Titre du poste

Senior HR Manager - Maatla

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Position : Senior HR Manager - Maatla

Our client, a leading mining company, is seeking to appoint a Senior HR Manager (Generalist) with a strong Industrial Relations background to join their operation in Maatla, Botswana, on a 2-year contract with the possibility of renewal.
This role will lead and manage the full employee life cycle for a large, unionised workforce in a safety-critical mining environment. The successful candidate will ensure full compliance with local legislation, drive effective employee and industrial relations, and support operational excellence through robust HR practices.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic & Operational HR Leadership

  • Act as the senior HR business partner to site leadership, providing strategic and operational HR guidance
  • Translate corporate HR strategy into effective site-level implementation
  • Support workforce planning aligned to production targets and life-of-mine plans
  • Lead HR operations for a large workforce (400+ employees) in a remote mining environment

Employee & Industrial Relations

  • Lead and manage all industrial and employee relations activities at site
  • Handle discipline, grievances, performance management, dispute resolution, and incapacity processes
  • Manage relationships with unions, employee representatives, and statutory bodies
  • Lead wage negotiations, collective bargaining, and union consultations
  • Ensure consistent, fair, and legally compliant HR practices aligned with local labour legislation

Recruitment & Workforce Management

  • Oversee end-to-end recruitment and workforce management across the full employee life cycle
  • Manage onboarding, induction, mobilization, and demobilization processes
  • Monitor and report on workforce metrics including headcount, turnover, absenteeism, and labour stability

Performance Management & Talent Development

  • Drive performance management systems and annual review processes
  • Identify skills gaps and implement training and development plans
  • Support leadership development, succession planning, and talent retention initiatives

Compensation, Benefits & Payroll Oversight

  • Ensure accurate implementation of remuneration, benefits, and incentive schemes
  • Work closely with payroll to ensure compliance, accuracy, and timelines
  • Support annual salary reviews, benchmarking, and collective remuneration processes
  • Experience with Sage 300 payroll/HR systems is an advantage

Compliance, Policies & Governance

  • Ensure full compliance with local labour legislation, mining regulations, and company policies
  • Maintain and update HR policies, procedures, and employee handbook
  • Manage audits, inspections, statutory reporting, and internal governance requirements

Health, Safety & Wellbeing

  • Actively promote and support a strong safety-first culture
  • Partner with HSE teams on wellbeing, fatigue management, and fitness-for-work initiatives
  • Ensure HR processes support medical surveillance and safety compliance

HR Reporting & Systems

  • Maintain accurate employee records and HR systems
  • Deliver regular HR reports and metrics to site and corporate leadership
  • Drive continuous improvement in HR systems, processes, and data integrity

Required profile for job ad : Senior HR Manager - Maatla

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology, Business Administration, or related field
  • 8–10+ years’ HR Generalist experience, with a strong Industrial Relations focus
  • Proven experience managing the full employee life cycle
  • Mining sector experience is essential, preferably with a large workforce (400+ employees)
  • Demonstrated success in union engagement, wage negotiations, and collective bargaining
  • Strong working knowledge of local labour legislation and employment law
  • Excellent communication and written skills
  • Experience in site-based, remote, or heavy industrial environments
  • Sage 300 experience an advantage

Job criteria for job ad : Senior HR Manager - Maatla

  • Job category :
    HR, training
  • Industries :
    Chemistry, petrochemistry, raw materials, mining
  • Employment type : Fixed-term contract
  • Region : Gaborone
  • City : Maatla
  • Remote work :
    No
  • Experience level : 5 to 10 years - More than 10 years
  • Educational level : Bachelor - Master - Doctorate
  • Spoken language :
    english > fluent
  • Number of Position(s) : 1
  • Team management :
    Yes
  • Human Resource Management
  • HR Strategy
  • Recruitment
  • HR Business
  • Payroll
  • HR Reporting
  • Training
  • HR Training
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Type de poste
Temps plein
Lieu du poste
Maatla, Botswana
Date de publication
29 janvier 2026
Valide jusqu’au
30 mars 2026
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