Senior Human Resources Executive

Recruitment Matters • Other • Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa • $200 - $300 / year • 5h ago

Overview

Job description: Our client is looking for a Senior Human Resources Executive who has the strategic ability to weave divergent stakeholder views together in a functional way. A person with high strategic potential, who wants to give back and create a sustainable organization in the various countries of operation, is preferable. This conceptualization embodies a long-term strategic view. The ability to understand different worldviews and bring them together in an inclusive, systemic, and respectful manner is important in this role.

A time frame of discredit of longer than 5 years is critical to balance short-term needs with long-term drives. A sociable, logical, and methodical leader who can make links, parallel process, and organize differently in various contexts is preferred. Relationships should be built on integrity, ethics, and credibility. From an emotional intelligence perspective, the following are important:

Interpersonal relationships
Ability to make independent decisions
Increased reality testing
Enhanced impulse control
High social responsibility resulting in ethics and governance
General positive disposition
Flexibility and agility

In general, an objective self-awareness reflection is critical. This will ensure the ability to adjust and learn while taking people along in different contexts.

Key Skills:

Exceptional business acumen with entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
Exceptional interpersonal and leadership skills and track record
Visioning capability and proactive thinking
Ability to provide strategic intent to a multi-national organization
Strategic thinking
Risk management ability
Emotional intelligence in the range of other successful Executives with a specific emphasis on decision-making ability, interpersonal capability, social responsibility, flexibility, and resilience
Intercultural intelligence and adaptive intelligence
Ability to deal with different worldviews in a respectful manner
High levels of flexibility, ability to lead transformation, even in uncertain times
Systems Thinking and Design thinking
Sound understanding of the business value chain and its macro PESTEL environment (political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal)
Discernment and sound independent decision-making skills
Exceptional analytical skills and the ability to deal with the unknown, combine unrelated data and information to create new insights
Ability to drive inclusivity, engagement, and foster compliant yet adaptive, entrepreneurial culture across functions and business units, allowing different parts of the business to function differently
Excellent knowledge and proven success record in strategy development and business planning and/or business optimization
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Second-order change thinking – the ability to reframe and therefore innovate and optimize
Excellent organizational, project management, and time management skills
Fluent English