# Kudakwashe Gumbodete Kudakwashe Gumbodete is a remote worker on Himalayas, Head of Human Resources at Watermark Technologies (Private) Limited, based in Zimbabwe. Source: https://himalayas.app/@kudakwashegumbodete ```text HR and talent acquisition leader architecting compliant HR systems and end-to-end UK MEP recruitment. ``` | Detail | Value | | --- | --- | | Availability | Open to opportunities | | Location | Zimbabwe | | Authorized to work in | Zimbabwe | | Job categories | Head of Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, Recruiter, Human Resources Administration, Organizational Development, Head Of HR, Head of People, Director Of Human Resources, Human Resources Director, Chief Human Resources Officer, Director Of HR | | Skills | Organisation Design, Workforce Planning, Performance Management, KPIs, And Structured Scorecards, Talent Acquisition, 360 Recruitment, Construction Sector Recruiting, MEP Recruitment, Employee Relations, Disciplinary, HR Analytics, Employee Lifecycle, Payroll Coordination, HRIS, BambooHR, Belina Payroll, Pastel Payroll, LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean Searches, Job Board Searches, ATS, Recruitment Pipeline Tracking, Google Workspace, Remote Collaboration, Toolkit, Excel | ## What I'm looking for ```text I’m looking to lead a people function where I can architect compliant HR systems and deliver high-impact talent acquisition—especially in UK construction/MEP—within a well-documented, system-driven culture that supports remote collaboration. ``` ## About ```text I’m an HR and talent acquisition professional with 9+ years of strategic HR experience across engineering, construction, and NGO environments. I currently lead the people function at Watermark Technologies while also running a specialist UK construction and MEP recruitment desk at Havenfield Talent. I architect HR departments from the ground up—building governance, policy infrastructure, employee handbooks, and standard operating procedures—then operationalize them into auditable, compliant practice. I design performance-management systems with KPI frameworks and co-create scorecards with department heads to align people strategy with commercial priorities. On the talent side, I deliver end-to-end 360 recruitment across complex UK markets, partnering with main contractors, subcontractors, MEP firms, and interiors/fit-out specialists. I bring deep engineering-sector HR credibility, and I work in digital, system-driven, well-documented ways suited to remote and distributed teams. ``` ## Experience ### Head of Human Resources (current) Watermark Technologies (Private) Limited. Jan 2026 - Present ```text Architected the HR function end-to-end, building governance frameworks, policies, and a staff handbook to achieve full statutory adherence from month one. Designed KPI and performance-management systems, led organisational design and workforce planning, and owned the full employee lifecycle including recruitment, onboarding, relations, payroll, and offboarding. ``` Skills: HR-Strategy, HR-Governance-Frameworks, Workforce-Planning, Employee-Lifecycle-Management, Employee-Relations, HR-Policy, KPIs ### Senior Recruiter (current) Havenfield Talent Ltd. Jul 2025 - Present ```text Deliver end-to-end 360 recruitment for UK construction, MEP, fit-out, and interiors roles, placing permanent and contract talent across main contractors, subcontractors, MEP firms, and specialist interiors teams. Build candidate pipelines and manage client acquisition, screening, interview preparation, offer management, and aftercare while advising on hiring strategy and market rates. ``` Skills: 360-Recruitment, MEP-And-Fit-Out-Recruitment, Candidate-Pipelines, LinkedIn-Recruiter ### HR and Administration Officer MEP Consulting Engineers. Jan 2020 - Dec 2025 ```text Managed end-to-end recruitment and onboarding across 5+ concurrent projects, processing 600+ applications and filling 95% of critical roles within 30 days. Improved hiring efficiency (20% faster cycle time, ~40% less admin effort), reduced absenteeism from 9% to 3%, delivered 100% complete performance appraisal cycles, and handled employee relations, disciplinary cases, statutory payroll for 120+ ``` Skills: Workforce-Administration, Attendance-Management, Employee-Relations, Labour-Law-And-Employment-Code-Compliance, Payroll-Coordination, Audit-Readiness ### Recruitment Consultant Elite Select Recruitment Agency. May 2025 - Jun 2025 ```text Gained hands-on UK recruitment-market exposure, supporting candidate sourcing and client engagement activities in a remote environment. ``` Skills: Candidate-Sourcing, Client-Engagement, Relationship-Management ### HR and Administration Assistant MEP Consulting Engineers. Oct 2017 - Dec 2019 ```text Redesigned the filing system and introduced a monthly self-audit checklist, achieving 100% personnel-file compliance across 150+ records for two consecutive years. Maintained 100% HRIS data integrity through weekly validation of headcount, payroll, and disciplinary records. ``` Skills: Self-Audits, Data-Validation, Disciplinary-Record-Maintenance ### Human Resources Trainee Plan International Zimbabwe. Sep 2016 - Sep 2017 ```text Prepared and tracked 80+ employee contracts and addendums for multi-country programmes, ensuring 100% compliance with local labour and donor requirements. ``` Skills: Employment-Contracts, Labour-Code-Compliance ## Education ### Midlands State University Bachelor of Science (BSc) (Honours), Human Resources Management. 2014 - 2018 ```text Earned a BSc (Honours) in Human Resources Management at Midlands State University from 2014 to 2018. ``` ## Tech stack - Gmail - BambooHR - Google Workspace - Microsoft Excel - Toolkit - LinkedIn Recruiter - Remote To contact Kudakwashe, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire). ## People also viewed - [Brighton Taderera](https://himalayas.app/@brightontaderera): Human Resources and Administration Manager, Rig and Plant Services - [Suman Malhotra](https://himalayas.app/@sumanmalhotra): Lead HR Talent Acquisition, The Edge Partnership - [kudzanai motsi](https://himalayas.app/@kudzanaimotsi): Human Resources Officer, Digital Health Africa - [Emmanuel Agwu](https://himalayas.app/@emmanuelagwu): Human Resources Manager, Renaissance Innovation Labs - [Tanya Choudhary](https://himalayas.app/@tanyachoudhary): Operations & Administration Executive with Recruitment Support, ClientSure - [Kalaivani Kumar](https://himalayas.app/@kalaivanikumar): Technical Recruiter, Microsoft - [Tarryn Sefume](https://himalayas.app/@tarrynsefume): People and Culture Consultant, ADvTECH Group - [Grace Kimani](https://himalayas.app/@gracekimani2): Commercial Manager, Corporate Staffing Services Ltd - [Genie Shi](https://himalayas.app/@genieshi): Founding Talent Acquisition & People Lead, Morph Network - [Tinaye Mutendera](https://himalayas.app/@tinayemutendera): Human Resources Officer, HR Lead, Thames Power Company