Overview
HR Shared Services Lead Jobs in Pretoria at WaterAid
HR Shared Services Lead
Contract: 12 months Fixed Term (with potential renewal), Full time
Salary: Salaries and benefits for different countries will vary in line with the location of the successful candidate and depending on experience. See further details below:
Abuja: 51,287,809, 64,109,533 NGN per year with excellent benefits
Pretoria: 1,544,179, 1,934,744, ZAR per year with excellent benefits
Nairobi: 9,074,597, 11,342,783 KES per year with excellent benefit
Location: Abuja in Nigeria , Pretoria in South Africa , Nairobi in Kenya
About WaterAid
Use your skills to play a vital role in changing the world through water. We need passionate, creative and dedicated people. In return, you will have the opportunity to be yourself at your very best. Together, we will make a bigger difference.
Join WaterAid as HR Shared Services Lead to change the world through water, so millions of people can break free from poverty and change their lives for good.
About the Role
The HR Shared Services Lead will be responsible for developing and leading a newly established WaterAid UK HR Shared Services Hub which will provide strategic people partnering and governance support to senior leaders; specialism and expertise to countries in specific and pre-defined activities and additional support to countries with limited capacity; enabling delivery of the local people service. The role will also lead processes aimed at maximizing efficiency and economies of scale with activities that can be shared across a wide range of countries. They will lead and inspire the newly created People Hub team to create new ways of working and develop the associated service delivery skills and mindset as well as define the service offering required to deliver expertise and advice in a way which supports, empowers and enables Country Programmes across WaterAid UK and Australia.
You’ll:
Act as a partner to the Senior Regional Leaders and WA Australia People lead, and through effective partnerships, lead conceptualization, project scope, delivery and measurement of key people interventions.
Ensure best use of talent in the Hub, by deploying Hub Partners into projects, in line with their areas of expertise and strengths.
Implement best practices in ongoing refinement, review and application of the Hub model and ways of working.
Lead and support Hub Partners with evaluation of key interventions, adaptation and redefinition of priorities, considering contextual factors and a fluid external environment.
Provide career development growth for the Hub Partners, in line with their areas of strength and actively support their deployment into key WAUK projects as they arise.
Partner with the Global People Team and Head of People International to influence the design and delivery of people activities which meet local needs. Contribute to defining the ways of working and processes needed to ensure the local informs the global.
Requirements
To be successful, you’ll need:
Proven track record in leading a people service centre or advice unit, ideally a minimum of 5 years).
Deep expertise and knowledge of leading a strategic people planning process, identifying organizational needs and translating these into solutions for a client base.
10+ years’ experience of Human Resource functional management and leadership covering business partnering and elements of expertise (reward, talent management, learning etc).
Proven expertise in organisational design and development approaches.
Proven track record of successfully managing change in different contexts whilst maintaining high staff engagement.
A Business or Human Resources degree or equivalent (a master’s degree would be desirable)
Desirable Skills
Highly organized, able to provide high levels of support to the team and stakeholders whilst balancing short term delivery and longer-term planning
Analytical, very comfortable working with data. Evidence based in decision making and ability to draw insight to inform action.
Working style that reflects WaterAid’s values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity and Innovation.
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively across geographical and cultural boundaries.
Excellent coaching, mentoring and facilitation skills and an approach that builds capacity rather than dependency.
Clear, persuasive and influential. Able to provide effective support and challenge to senior stakeholders
Ability to speak more than one language (e.g. French, Portuguese or a local languages and dialects spoken in in Africa, Asia or Australasia.)
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How to Apply: Click ‘Apply’ to complete the pre-screening questions and upload your CV.
Please indicate in the summary the relevant skills and experience you bring that makes you an ideal candidate for this role.
Closing date: Applications will close on 30 April 2025 at 12pm UK Time . Shortlisting and interviews will take place on a rolling basis and the application process will close if a suitable candidate is found prior to the advertised closing date.
Can I use Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology in my application? At WaterAid, we strongly advise against using AI technology at any stage of the recruitment process. Our goal is to ensure a fair and transparent process that provides every applicant with an equal opportunity to succeed. We value hearing about your unique experiences and perspectives in your application, and, if shortlisted, during the interview as well.
Benefits
Our Commitment:
Our People Promise:
We will work with passion and focus to ensure safe and sustainable water, toilets and hygiene are available to everyone, everywhere. WaterAid is a place of purpose – where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have. We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to put the wellbeing of our people first, to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.
Equal opportunities:
We are an equal opportunity, disability-confident employer and are dedicated to achieving the highest standards of diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions and ways of life. This includes, but is not limited to, race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, national or social origin, health status, and economic or social situation.
Safeguarding:
We are also committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero-tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. As a safeguarding measure, WaterAid carries out background checks on all potential employees. This is done following the conclusion of recruitment and prior to assuming full employment.
Title: HR Shared Services Lead
Company: WaterAid
Location: Pretoria
