Rufaro Pasipanodya

Head - Corporate Services

ZESA Holdings

Dec 2012 - Jun 2020 (7 years 7 months)

➢ Responsible for Group Human Resources, Loss Control, Health and Administration and Management of Estates. ➢ Key assignments included carrying out a labour costs alignment strategy, organizational culture change, proposed organizational restructuring exercise, handling a protracted labour dispute to finality, improved benefits administration with focus on medical benefits management as well as Group Life Cover management, introducing a human resources dashboard, amongst others. ➢ Was appointed Board member for Zimbabwe Power Company, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company, Zesa Enterprises and Powertel Communications through the Ministry of Energy and Power Development. ➢ Ex officio member of the Main Board Human

Head - Human Resources and External Affairs

RioZim

Oct 2008 - Nov 2012 (4 years 2 months)

➢ Responsible for Group Human Resources incorporating all human resources interventions, inclusive of training and development within the Group operations, i.e. Renco Mine, Empress Nickel Refinery, Sengwa Coal fields and the new Cam and Motor Gold Mine. ➢ Was responsible for management of Estates. ➢ Responsible for all corporate communications for the Group and for social performance as Principal Officer of the RioZim Foundation, the communities arm of the Group. Major interventions were done with schools, orphanages, irrigation projects and district councils. ➢ Was responsible for initiating and consolidating the Employee Share Ownership scheme as Principal Officer to the scheme. ➢ Sat on the Zimbabwe Chamber of Mines Human Resources C

HR Manager

RioZim

Apr 2007 - Oct 2008 (1 year 7 months)

Managing the human resources and community relations interventions at the mine which is situated in Nyajena, Masvingo South Rural District.

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Associate H.R. Consultant

Oct 2006 - Mar 2007 (6 months)

➢ Carried out assignments for various clients including P.B.S. Management Consultants which included recruitment and placement, organizational structuring, in depth Paterson job evaluation training, ➢ industrial relations climate surveys and diversity management. ➢ Carried out supervisory, junior and middle management training programmes in specialized areas including principles of supervision, level 3 management development programme, human resources management for non h.r. managers, managing discipline, career path appreciation and time management. ➢ Left due to unbundling of businesses following shareholder restructuring and returned to Zimbabwe to join a Mining Group.

HR Director

Innscor Fast Foods Division

Oct 2003 - Sep 2006 (3 years)

➢ Responsible for the Human Resources and administration function and reporting to the Managing Director. Consolidating the company benefits structure. ➢ Aligning human resources portfolio to the business strategy and value system. ➢ Establishing and improving business partnerships with all the business units in the organization. Sat on the Board of Directors as one of three business drivers responsible for the performance of the business and being accountable for the performance thereof. ➢ Ensuring that the division achieves the model trading profits and making board presentations on human resources and public affairs issues. ➢ Left to pursue opportunities in the Region due to economic push factors.

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Director - Corporate Services

Oct 2001 - Sep 2003 (2 years)

in acting capacity ➢ Responsible for the Human Resource function for Dairibord Zimbabwe, Lyons Maid, N.F.B. and Dairibord Malawi. ➢ Responsible for administration, estates and the legal department. ➢ Responsible for championing SAP administration related interventions. ➢ Carrying out regular and intermittent remuneration package competitiveness surveys to ensure that the organization remained competitive and consolidating the same at head office level. ➢ Was Secretary to the Dairibord Zimbabwe Share Ownership Trust (DESOT), a vehicle in which employees bought shares in the entity ➢ Was part of the team that oversaw the creation of the Nutritious Food and Beverages Division and the Milk Supply Division ➢ Left to join Innscor Africa, a

HR Manager

Nicoz Diamond Insurance Company

Feb 2001 - Sep 2001 (8 months)

Responsible for Human Resources as well as security, external affairs, purchasing, service contracts and transport. ➢ Left to join a bigger entity, Dairibord Zimbabwe, which was transitioning from a state enterprise to a commercial entity

HR Manager

Lorimak Human Resources Consultancy

Jun 2000 - Jan 2001 (8 months)

Involved, with a number of clients, in labour rationalization and organizational redesigning assignments, setting up human resources systems and procedures, conducting job evaluation and pay structuring assignments, developing communication and corporate culture change models, carrying out salary survey exercises with particular emphasis on position bench marking and job sizing - developed a job sizing tool for different job evaluation methods and also involved in executive positions head hunting. Was part of the team that developed the Total Pay model for use in determining clients remuneration competitiveness.

Personnel Manager

Boarder Timber Limited

Jun 1998 - May 2000 (2 years)

➢ This position reported to the Group Human Resources Manager and the challenge was to manage the output of the H.R. Division. ➢ Appointed as Super User of a new payroll and human resources software system as part of the Anglo American Group's response to the Year 2K computer systems rollover. ➢ Was responsible for dispute resolution across the 4 Estates, Charter in Chimanimani, Tilbury in Chimanimani, and. Sheba and Imbeza that comprised both timber estates and sawmills. ➢ Left following a retrenchment exercise in May 2000 when Anglo American divested from Zimbabwe.

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Management Trainee to Senior Human Resources Officer

Zimbabwe Alloys Limited

Apr 1992 - May 1998 (6 years 2 months)

Underwent a structured Graduate Trainee Development programme as well as a received training in preparation of assumption of roles in management positions.

Rufaro Pasipanodya

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