Head of Human Resources

Head of Human Resources
Meaning of Eduvos
The word Eduvos comes from the concept of your education. The “Edu” part of Eduvos talks about education and taking custodianship and responsibility. The “Vos” part of Eduvos talks about you, yourself, and your best self. The combination of Edu and Vos talks about taking responsibility for your education and making the best choice for yourself. Your education is your future.
Scope and scale
Eduvos is one of South Africa’s largest independent private higher education institutions with 12 campuses across the country and many international students. Eduvos offers 27 degrees in humanities, arts, business, science and law. We offer Bachelors Degrees, Honours Degrees, Higher Certificates and Pre-degree programmes that enable access to education.
Eduvos educational philosophy
Our educators believe in building skills for the future and enabling students to take up careers in a volatile, uncertain, chaotic, and ambiguous world. Our education is designed to create a deep understanding of an area, supporting skills development through practical application, and challenging thinking to allow for adaptation to new possibilities.
Type of position:

Location:
Midrand/ Tygervalley campuses
Description:
We are looking to recruit a Head of Human Resources to head up the HR function of Eduvos. The main objective of this role is to create and enable talent / human capability that will foster and reinforce a unique culture and skills in support of the implementation of the business’ strategy, and add value to all stakeholders (leaders, employees, investors, students, community) - thereby making a substantial contribution to sustainable business performance.
Initially a key focus area of this role will be to reposition and repurpose the human resources function to achieve the human capability that is required to transform and reposition Eduvos for the future.
The role will report directly to the Executive Director and will manage a team of human resource specialists.
Qualifications:  
Relevant post-graduate degree (Preferably Masters’ Degree) .
Experience:  
A dynamic HR leader with at least 10 years’ HR experience, of which five years is in a senior managerial role, accountable for the entire HR value chain including functional and strategic decision making regarding all aspects related to human resources.
Experience in repositioning a HR function and / or building a HR function coupled with HR project expertise and HR systems implementation experience
Organisation development experience relating to influencing and transforming an organisation through engagement and interventions.
Functional and technical competencies:  
Depth of understanding regarding the role and function of HR in an organization,