Strategic People Partner - Stellenbosch

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Date: 13 Apr 2026

Location: ZA

Company: Capitec Bank Ltd

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We're on the lookout for energetic, self-motivated individuals who share our passion for service in the banking industry. To be part of the journey, follow the steps below:

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We’re not looking for HR. We’re looking for a game changer.

At Capitec, we believe banking should be simple - and so should building great teams. That’s where you come in.

We’re looking for a Strategic People Partner who doesn’t just support the business but helps shape it. Someone who can confidently take a seat at the table, challenge thinking, and partner with leaders to build teams that truly move the needle. 

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Partner with senior leaders to co-create and deliver people strategies aligned to real business priorities.
  • Operate as a thought partner to executives, connecting business strategy, people priorities, and organisational choices to drive long-term impact.
  • Shape organisation and workforce design to enable scale, agility, and effective ways of working.
  • Be a trusted advisor -solving complex people challenges and shaping solutions that stick.
  • Lead and support enterprise-wide strategic initiatives in partnership with Centres of Excellence.
  • Guide leaders across the talent lifecycle, including talent acquisition, performance, succession, and workforce planning.
  • Understand the impact of emerging technologies, including AI, and proactively shape workforce capability, roles, and ways of working as the business evolves.
  • Drive DEI and employee experience as part of broader business transformation (not standalone initiatives). 

How You Will Create Impact

  • Drive end-to-end change management - from diagnosing the need for change to embedding and sustaining it. 
  • Design and evolve future-fit organisational structures that enable agility, scalability, and performance. 
  • Lead organisation design conversations, including spans, layers, capabilities, and ways of working.  
  • Build change capability in leaders, enabling them to lead transformation confidently  
  • Use people data, organisational diagnostics, and external trends to proactively shape workforce strategy.  
  • Embed new ways of working (agile, digital-first, customer-centric teams). 
  • Identify capability gaps and influence upskilling and reskilling strategies for the future. 
  • Act as a connector across the business, breaking silos to enable integrated people solutions  

What You Bring

You’re not just experienced - you’re strategically wired and impact-driven. 

  • You bring 8+ years’ experience as a Strategic HR / People Partner, with a track record of delivering real outcomes. 
  • You’ve partnered with leaders at an executive senior, strategic level, shaping direction - not just supporting it. 
  • You understand business strategy and how people enable it (beyond HR frameworks).  
  • You’ve led or supported change, restructuring, and organisational design in complex environments.  
  • You’re confident challenging thinking and influencing stakeholders, with credibility and care. 
  • You balance strong people intuition with data-driven decision-making.  

 

The Foundation: 

  • A relevant tertiary qualification in Human Resources, Commerce, or Industrial / Organisational Psychology.  
  • Ideally, a postgraduate qualification and HPCSA registration.  
  • Strong HR generalist capability, with sound knowledge of governance, systems, and labour legislation.  

 

The Edge: 

  • You’re an energy-giver - someone deeply connected to the business, who can read the room, sense what’s needed, and move seamlessly between strategic thinking and hands-on execution to drive meaningful, lasting impact.

Why You’ll Love It Here

  • Work closely with leaders who value your insight and expertise.  

  • Be considered for broader opportunities as the organisation evolves.  

  • Thrive in a culture that values collaboration, innovation, and continuous growth. 

  • Make a tangible impact on both business performance and employee wellbeing. 


 

The Bottom Line

If you’re ready to move from supporting the business to shaping it - this is your moment. 

👉 Apply now and let’s build something meaningful together.  

Capitec is committed to diversity, applications to this position will strictly be considered in support of our employment equity goals.