HEAD, HUMAN CAPITAL – Botswana Savings Bank (BSB)

The Botswana Savings Bank (BSB) is a government-owned financial services entity that mobilizes domestic savings by accepting customer deposits, grants loans on commercial terms and offers other financial services as it considers necessary to meet the needs of the people of Botswana. Established in 1992 by Act of Parliament, the bank offers savings accounts, mortgage loans, automobile loans and other secured loans to its customers. The Bank is a member of the World Savings Banks Institute.

BSB requires highly energetic, dynamic, result oriented, innovative, and customer focused individuals who believe they can be part of a great team that delivers superior services to Batswana, to apply for the following senior management position: 

HEAD, HUMAN CAPITAL

Main Purpose of the Job:

To lead and provide strategic direction to the human capital team and ensure appropriate human capital standards and competence within the business. To provide human capital services to the Business Units and Operations, ensuring application of appropriate leading practices and systems.

Main Responsibilities:

Main responsibilities will include participating in the development of the Bank’s corporate HR strategy and aligning the strategy with enterprise wide strategy. Formulation and Implementation of annual HR plan and alignment of HR department objectives with corporate wide objectives, as well as overseeing and supporting the Human Capital team in the execution of these objectives. The incumbent will also ensure that the bank has enough talent to drive the strategy and that an organization wide retention strategy is in place. He/she will define bank wide performance management policies and processes. Implement, manage and monitor the performance management system with a view to inculcating a high performance culture within the organization. This will include the implementation of training and development programmes, and other initiatives that motivate, identify and develop talent among staff.

It will also be the responsibility of the incumbent, to monitor labour market trends and advise on adoption of progressive remuneration and reward policies to enable the bank to compete effectively for the best talent.

The incumbent will also manage and authorize expenditure within delegated financial threshold, initiate recruitment and selection, performance evaluation, recommend performance-based rewards and handle discipline matters as per BSB procedures.  He/she will Implement initiatives to minimize grievances and disputes in the work place.

Competencies:

• Strategic Thinking
• Team Leadership & Motivation
• Planning & Organising
• Customer Focus
• Critical Thinking
• Creativity & Innovation
• Judgement & Decision making
• Negotiating Skills
• Communication and Interpersonal Relations

Qualifications and Experience:

A Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Management/Industrial Psychology.

Eight (8) years post qualification experience in a human resource environment, of which three (3) should have been in a managerial position.

The successful candidate will have expert knowledge in Recruitment and Selection, Labour Relations, Performance Management, Compensation and Rewards.

CLOSING DATE: 1^st March 2019

Only shortlisted candidates will be responded to, if you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closure of the advertisement, kindly regard your application as unsuccessful.