Senior HR Business Partner
Johannesburg, ZA, 1462
Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.
What you will do
Job Purpose
The HR Business Partner acts as a part of the connected team of HR resources that are embedded within the business, providing advisory support as it relates to workforce and strategic talent planning, HR program development, and the implementation of HR initiatives.
Reporting: This position reports to the Director: People & Organization.
Job Objectives:
- Provide consultation related to workforce and resource planning, performance management, change management delivery, and employee & labour relations within Volvo Group support functions and business units.
- Conduct behavioural interviews for in-scope positions.
- Compile workforce analytics to develop people-insights to support business performance.
- Provide input for quarterly and annual business planning for client group.
- Support people leaders to develop effective management and leadership behaviours through coaching and training.
- Provide input to Global CoEs to define and implement forward-thinking workforce strategies and solutions to meet business environment needs.
- Support local implementation of CoE-driven processes, policies and initiatives.
- Gather requirements to help with the development of HR programmes, processes, and policies for specific business units based on business needs.
- Manage change execution and foster a culture of support for change initiatives in client groups.
Measure of Success:
- Talent Management - Succession coverage; Retention of HiPo/HiPro; Diversity.
- Organizational Development – development plans; client requirement fulfillment.
- Employee engagement.
- Leadership quality.
Who are you?
Do you dream big? We do too, and we are excited to grow together. In this role, you will bring:
- 5-7 years of HR Business Partner experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources or a related field.
Key Competencies
- Ability to apply HR knowledge / experience across all HR policies, programmes, processes, and functions.
- Ability to understand HR compliance requirements.
- Strong internal consulting skills, with working ability to influence change.
- Strong business-specific knowledge and organizational behavior / design / effectiveness skills.
- Ability to facilitate relationships and partner with business leaders.
- Strong business acumen and project management skills.
- Expert knowledge of employment-related laws and regulations.
- Strong communication and facilitation skills.
- Ability to translate business requirements into workable solutions.
Short listed candidates must complete and sign personal verification permission, consent and indemnity declarations, to inter alia perform reference, criminal, credit, qualification, vetting process (if applicable to position) and any other checks deemed necessary.
Volvo Group Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd is an affirmative action, equal employment opportunity employer. We encourage people with disability to apply.
Application Closing Date: 24 March 2026.
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Who we are and what we believe in
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
At Volvo Trucks you will be part of leading the way towards a sustainable transport industry. For nearly a century we have been innovating for people – to make life easier, better and safer. Driving progress is our promise to customers, to the industry and to society. At Volvo Trucks we share a curiosity to learn, we work with passion and we embrace change to stay ahead. Join us, together we move the world we want to live in.