# Joshua Blaine Marks

Joshua Blaine Marks is a remote worker on Himalayas, HRBP: Strategy and Operations at STS Holdings, based in South Africa.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@joshuablainemarks

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HR Business Partner at STS Holdings who implemented a talent framework supporting retention and staffing across three new project accounts.
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| Detail | Value |
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| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | South Africa |
| Authorized to work in | South Africa |
| Salary expectations | 30k+ ZAR |
| Job categories | HR Business Partner, HR Manager, Talent Acquisition Specialist, Organizational Development Specialist |
| Skills | HR Business Partnering, People Strategy, End To End Talent Acquisition (Tech and Non Tech), Employee Relations, Workforce Planning, Succession Planning, Performance Management, Talent Management, Organizational Development, Employment Equity, B BBEE Compliance, South African Labour Laws, Psychometric Assessment, Competency Based Selection, HR Governance |
| LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/joshuablainemarks |

## About

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At STS Holdings, I partner with project, departmental and executive leaders across 10 project teams and three business units on people strategy and operations. After starting as a Human Resources Administrator, I was promoted to HRBP: Strategy and Operations.

I own the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle and have placed more than 15 candidates since taking ownership in October 2025. With executive leadership, I designed and implemented a talent management framework that supported retention across project accounts and staffing for three new accounts.

I implemented performance governance, coaching and targeted interventions that supported managed-service teams in maintaining performance at or above the organisation’s 80% minimum standard. I also lead workforce and succession planning and coordinate Employment Equity and BBBEE work.

Earlier, at ATA Training, I supported organisational development and talent assessment, including administering and interpreting psychometric assessments. I hold a Master of Arts in Industrial Psychology from the University of the Witwatersrand.
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## Experience

### HRBP: Strategy and Operations (current)

STS Holdings. Mar 2026 - Present

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Promoted from Human Resources Administrator to HR Business Partner, partnering with project, departmental and executive leaders across 10 project teams and three business units. Owns end-to-end recruitment, talent management, performance governance, workforce planning, and HR compliance.
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Skills: HR-Business-Partnering, Employee-Relations, Performance-Management, Workforce-Planning, Succession-Planning, Talent-Acquisition, Recruitment, HR-Governance, Employment-Equity, BBBEE, Skills-Development, South-African-Labour-Laws, HRIS, People-Analytics, Stakeholder-Management

### Human Resources Administrator

STS Holdings. May 2025 - Feb 2026

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Managed employee-lifecycle administration including pre-employment checks, contracts, onboarding, probation, leave, payroll inputs, benefits, and offboarding. Supported recruitment delivery and maintained accurate HRIS and employee records.
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Skills: HR-Administration, Onboarding, Offboarding, Recruitment-support, HRIS, Employee-Records, Payroll, Benefits, Leave-Management, Employment-Equity, BBBEE, Employee-Relations

### Sessional Lecturer: Organisational Behaviour

University of the Witwatersrand. Apr 2025 - Jun 2025

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Designed and delivered third-year Organisational Behaviour lectures, translating organisational psychology and management theory into applied workplace learning. Facilitated discussion, assessment, and feedback to support student understanding.
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Skills: Teaching, Curriculum-Design, Organisational-Behaviour, Assessments, Feedback, Facilitation

### Industrial Psychology Intern

ATA Training. Feb 2024 - Jan 2025

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Supported organisational development, talent assessment, and human-capital interventions under registered Industrial Psychologists. Administered and interpreted psychometric assessments, designed assessment centres, and conducted job analysis and structured interviews.
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Skills: Psychometric-Assessment, Job-Analysis, Structured-Interviews, Assessment-Centres, Organizational-Development, Talent-Analytics, Human-Capital, Policy-Development, Training, Change-Management, Research

## Education

### University of the Witwatersrand

Master of Arts, Industrial Psychology. 2023 - 2024

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Master of Arts in Industrial Psychology from the University of the Witwatersrand, completed in 2024.
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### University of the Witwatersrand

Bachelor of Arts Honours, Industrial Psychology. 2022 - 2022

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Bachelor of Arts Honours in Industrial Psychology from the University of the Witwatersrand, completed in 2022.
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### University of the Witwatersrand

Bachelor of Arts, Industrial Psychology and Anthropology. 2019 - 2021

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Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Psychology and Anthropology from the University of the Witwatersrand, completed in 2021.
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## Tech stack

- Microsoft Excel

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