Senior People Business Partner - Cape Town, South Africa - Yoco

Yoco

Verified Company

Cape Town, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Who We Are
Yoco is a growing African Fintech, enabling people to thrive through open commerce.

Founded in 2015, Yoco now processes over US$2 billion annually, and we're the payments provider for over self-employed.

By 2024 we aim to serve 3 million entrepreneurs, becoming the leading Open Commerce ecosystem for small business, across Africa and the Middle East.

Mission & Purpose - Commerce for everyone.
We enable people to thrive, through open commerce.

We're breaking down barriers to a more prosperous future for all. We're unlocking economic opportunities by building inclusive financial tools for the self-employed.

We believe in a world where commerce is more accessible, more possible, more inclusive, more for everyone.

We believe in a world where technology enables people to focus on what matters, where they can tap into their gifts, creativity and passion.

We believe in increasing wealth locally, and in the ripple effect that it can have on so many communities.

We're opening commerce for everyone. Join Us.

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Senior People Business Partner to join our Cape Town based People & Culture team, dedicated to our Product & Technology teams.

You will partner closely with key business leaders by aligning talent initiatives with business strategies.

You will provide full spectrum support across teams based both locally and globally, strategically and tactically, through projects and programs dedicated to bringing the Yoco employee experience to life.

What you will be doing

Guide leaders in the design and evolution of their functions (structure and leadership) to be fit for future challenges. This includes developing people strategies and career plans that enable business results both now and in the future
Drive people experience projects from design to execution.
Provide change management support for all organisational changes
Design and implement Leadership development journeys.
Drive robust Talent Management practises including Talent Mapping and Talent Planning
Drive conversations and initiatives to shape and evolve our culture and ensure our values are lived consistently.
Coordinate with specialists inside the People & Culture team to deliver HR programs to the business, including, Career frameworks, Leadership Development Programs, L&D roadmaps, Compensation and Performance management cycles.
Partner leaders to build highly effective teams who deliver with excellence

About you

You have previous experience experience as an People Business Partner, working with senior leadership within tech and product teams
You are analytical with a metricsdriven approach to talent solutions and have the ability to leverage people analytics and insights to create compelling narratives for change to gain sponsorship.
You have significant depth in organisational design, people manager development and coaching, facilitation, and employee relations.
You are able to bring the employee experience journey to life through innovative programs, relevant to your functions
You have effective and influential communication skills with the ability to tailor communication style as needed
You are an empathetic partner, who can coach employees and managers through complex situations and sensitive matters
Team oriented builder who understands how to achieve buyin from diverse constituencies, builds bridges and designs "winwin" solutions across a matrix management organisation
You are excited about helping us to further develop our People practices while sharing our passion to keep things simple in design, light on process and high on impact.
You are a strong collaborator and an agent for change in a rapidly evolving business
As a bonus, You are a student of flow and designing peoplesystems that are able to deliver on real world systems. While you are not from the product or engineering discipline you have Team Topologies, Inspired, The Managers Path, Creativity Inc and other books from the disciplines on your kindle.

The People We're Looking For
We're looking for people who want to grow. And as Yoco grows we hope they stay with us, long term.

Building things that make society more equal is a daunting task. And it's not for everyone. We never stop pushing, we break things to rebuild, we challenge ourselves and teammates. We start over, we constantly evolve — and we do it fast. We know that it's just the right kind of meaningful madness for our kind of visionary human.

So, who are you? You're someone who resonates with our mission, but also our values, when it comes to how we work.

You're a curious problem-solver with a passion for doing good. You're bright and grounded, experimental and bold. You play open cards and get stuck in. You're not afraid of change. You close the loop.

At Yoco, we love to laugh, cherish each other's quirks, and be authentic.