Culture & People Development Specialist
Ekumen
🇿🇦 Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants
This fully remote full time position at Ekumen is open to applicants from South Africa. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.
Job Description
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Our mission is to bridge top-level technology companies with engineering talent from across the globe. With presence in LATAM, USA and Europe, we empower companies by providing remote engineering teams of all levels tailored to the needs of each project.
Our teams are passionate about technology and thrive on challenges. We value technical expertise and a willingness to learn new things. Each development is tailored to the needs of each project, so being passionate about learning and using new languages, tools, and frameworks is part of our DNA. Our software engineering teams focus on best coding practices to ensure readability, reusability, and scalability of our systems' designs and developments.
Culture & People Development Specialist
At Ekumen, culture and growth go hand in hand. We believe high-performing teams are built on continuous learning, meaningful feedback, and a strong sense of belonging.
We're looking for a Culture & People Development Specialist to help us scale that experience intentionally. This role will play a key part in shaping the employee journey, from development frameworks and performance processes to engagement initiatives and cultural evolution across our distributed teams.
If you're passionate about building thriving workplaces where people and business grow together, this is your opportunity.
What You'll Do
* Partner with business leaders to align people development initiatives with organizational goals.
Partner with business leaders to align people development initiatives with organizational goals.
* Lead performance and feedback processes, continuously improving how we grow and develop our teams.
Lead performance and feedback processes, continuously improving how we grow and develop our teams.
* Design and evolve training strategies, career frameworks, and progression paths.
Design and evolve training strategies, career frameworks, and progression paths.
* Drive engagement, internal communication, recognition, and DEI initiatives across distributed teams.
Drive engagement, internal communication, recognition, and DEI initiatives across distributed teams.
* Leverage data and insights to strengthen retention, performance, and employee experience.
Leverage data and insights to strengthen retention, performance, and employee experience.
What We're Looking For
* 5+ years of experience in culture, engagement, learning & development, or similar roles (experience in tech/software environments is a strong plus).
5+ years of experience in culture, engagement, learning & development, or similar roles (experience in tech/software environments is a strong plus).
* Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.
Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.
* Experience working with distributed, remote-first, or hybrid global teams.
Experience working with distributed, remote-first, or hybrid global teams.
* Strong execution capability: you can move from strategy to implementation.
Strong execution capability: you can move from strategy to implementation.
* Data-driven mindset with experience using engagement and performance metrics.
Data-driven mindset with experience using engagement and performance metrics.
* Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally.
Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally.
* Strategic thinking with a clear understanding of how people initiatives impact business results.
Strategic thinking with a clear understanding of how people initiatives impact business results.
Why Join Us?
You'll help shape how our people grow, connect, and succeed. Your work will directly impact engagement, retention, and the evolution of our culture, influencing not just processes, but everyday experiences.
If you're excited about building systems that empower people and elevate performance in a fast-growing, distributed tech environment, we'd love to meet you.
Join us to be part of a dynamic community where your skills and contributions truly matter!
Tips for South African Applicants
Timezone Advantage
South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.
Salary in Context
Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.
Application Tips
Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.
Load Shedding Preparedness
If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.
About Ekumen
Ekumen is a company in the training industry that hires remote workers from South Africa.