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Baanetse L.

Johannesburg, South Africa

$28/hr
5.0
2 jobs

A results-driven and transformational HR leader with over 8 years' experience across public facing entities and high-performance private organisations. Proven success in leading complex HR functions across diverse, multigenerational workforces of up to 350 employees, with a focus on aligning people strategy with organisational performance. Specialised in strategic human capital development, performance management systems, organisational design, talent acquisition, workforce planning, and diversity and inclusion. Adept at designing and executing value-adding HR programmes, workforce capability frameworks, employee engagement strategies, and change management initiatives that drive sustainable business outcomes. Strong compliance background in South African labour legislation, Employment Equity, Skills Development and BBBEE, with hands-on experience in payroll governance, HR policy formulation, reporting and HR risk mitigation.

  • HR & Business Services
  • Recruiting
  • Staff Recruitment & Management
  • Employee Onboarding
  • HR Policy
  • HR System Management
  • Administrative Support
  • Data Entry
  • Contract Drafting
  • Employee Relations
  • Performance Management
Elzelene F.

Pretoria, South Africa

$30/hr
4.9
9 jobs

ABOUT ME Highest Completed Qualification: Master's Degree in Industrial & Organizational Psychology Current Job Title: HR and Business Consultant Years of Experience: 14 years I am a highly strategic, analytical, and innovative professional with a strong ability to build relationships and rapport with people. I take a balanced approach to decision-making, considering both facts and my intuition. With over a decade of consulting experience, I possess excellent people and leadership skills, and I am skilled at adapting to both structured and unstructured work environments. I bring innovation, change management, and digital adaptation to the table. My ability to quickly identify evolving business needs enables me to recommend solutions that combine hiring strategies, technology, processes, and performance management across the company. My undergraduate degree in Business Management provides me with a solid understanding of all aspects of business, while my Master's degree in Industrial & Organizational Psychology allows me to collaborate effectively with staff at all levels and provide coaching, development, and performance management services. Key Skills & Abilities: Strong focus on business strategy and long-term goals Excellent coordination between functional and business units Ability to work quickly and accurately in dynamic environments Fast learner with strong intuitive decision-making abilities Strong leadership, written, and verbal communication skills Solid problem-solving, numerical, and verbal reasoning skills Personal Characteristics & Competencies: Supportive, innovative, and adaptable Resourceful, ambitious, and analytical Strategic thinker with a passion for excellence Independent, enthusiastic, and dependable Strong team player with a high sense of coherence Career Goal: To help organizations achieve their business goals by applying a flexible, innovative, and collaborative approach that adds value in the areas where they need it most. With my diverse background, skills, and values, I am confident that I can be a valuable asset to any organization. I am excited about the opportunity to help your company bring out the best in its people.

  • Training & Development
  • Employee Engagement
  • Staff Development
  • Employee Training
  • Employee Relations
  • Strategy
  • Organizational Design & Effectiveness
  • Human Resources Strategy
  • Staff Recruitment & Management
  • Human Resource Management
  • HR System Management
  • Personnel Selection
  • Performance Management
  • Coaching
  • Microsoft Excel
Andrew M.

Cape Town, South Africa

$50/hr
4.0
1 jobs

I'm an HR specialist with extensive Africa experience, available as an expert resource for strategic business initiatives, organization development, HR policy and compliance, workforce development and coaching. Seeking challenging consulting or short-term opportunities in the private, public or non-profit sector. - Expertise in national labour law and compliance issues in the Africa context - Advanced skills in policy and procedure development and implementation - Global compensation, salary benchmarking and job evaluation - Change management coach experienced in guiding organizations through major transformations - Employee relations management and resolution of critical issues - management and leadership of remote/dispersed/multi-country teams - Ability to drive diversity, inclusion and equity strategies ensuring cultural change - Excellent consulting, coaching, training and organizational skills

  • HR & Business Services
  • Management Consulting
  • Coaching
  • Career Coaching
  • HR Policy
  • Compensation
  • Employee Relations
  • Resume Writing
  • Policy Writing
  • Leadership Development
Jaype B.

Kriel, South Africa

$30/hr
4.3
9 jobs

Organizations do not grow beyond the quality of their leadership. Many leaders struggle with unclear direction, poor communication, unhealthy team dynamics, leadership fatigue, weak organizational culture, and training systems that fail to create lasting transformation. I help organizations, colleges, ministries, leadership teams, founders, and people-development businesses design systems that build stronger leaders and healthier cultures. As a Leadership Development & Transformation Architect, I specialize in creating structured frameworks for leadership formation, behavioural transformation, relational intelligence, ethical leadership, communication, conflict resolution, coaching systems, and scalable learning environments. My work combines leadership psychology, behavioural development, curriculum architecture, coaching principles, counselling frameworks, and transformational learning design to help individuals and organizations grow with clarity and structure. I help clients with: • Leadership development frameworks • Organizational transformation systems • Leadership training programmes • Culture and team development • Communication and relational intelligence systems • Conflict resolution frameworks • Coaching and mentoring structures • Learning and development architecture • Curriculum and certification programme design • Leadership pathway development • Behavioural and personal transformation systems • Faith-based and values-driven leadership programmes I do more than create training material. I design transformational systems that shape thinking, behaviour, communication, leadership maturity, and long-term organizational health. Whether you are building a leadership school, strengthening an organization, developing leaders, creating a coaching programme, or designing transformational learning experiences, I help turn vision into structured systems that create measurable growth.

  • Leadership Training
  • Market Planning
  • Cost Management
  • Leadership Coaching
  • Counseling
  • Business Coaching
  • Leadership Development
  • Recruiting
  • Business Consulting
  • Business Development
  • Executive Summary
  • Life Coaching
  • Marriage Counseling
Theresa D.

Centurion, South Africa

$55/hr
4.8
4 jobs

I am an Industrial Psychologist with a background in consulting, I have completed many projects in organizational development as well as change management (stakeholder management, communication & training). I enjoy pojects that relate to the enhancement f organisational metrics and outcomes utilising my consulting, HR and business background. I am very detail-oriented, stick to deadlines, and have expertise within the humanity field. Having completed 2 master's degrees and then being a research supervisor at GIBS University, I am also an academic researcher with expertise in quantitative and qualitative research, leadership development, organisational development, student mentorship and supervision as well as article writing. I would love to help you and look forward to hearing from you!

  • Research Methods
  • Academic Editing
  • Article Writing
  • Learning Management System
  • Academic Proofreading
  • Research & Strategy
  • Research Proposals
  • Research & Development
  • Research Papers
  • Elearning Design
  • Training Design
  • Training Needs Analysis
  • Training Materials
  • Training Data
  • Literature Review

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