The purpose of the role is to provide HR generalist function to HR Team and Employees.
Employee Relations
- Assist in ensuring that fair labor practices are adhered to in their own area of responsibility.
- Coordinate disciplinary hearings.
- Attend to CCMA Matters when required and develop an aptitude for conflict management and dispute resolution.
- Play an effective advisory role to Management at the Head Office regarding employee behavior and disciplinary aspects.
Assist with Transformation
HR Strategy, HR Policy, Procedures and Resources
- In collaboration with HR Team, play an effective role in the creation of relevant HR Strategies to support Group Operations.
- In collaboration with the HR Team at Head Office (and other sites), play a significant part in the implementation of the HR Strategies that are mandated.
- In collaboration with HR team, play a significant role in initiating policies.
- Implement agreed and mandated policies of the Group and ensure employees are sufficiently informed on HR Policies.
- Evaluate processes and procedures for optimization and remedial actions to ensure the HR Function is proactive and solution-oriented.
- Create a suite of document templates (e.g., employment contracts, variation to contract letters, invitation to meeting letters, resignation letters, HR Admin forms) in line with ISO requirements.
- Ensure that all templates of the HR Department are always updated and accessible to the HR Team.
- Form part of the Group HR Forum and contribute accordingly.
- Oversee the operational HR team nationally.
- Work with external BBBEE consultants.
- Authorize final payroll documents for processing.
Recruitment and Selection
- Ensure consistent application of policies and processes relative to recruitment and selection.
- Spearhead the recruitment and placement of mandated roles.
- Liaise with the HR Team, Executive Management, Recruitment Agencies, and other relevant service providers within the confines of Company policy and ethical conduct.
- Coordinate response handling: receive CVs, shortlist candidates, prepare interviews, conduct interviews, and perform ITC and reference checks.
- Coordinate occupational assessments for all positions in scope and administer the assessment results for decision-making.
- Coordinate the selection milestones within the agreed timelines.
- Administer offers of employment in collaboration with Management and HR Manager.
- Perform administration duties which include pension fund administration and medical aid queries.
- Administer KPIs for all new employees in scope in conjunction with the Heads of Departments.
- Administer the probationary arrangements and appropriate reviews with new employees in scope.
- Conduct stay-interviews with new employees in the relevant departments to gauge culture fit, performance, and prospects of success of new employees.
Skills Development
- Monitor and facilitate knowledge acquisition and report on the effectiveness of programmes and interventions in accomplishing the medium- and long-term skills development objectives.
- Collaborate with Heads of Departments to gain knowledge of work situations requiring training of employees.
- Collaborate extensively with the HR Teams and the Group HR Executive to spearhead People Planning / Talent Pools / Succession Planning for key roles and departments across the organization.
- Coordinate the occupational and cognitive assessments of employees identified for promotion within the organization.
- Plan and provide training of staff on basic operational needs while coordinating external training on identified programmes for employees.
- Monitor the Group training budget utilization of funds per operating division to determine value for money and ROI.
- Coordinate concise and impactful induction sessions for new employees across all operating levels.
- Monitor and report on training projects and the enhancement of training initiatives.
- Ensure proper record keeping for reporting purposes (i.e., WSP, ATR, BEE).
- Support the submission of the relevant reports (WSPs, ATRs) to the relevant external bodies.
- Complete WSPs and ATRs in line with SETA requirements.
- Ensure that reports, correspondence, and documentation are recorded, processed, and maintained in accordance with administrative procedures.
- Coordinate the updating of qualifications of all employees in the Group (Qualifications Audit and Profiling).
- Serve as the Skills Development Facilitator for the Group.
HR Support, Generalist Functions & Administration
- Act as a Consultant to other departments regarding HR Issues to ensure an efficient HR Support service.
- Conduct regular meetings with the Departments and be readily accessible to them.
- Provide relevant updates and information as well as training when necessary.
- Liaise extensively with the Payroll Department to ensure the correct submission of documents and accurate payment of employees in line with Executive Mandates.
- Work closely with the Payroll Department to ensure workforce information is kept up to date and any problems identified and addressed.
- Work with the Group Executives to guide and advise management and employees through all aspects of the employee life cycle including absence management, investigations, discipline, grievance, and capability.
- Ensure the gathering of payroll input (i.e., new engagements, promotions, change of status information, termination information) and submission to the relevant department.
- Assist with the coordination of employee exit interviews and provide feedback to Functional Heads.
- Provide input to HR Executive and the broader HR Team on relevant interventions to retain employees.
- Conduct relevant research on various subjects to source relevant information for problem-solving and internal HR Strategies to assist the Group/business.
Statutory Reporting and Projects
Desired Skills
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- REPORTING
- EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
- HR Generalist
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