Company: First Capital Bank
Location: Blantyre
Job Type: Full Time
Deadline: 2026-03-02
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the following position available in the Human Resources function in Blantyre:
Reporting to: Head of Human Resources
The Senior Human Resources Business Partner is a strategic leadership role responsible for partnering Executive and Senior Leaders to translate business strategy into forward-looking people, leadership, and workforce plans. The role provides trusted counsel on organisational design, talent, succession, and culture, ensuring sustainable capability and long-term organisational effectiveness.
This role operates with significant autonomy and authority within the assigned business area and is expected to influence executive decision-making through insight, judgement, and strong governance discipline.
Lead the development and execution of strategic people and workforce plans aligned to business and financial objectives.
Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on organisational design, leadership effectiveness, and capability strategy.
Identify future workforce and leadership risks and recommend proactive, strategic interventions.
Translate business strategy into robust workforce, succession, and capability plans.
Provide data-driven insights and commercial judgement to inform executive decisions.
Own and drive the end-to-end talent and succession strategy for the business area.
Ensure critical role coverage and leadership pipeline sustainability.
Drive performance differentiation and clarity around expectations and outcomes.
Partner with Learning & Development to design targeted capability interventions.
Act as steward of a high-performance, accountable culture.
Influence leadership behaviours and reinforce organisational values.
Identify and address systemic cultural or capability issues at root-cause level.
Support leadership teams in building engaged, effective, and aligned teams.
Ensure recruitment strategy aligns to long-term capability and succession priorities.
Lead workforce planning with appropriate governance and controls.
Challenge structural growth and promote sustainable organisational design.
Partner with leaders on senior and leadership appointments to ensure quality and rigour.
Lead complex employee relations matters in line with policy and employment legislation.
Provide practical, risk-aware guidance to leaders on disciplinary, grievance, and conduct issues.
Identify recurring trends and escalate systemic people risks appropriately.
Strong executive presence and influencing capability
Advanced commercial and business acumen
Strategic workforce and organisational design expertise
Data-driven decision-making
Sound judgement, integrity, and governance discipline
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or related discipline.
8–12+ years progressive HR experience, including substantial HR Business Partnering exposure.
Proven experience partnering at Executive or Senior Leadership level.
Demonstrated success in delivering strategic people, talent, and succession initiatives.
Experience in a regulated, complex, or financial services environment preferred.
Interested candidates who meet the above requirements are invited to submit their applications via:
https://careers.fmbch.com
Applications must be submitted no later than Friday, 27 February 2026.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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