Human Resources Officer

**Responsibility**

**Recruitment and Selection Functions**
- Perform Recruitment and Selection Function by:

- Processing Job Requisition Form requests to fill vacancies.
- Coordinate and represent HR in the shortlisting process.
- Representing Human Resources at interviews.
- Ensuring compliance with relevant employment policies and legislation.
- Advising and guiding Line Management on the implementation of Employment Equity Act.
- Participate in designing and administering work sample tests and other assessment tools for shortlisting and selection purpose.

**Provide Organisational Development services by:

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- Advising and assisting all levels of management with staff related problem areas.
- Conducting exit interviews; monitoring labour turnover, absenteeism rates, and other related information.
- Collating the above information into appropriate statistical reports.
- Ensuring that job descriptions, employee specifications, organisation charts and establishment tables are kept up to date.
- Compiling technical reports for Line Management and HR

**Employment Relations Functions**
- Perform Employment Relations Functions by:

- Advising on the implementation of the disciplinary and grievance procedures to ensuring compliance with the procedures, policies, and to ensure consistency including providing guidance & support to line during disciplinary hearings, appeal hearings and grievances
- Promoting good communication at all levels particularly in regard industrial relations matters.
- Assist HR Manager when preparing for disciplinary and grievance disputes at Conciliation, pre
- arbitration and Arbitrations
- Handling conflict / industrial relations situations at shop floor level.
- Interprets and provide guidance on Labour Legislation.
- Advising Line Management in dealing with complex IR issues.
- Guide line management in the management of discipline, and advice on substantive and procedural fairness during disciplinary proceedings.
- Maintain employee discipline files and ensure that all the discipline records are placed on employee’s personal file.
- Prepare and provide IR stats to line management.
- Assist Line during worksites investigation and or inspection during discipline.
- In depth knowledge of trade union negotiations

**Administration Function**
- Provide Administrative functions by:

- Conduct investigations into and prepare reports on personnel related matters.
- Collate and compile relevant HR Reports for Line Management.
- Liaise with the Department’s Personnel / Administrative staff.
- Interprets and provides guidance on Conditions of Service, Pension Fund and Medical Aid rules.
- Co-ordinates the Probation Review process for new staff.

**Training and Development**
- Provide Training and Development services by:

- Develop and implement induction programme.
- Conduct Departmental induction training.
- Facilitating the development of Training Skills Matix.
- Conduct Presentations on relevant Policies, Procedures and Legislative prescripts to Line Management and staff.
- WSP/ATR Submission

**Performance Management**
- Ensure the implementation of the Performance Management System by:

- Advise line when conducting poor performance counseling sessions and facilitate performance counseling sessions in line with the relevant legislation.
- Guide line management in identifying key competencies and drafting performance contracts for staff.
- Guide line on evaluation of staff performance and attend all performance related queries thereof.
- Monitor and ensure compliance on Performance Management Policy.
- Ensure timeous submission of New IPP and Final Performance scores for reward purposes.

**Qualifications and Requirements**
- Diploma or degree in Human Resources Management
- Payroll knowledge and experience
- 2-3 years’ experience
- Valid driver’s licence code 8 or 10, willing and able to travel
- Computer proficiency (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
- Communication& negotiation (verbal and written) Innovative, Leadership and Decision-making skills
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Project management skills
- Customer management skills results oriented

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent