Human Capital Manager: Talent, Learning & Leadership Development

Company Description About Kaelo Kaelo provides essential healthcare solutions ensuring the physical and psychosocial wellbeing of all South Africans towards lasting social change. Kaelo meets the Healthcare needs of Corporate and Retail clients across South Africa – products offerings include Medical Insurance, Medical Aid, Gap Insurance, Kaelo Money and employee assistance programmes.

Job Description Build Capability. Develop Leaders. Drive Performance. Are you a passionate Human Capital professional who thrives on turning strategy into action and delivering measurable business impact?

We are seeking an experienced and results-driven Human Capital Manager: Talent, Learning & Leadership Development to lead our people agenda and help shape a high-performing, future-ready workforce.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Human Capital leader who enjoys balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution. Reporting directly to senior leadership, you will lead the full employee lifecycle while driving talent development, leadership capability, workforce planning, employee engagement and organizational effectiveness across a growing and dynamic organization.

If you are energized by developing people, building leadership capability and implementing initiatives that create real business value, we would like to hear from you.

About The Role As the senior Human Capital professional within the business, you will be responsible for delivering an integrated people strategy that attracts, develops, engages and retains talent while ensuring operational excellence across the Human Capital function.

You will partner closely with leaders across the organization to ensure that workforce capability, leadership development and employee experience support both current business priorities and future growth.

Success in this role will be measured not only by strategy development, but by your ability to implement initiatives, deliver outcomes and create meaningful impact.

Key Responsibilities Human Capital Leadership

• Lead and deliver the Human Capital strategy and operational plan.
• Partner with leaders to align people initiatives with business objectives.
• Drive Human Capital projects and initiatives from concept through to implementation.
• Monitor and report on Human Capital metrics, trends and outcomes.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation and Human Capital governance requirements.

Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning

• Lead recruitment and workforce planning initiatives.
• Build talent pipelines for critical and future roles.
• Improve recruitment effectiveness, candidate experience and quality of hire.
• Ensure workforce plans are translated into practical actions and measurable outcomes.

Learning, Talent & Leadership Development

• Develop and implement learning and development strategies aligned to business priorities.
• Lead leadership development, coaching and mentoring programmes.
• Drive talent management and succession planning initiatives.
• Build organizational capability through targeted development interventions.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning and growth.

Performance & Organizational Effectiveness

• Lead the performance management process across the organization.
• Support managers in driving accountability and performance excellence.
• Identify opportunities to improve organizational effectiveness and workforce productivity.
• Facilitate change and transformation initiatives where required.

Employee Experience & Employee Relations

• Lead employee engagement and wellbeing initiatives.
• Promote a positive, inclusive and high-performance culture.
• Manage employee relations matters and provide guidance to leaders.
• Implement actions that improve employee experience, retention and engagement.

Payroll & Human Capital Operations

• Oversee payroll governance and Human Capital administration.
• Ensure accurate reporting, compliance and operational excellence.
• Continuously improve Human Capital systems, processes and service delivery.

What Success Looks Like In this role, you will:

✔ Deliver Human Capital initiatives that achieve measurable business outcomes.

✔ Build strong talent pipelines and reduce critical vacancies.

✔ Strengthen leadership capability and succession readiness.

✔ Improve employee engagement, retention and organizational culture.

✔ Drive learning and development initiatives that enhance workforce capability.

✔ Ensure payroll accuracy, compliance and operational excellence.

✔ Be recognized as a trusted business partner who consistently delivers results.

Qualifications What We're Looking For Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology, Business Management or related field.
• Postgraduate qualification in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Leadership Development or Business Administration will be advantageous.
• Professional Human Capital registration or membership will be advantageous.
• Coaching or leadership development certification will be beneficial.

Experience

• 7–10 years' Human Capital experience across multiple disciplines.
• Minimum 3–5 years in a Human Capital management role.
• Demonstrated experience in talent management, learning and development, leadership development and workforce planning.
• Experience managing employee relations and payroll oversight.
• Proven ability to successfully implement Human Capital initiatives and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Experience partnering with senior leadership teams.

Key Attributes We are looking for someone who is:

• Action-oriented and focused on execution.
• Highly organized and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Results-driven with strong accountability for delivery.
• Commercially aware and business-minded.
• A strong relationship builder and influencer.
• Passionate about developing people and leaders.
• Adaptable, resilient and solutions-focused.
• Comfortable operating both strategically and operationally.

Additional Information

Why Join Us? This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in an organization that values its people and recognizes the importance of leadership, capability and culture in achieving business success.

You will play a key role in shaping the future workforce, developing leaders, strengthening organizational performance and creating an environment where employees can thrive.

Join us in building a high-performing, future-ready workforce where people, leadership and organizational success grow together.