business partners 

In HR, we consider ourselves partners to help other functions achieve thier goals and through them the Corporate goals. The role of HR BPs include:

• Total HR accountability and ownership of HR solutions for their business 
• Partner with leaders to transform the business by generating insight, identifying needs, translating needs into requirements and implementing solutions 
• Securing the right climate (e.g. environment/employee relations/industrial relations) 
• Champion and co-architect of the culture throughout the business  

Expertise teams 

These provide expert knowledge based solutions. They:

• Design the Company's processes and policies  
• Provide rapid access to existing solutions, co-develop new solutions with HR BP’s and co-ordinate roll-out / activation plan
• Serve as the custodian of HR solutions (policy, process, product and information) 
• Capture, build and share internal and external knowledge 
• Connection to World class external experts / suppliers / consultants  

Services

This section of HR handles transactional activities. They:

• Handle and resolve day to day issues including HR solutions implementation, rules and exception management.
• Serve as Information brokers.
• Handle transactions including payroll & benefit and administration.
• Support HR applications i.e. HR technology
• Maintain performance levels assuring quality of services and products.  

Lots of options to choose from

 Within these the major sections, there are numerous options for you. For example, it could be covering recruitment, leadership development, strategic talent management, training, coaching and skills development or alignment of reward with performance.  

For human resources you need:

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• The ability to see the big picture while delivering on day-to-day goals.
• A real interest in how people drive business.
• The strength and integrity to take tough decisions.
• An interest in coaching and developing people.