Background

The Adaptis Group Africa, a market leader in growth and innovation through key portfolio companies across the continent.

Job Description

Strategic Business Partnering & Workforce Advisory

Act as the primary people advisor to business unit leaders, providing guidance on workforce planning, org design, productivity, and role clarity

Translate business objectives into people plans, capability requirements, and performance expectations

Support leaders in managing headcount growth, restructuring, and scale-up initiatives

Performance Management Ownership (Core Accountability)

Own and govern the end-to-end performance management framework across assigned business units

Drive performance goal setting, mid-cycle reviews, end-cycle evaluations, and calibration sessions

Ensure consistent quality of performance reviews using system-based scorecards and analytics

Lead underperformance management, improvement plans (PIPs), and performance interventions

Utilize Zoho People and Zoho Analytics to track performance completion, distribution, and trends

Talent, Succession & Workforce Sustainability

Identify high-potential talent and critical roles across business units

Develop and maintain succession plans and leadership pipelines

Partner with leaders to design retention strategies for critical and high-performing talent

Analyze attrition data and implement proactive retention interventions

Learning, Capability & Training Centre Integration

Conduct capability and skills gap analyses using performance and operational data

Translate skill gaps into structured learning and development plans

Partner with the Training Centre to ensure course relevance, curriculum alignment, and business impact

Measure post-training performance improvement and learning ROI using Zoho Learn, Trainer Central, and Analytics

People Analytics, Insights & Decision Support

Deliver monthly people insights dashboards covering performance, attrition, engagement, and capability

Use predictive analytics to identify people risks and opportunities

Support leadership decision-making with data-driven recommendations

Employee Relations, Culture & Change Enablement

Advise leaders on employee relations matters, disciplinary processes, and grievance resolution

Support change management initiatives including restructures, role changes, and cultural transformation

Reinforce performance culture, accountability, and leadership effectiveness

HR Systems Utilization & Governance

Act as a key functional owner of HR modules within Zoho People related to performance, talent, and learning

Ensure accurate system usage by managers and alignment to HR policies

Partner with the Senior HR Officer to continuously improve system workflows and reporting

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Collaborate with Finance, Operations, and Business Leaders on people-related initiatives

Contribute to group-wide projects and transformation programs

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Collaborate with teams across other Business Units and contribute to projects, initiatives, or tasks that require cross-functional expertise.

Participate in and deliver on projects or tasks assigned from other Business Units.

Academic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, or a related field.

CHRP certification or pursuing HR professional certification (preferred).

• Act as the primary people advisor to business unit leaders, providing guidance on workforce planning, org design, productivity, and role clarity
• Translate business objectives into people plans, capability requirements, and performance expectations
• Support leaders in managing headcount growth, restructuring, and scale-up initiatives
• Own and govern the end-to-end performance management framework across assigned business units
• Drive performance goal setting, mid-cycle reviews, end-cycle evaluations, and calibration sessions
• Ensure consistent quality of performance reviews using system-based scorecards and analytics
• Lead underperformance management, improvement plans (PIPs), and performance interventions
• Utilize Zoho People and Zoho Analytics to track performance completion, distribution, and trends
• Identify high-potential talent and critical roles across business units
• Develop and maintain succession plans and leadership pipelines
• Partner with leaders to design retention strategies for critical and high-performing talent
• Analyze attrition data and implement proactive retention interventions
• Conduct capability and skills gap analyses using performance and operational data
• Translate skill gaps into structured learning and development plans
• Partner with the Training Centre to ensure course relevance, curriculum alignment, and business impact
• Measure post-training performance improvement and learning ROI using Zoho Learn, Trainer Central, and Analytics
• Deliver monthly people insights dashboards covering performance, attrition, engagement, and capability
• Use predictive analytics to identify people risks and opportunities
• Support leadership decision-making with data-driven recommendations
• Advise leaders on employee relations matters, disciplinary processes, and grievance resolution
• Support change management initiatives including restructures, role changes, and cultural transformation
• Reinforce performance culture, accountability, and leadership effectiveness
• Act as a key functional owner of HR modules within Zoho People related to performance, talent, and learning
• Ensure accurate system usage by managers and alignment to HR policies
• Partner with the Senior HR Officer to continuously improve system workflows and reporting
• Collaborate with Finance, Operations, and Business Leaders on people-related initiatives
• Contribute to group-wide projects and transformation programs
• Collaborate with teams across other Business Units and contribute to projects, initiatives, or tasks that require cross-functional expertise.
• Participate in and deliver on projects or tasks assigned from other Business Units.

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
• CHRP certification or pursuing HR professional certification (preferred).