People Business Partner

Mukuru is one of Africa's leading FinTech innovators, empowering communities through safe, affordable, and reliable financial services. As we continue to scale across emerging markets, we're looking for a dynamic Business People Partner to join our Human Capital team and help shape the future of our people experience.

If you're passionate about people, energized by solving complex business challenges, and excited by the idea of driving transformational impact-this role is for you!

As a Business People Partner, you will work hand-in-hand with leaders and teams to create a high performing, engaged, and future ready workforce. You'll be a trusted advisor, culture champion, change facilitator, and strategic thinker-all rolled into one.

Your mission?
Transform people insights into business impact and support our teams in delivering exceptional value to the millions of customers we serve.

• Build strong relationships with business leaders to understand their needs and co create people strategies.

• Drive organisational effectiveness, employee engagement, performance enablement, and culture uplift initiatives.

• Bring insights, data, and trends to help leaders make smart people decisions.

• Support workforce planning, succession mapping, career development, and capability building.

• Partner with Talent Acquisition to ensure we hire and onboard great talent.

• Shape learning and development plans with our Learning Enablement team.

• Champion a fun, connected, values driven culture.

• Promote wellness, recognition, and employee engagement activities that bring teams together.

• Facilitate climate surveys and partner with leaders to drive action plans.

• Guide managers on performance management, coaching, and career pathways.

• Ensure every employee has clear goals and growth opportunities.

• Drive consistent and fair performance practices across the business.

• Act as a trusted advisor in navigating disciplinary matters, grievances, and conflict resolution.

• Partner with ER Specialists to ensure fair and compliant processes.

• Support managers in maintaining healthy, positive working environments.

• Support remuneration conversations, benchmarking, and reward programmes.

• Ensure accuracy and compliance of all HR data and records.

• Contribute to annual HR processes like reviews, increases, incentives, and reporting.

• Lead and support HC initiatives across business units.

• Drive adoption, communication, and change management for key people programmes.

• Continuously look for process improvements that enhance the people experience.

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology, or similar.

• 3-5 years of experience as an HR Business Partner, preferably in Financial Services or FinTech.

• Strong generalist knowledge across the HC value chain.

• Excellent advisory, coaching, and consulting skills.

• Solid understanding of South African labour legislation.

• Experience working with Centres of Excellence (L&D, ER, Talent, etc.).

• Data driven decision making skills with a commercial mindset.

• Strong influencer and relationship building abilities.

• Experience managing organisational change and transitions.

• High emotional intelligence and resilience.

• Ability to juggle multiple priorities in a fast paced environment.

• A passion for culture building, engagement, and employee wellbeing.

At Mukuru, you're not just joining a company-you're joining a community. A place where your voice matters, your growth is supported, and your work truly impacts lives across the continent.

Here, we:
Celebrate diversity
Move fast and innovate
Care deeply about our people
Build solutions that change lives

Should you be appointed in a remote/work from home role at Mukuru, it is your responsibility to ensure that you have uninterrupted internet connectivity and a 'work like' environment at your home location, in order to deliver your best in terms of performance, productivity and service to our customers.

If you do not receive any response after two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.

NB: ALL STAFF APPOINTMENTS WILL BE MADE WITH DUE CONSIDERATION OF THE COMPANY'S DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION PLANS