{"id":3351,"date":"2026-02-06T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/botswana\/job\/country-lead-people-culture\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T00:48:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T00:48:45","slug":"country-lead-people-culture","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/botswana\/?post_type=job_listing&p=3351","title":{"rendered":"COUNTRY LEAD: PEOPLE &amp; CULTURE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>**Organization Name:** Coca-Cola Beverages Botswana<br \/>\n**Job Title:** Country Lead: People &amp; Culture<br \/>\n**Role Purpose:**<br \/>\nReporting to People and Culture Director, the role is responsible for supporting Business Partnering and Governance, Talent Acceleration and Employer Attractiveness, Cost Ownership, Organization Design for Growth and Capabilities and High-Performance culture and Transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Key Responsibilities<\/p>\n<p>HR Strategy Implementation: Oversee and tailor the HR strategy to meet current and future needs.<br \/>\nGovernance and Compliance: Ensure adherence to labour laws and educate leaders on local practices.<br \/>\nTalent Development: Implement strategies to align with People &amp; Culture and business objectives.<br \/>\nData-Driven Talent Acquisition: Use analytics to address talent challenges and build a skilled pipeline.<br \/>\nLeadership Support: Anticipate future talent needs and localize sourcing strategies.<br \/>\nInternal Talent Growth: Identify and develop high-potential employees for rapid growth and succession planning.<br \/>\nFinancial Accountability: Partner with Line to streamline operations and reduce labor costs.<br \/>\nReward Strategy Alignment: Maintain financial governance and ensure equitable reward practices.<br \/>\nEfficiency Optimization: Drive initiatives to optimize spans of control and management ratios.<br \/>\nChange Management: Lead localization of change efforts and build change capability in leaders and employees.<br \/>\nTeam Effectiveness: Harness team strengths to develop capabilities for organizational objectives.<br \/>\nHigh-Performance Mindset: Promote a culture of excellence across functions.<br \/>\nLearning and Development Integration: Align initiatives with business strategies for continuous improvement.<br \/>\nEmployer Relations Support: Provide on-the-ground support to ensure a positive ER climate.<br \/>\nEmployee Engagement: Champion health, wellbeing, diversity, and inclusion programs.<br \/>\nLegal Compliance: Ensure full adherence to local labor laws and union agreements to reduce legal exposure and penalties.<br \/>\nDispute &amp; Grievance Resolution: Resolve labor disputes and grievances promptly within legal frameworks to minimize business disruption.<br \/>\nDisciplinary Management: Apply fair, consistent, and legally compliant disciplinary processes to uphold workplace standards and reduce risk.<br \/>\nUnion Relations: Build and maintain constructive relationships with unions to prevent industrial action and support a stable work environment.<br \/>\nComplaint Resolution: Address labor complaints to maintain employee satisfaction and reduce workplace conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Requirements<\/p>\n<p>Bachelor\u2019s Degree in HR, Psychology, Business Management, or a related field<br \/>\n10+ years of HR leadership experience in both operational and corporate settings, this role demands expertise in developing and implementing P&amp;C strategies and talent acquisition across functions\/regions. Must have a proven track record of leading change, leveraging digital advancements, and enhancing organizational practices.<br \/>\nKey experiences include aligning P&amp;C with local business needs, driving cultural shifts, and advancing Diversity &amp; Inclusion. Experience managing the full P&amp;C function in large markets, overseeing budgets, planning resources, and guiding organizational change critical.<br \/>\nStrategic Leadership: anticipating business trends to formulate aligned, forward-looking strategies.<br \/>\nOperational Agility: to fostering alignment and communication across diverse organizational layers.<br \/>\nTalent Management Expertise: crafting adaptable talent strategies and addressing skill gaps.<br \/>\nChange and Digital Leadership: steering digital transitions and organizational change.<br \/>\nBusiness Acumen: merging P&amp;C strategies with business objectives for operational growth.<br \/>\nCulture Transformation: driving and embedding cultural shifts for enhanced collaboration.<br \/>\nD&amp;I Champion: developing and implementing diversity and inclusion strategies.<br \/>\nEmployment Law Expertise: extensive knowledge of employment laws.<br \/>\nData-Driven Decision Making: Analytical skills for strategic decision-making based on data insights.<br \/>\nOrganizational Architect: designing structures for organizational flexibility and growth.<br \/>\nLeadership Excellence: Demonstrates exceptional skills in motivating, guiding, and inspiring teams.<br \/>\nWritten &amp; oral ability of English.<br \/>\nComputer skills in Microsoft Office applications.<br \/>\nMicrosoft Dynamics experience would be a definite advantage.<\/p>\n<p>How to Apply<br \/>\nInterested candidates should address their applications to The Human Resources Director, P.O. Box 202003, Gaborone. Please attach a cover letter indicating the position applied for, up to date CV, certified copies of certificates and national ID. The applicants are requested to use the following link to apply:* Internal: https:\/\/ccba.internal.erecruit.co\/candidateapp\/Jobs\/Browse.aspx* External: https:\/\/ccba.erecruit.co\/candidateapp\/Jobs\/View\/CCB260205-1<br \/>\nDeadline: Applications close at 17h00 on 15 February 2026.Enquiries: Human Resources Department.<\/p>\n<p>REF Code: CCB260205-1 | Job Code: CCB260205-1<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"","_company_name":"Coca-Cola Beverages Botswana 34 views","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[11],"job-categories":[42],"job-types":[13],"class_list":{"0":"post-3351","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-expired","4":"hentry","5":"job_listing_region-gaborone","7":"job-type-full-time"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/3351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=3351"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-categories?post=3351"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=3351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}