People Specialist

A bit more about the Opportunity...:
**What Your Day-to-Day Will Look Like**:
You will be responsible to provide expert advice to stakeholders across all business areas and provide guidance on best practice, challenges, and solutions pertinent to people. You will actively participate in the implementation and coordination of key strategic and operational processes pertaining to the employee lifecycle.
- You are an ambassador for Sigma Connected, live and breathe our values every day and encourage others to do the same.
- You contribute to the development and delivery of effective line management development programmes.
- You will contribute to the compilation of People reports, analysing trends to ensure any changes can quickly be identified, root causes understood, and solutions created or supported.
- You will ensure adherence to employment legislation, people policies and governance regarding employment relationships, including all employee and industrial relations.
- You keep up to date with any changes in legislation interpret these changes and notify the business as necessary.
- You will actively promote a working environment that is characterised by transparency, consistency, and fairness.
- You will act as HRIS Champion by providing insights and support to stakeholders and feeding any observations into the People Systems Team to support continuous improvement.
- You will provide expert advice, guidance and support to Leaders on people management, employment and industrial/employee relations matters e.g., absence, performance management grievance, conduct & capability processes.
- You will contribute to continuous improvement by auditing and reviewing ER/IR cases and people processes to ensure consistency, which feeds into the development and continuous improvement of work practices and processes.
- You will ensure relevant employee records are maintained, retained, and destroyed in line with GDPR, POPIA and other relevant legislation, as required based on geography.
- You will participate in the drafting and recording of employee related administration.
- You will actively participate in the improvement of the employee lifecycle, analyse and improve effectiveness of all stages.
- You contribute to the implementation approved People initiatives, plans, strategies, and procedures.
- You will actively support in all matters relating to employee committees/forums/trade union.
- You will ensure employee queries are addressed efficiently and thoroughly.
- You will support audits, including but not limited to local governing body audits, Client audits and internal compliance audits.
- Other duties as directed by my line manager.

What amazing People will bring to the role:
**What Amazing People Will Bring to the Role**:
**Requirements**:

- You have a minimum of 1 years’ HR experience.
- You have experience of using HR information systems.
- You have a tertiary level qualification in HR or a related field/ or have relevant experience.
- You have a solid and extensive understanding of local employment legislation, employee relations and industrial relations.
- You understand Employee Wellness and effective implementation of such initiatives.
- You have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to nurture strong working relationships with peers, stakeholders, and the team.
- You are a highly motivated person with a track record of identifying issues and delivering solutions in a dynamic environment.
- You are a change champion who is always looking to find the best ways of working.
- You are collaborative, supportive team player who is always open to sharing knowledge and mentoring/ guiding other team members.
- You are results and deadline oriented, with the ability to work accurately under pressure.
- You have effective planning, organising, and coordinating skills.
- You have excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal & written).

**Simple and Straight Forward Recruitment.**

**If you like the sound of being part of the Sigma Family, then don’t wait and get applying**

What being part of the Sigma Family means for you:
**PEOPLE SPECIALIST**

We are currently looking for amazing people to join the Sigma Family as a People Specialist. Before we tell you more about this opportunity, let us share why you should join us at Sigma.

**Who are the Sigma Family?**

At Sigma, we were again recognized in 2024 by the Sunday Times as one of the best places to work. Our mission statement is to #ImproveEverythingAlways and at the heart of this is our People. This is why we are looking for amazing individuals to join and work on behalf of our clients to provide high-level customer service across several industries.

**What Being a Part of the Sigma Family Means for You**

Monthly, Quarterly and Annual awards with marvellous prizes
- ️ Resources such as the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health First Aiders to support you when life might not be going quite as you expected

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