Director: Rewards, Benefits

2 weeks ago

Bellville, South Africa University of the Western Cape Full time

Title of Position- Director: Rewards, Benefits & Payroll- Post Number- 8021826- Faculty/Department- University of the Western Cape -> Human Resources- Type of Position- Permanent - Full Time- Length of Contract Period- Location- Main Campus - Bellville, WC ZA (Primary)- Closing Date- 29/2/2024**Role Clarification & Key Performance Areas**
- The University of the Western Cape (UWC) is vibrant, diverse and dynamic, rooted in the African continent with an increasing global reach. UWC actively responds critically and creatively to the country’s development needs within an ever-changing and challenging global context._
- The University of the Western Cape (UWC) offers an exciting career opportunity for a seasoned Rewards, Benefits & Payroll professional with proven expert knowledge and experience at a senior employment level._

**The role of the Human Resources Department** is to support the University’s People Strategy, which presents challenging people deliverables about change and transformation projects and strategies. Transformational leadership is required from all at the University, and the role of HR is both to enable and facilitate processes for continuous improvement.

**Reporting to the Executive Director: Human Resources, the Director: Rewards, Benefits & Payroll will manage and coordinate policies, processes, staff and to**:

- Ensure accurate and timely delivery of the University Payroll
- Ensure the University’s compliance with all payroll tax, levy and other payroll-related legislation
- Perform required payroll accounting tasks.
- Proactively manage the Payroll Delivery, Benefits Administration, Rewards Strategy, Payroll Budget, Management & HR Systems Management.

**In addition to the above, the role of the Director: Rewards, Benefits & Payroll entails**:

- Leading and managing the Rewards, Benefits and Payroll functions and ensuring that UWC manages compensation within the budget parameters and successfully delivers the monthly Payroll
- Managing the rewards policy and strategy implementation
- Ensuring relevant salary/survey data is available for rewards management
- Initiating procedures governing staff salaries, benefits and related issues
- Overseeing/driving ERP systems optimisation, explicitly focusing on delivering e-HR solutions
- Maintenance of job survey database to ensure proper benchmarking and pricing of jobs
- Ensuring data input for both survey updates as well as salary increases
- Analysing and reporting on costs against Budget
- Engaging all stakeholders to enable effective tracking of staff costs
- Liaising with senior management, IT support, HR staff, Finance Department, etc. and submitting Budget Management recommendations

**Minimum Requirements**

**For this key leadership role in the Human Resources Department**, we seek an accomplished Rewards, Benefits, Payroll & HR Systems specialist who will contribute substantially as a strategic role player to the HR operations.
- A minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in senior management
- Expert knowledge of all components impacting budget control and payroll delivery - from appointments to exits
- A sound understanding of and experience in HR Payroll Systems
- Accreditation by the South African Rewards Association will be an added advantage/ Certified Payroll Practitioner (SAPA) designation/ SARA professional designation or an alternative accounting/payroll professional qualification
- Demonstrable experience of BCEA, EE, SDLA, Income Tax Act, COIDA and other relevant legislation
- Demonstrable experience of relevant payroll systems such as ITS, SAP, PeopleSoft

**Added advantage**:

- Experience of managing a complex payroll or payroll budget within Higher Education
- Relevant working experience gained in a tertiary educational environment in South Africa

**Key competencies for this role are**:

- Visionary and dynamic leadership and management experience
- Sound human capital and financial management skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills in fostering partnerships with statutory councils and building stakeholder relationships at all levels
- Commitment to social justice and transformation is demonstrated through staff nurturing and development

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