Consultant – People Services (HR)

Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation. We are a talent incubator. The time you spend at Expleo will turbo-charge your career, allowing you to work on complex technical challenges, enjoy opportunities to expand your skills and take part in inspiring, multi-disciplinary collaborations with your colleagues.

Whether working on autonomous vehicles, green planes, the factories of tomorrow or cutting-edge banking technology, you will have the opportunity to become a bolder version of yourself. Lets change the game together.

We are looking for a Consultant People Services to join our dynamic team in Johannesburg (Hybrid).

Responsibilities

• Acting as an advisor on the full spectrum of People Services.
• Drive People Services delivery, ensuring timely and effective resolution of employee queries, concerns, and challenges.
• Proactively identify People Services-related challenges and opportunities within the organization, taking decisive action to address them.
• Contribute to the development and execution of People Services strategies that support business goals.
• Recommend onboarding strategies to business leaders to enhance retention of new hires.
• Welcoming new employees and onboarding them in a manner which drives rapid integration.
• Working closely with the client engagement management to provide and increase employee engagement.
• Driving and facilitating a high performance and continuous improvement culture and implement an accelerated rewards and recognition programme.
• Employee handbook, policy and procedure development.
• Bringing your creativity and sense of fun by helping plan employee social and team building events together with the Expleo brand ambassadors.
• Be part of the EE Committee, ensure agenda is prepared and distributed timeously. Ensure all action items are completed prior to next committee meeting.
• Reporting (Weekly, Monthly, Group reporting and Annual Employment Equity).
• Utilize HR analytics and data to assess trends Exit Process, Employee retention and attrition.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Human Resource Management or equivalent.
• Minimum of five (5) years experience in the IT industry with 3 years specifically in consulting.
• Professional Registration in HR, SABPP (desirable).
• Experience working in an SME.
• Strong computer literacy and technologically savvy in the MS Office suite.
• Quick learner on HR related systems and processes.
• Success Factors and SAP knowledge (desirable).

Skills

• Business partnering/consulting.
• Successfully coordinated a Graduate / Youth Employment programme.
• Working in a fast-paced environment.
• Act as a trusted advisor, providing guidance on HR policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Regulatory governance and compliance (Labour and Employee Relations).

Desired Skills

• A "can-do" mindset, with the ability to balance people and business objectives.
• Ability to understand the implications of business challenges and translate them into HR focus areas and initiatives.
• Proven ability to work with leaders to influence change.
• Analytical as well as strategic mindset.
• Proven ability to effectively coach employees and management through complex and difficult issues.
• Analytical collaborator who is proactive and responds quickly to requests and needs.
• Independent self-managed worker who is eager to work hard and grow their skills.