The HR Officer will provide essential support across all HR functions, ensuring efficient and effective management of HR processes. This includes recruitment, onboarding, employee relations, training, payroll administration, and compliance. The role requires someone with strong interpersonal skills, an eye for detail, and the ability to maintain confidentiality and professionalism.
Responsibilities:
Recruitment and Talent Acquisition:
Manage the end-to-end recruitment process, including job postings, screening, interviewing and providing feedback to the candidates
Collaborate with hiring managers to understand staffing needs and identify suitable candidates
Assist with creating relevant job description for vacant roles
Assist with setting up of interviews with the respective Hiring Manager(s)
Onboarding and Offboarding:
Ensure a seamless onboarding experience for new hires, including orientation and documentation
Oversee offboarding processes
Employee Engagement and Relations:
Act as the first point of contact for HR related queries
Build and maintain strong relationships with employees at all levels of the organization
HR Operations and Administration:
Maintain and update employee records in compliance with company and legal requirements
Maintain and update employee records on Workday
Follow up with outstanding trainings
Prepare and manage HR-related documentation
Ensure confidentiality and data security
Payroll and Benefits:
Support the payroll process by verifying and providing accurate employee data
Assist in benefits enrolment, changes and inquiries
Coordinate benefit related paperwork and assist employees with benefit questions
Leave administration:
Assist in processing leave requests and maintaining accurate records
Handling of leave queries from employees and reconciling leave balances as required
Policy Development and Compliance:
Assist in implementing and updating HR policies and procedures
Ensure compliance with labour laws and regulations
Analytical Support:
Analyze HR data to identify trends and make recommendations for improvements
Create reports and presentations for management as needed
Qualification:
Bachelor's degree in Human Resources
A minimum of 3 years' experience as an HR Officer or similar role
Strong recruitment skills with experience in managing full-cycle recruitment processes
Basic knowledge of LRA, BCEA, EEA
Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and propose actionable solutions
Knowledge of our HRIS, Workday will be an added advantage
The ability to read, write, and speak fluently in English, is a must. Other languages could prove useful.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels
Basic knowledge of payroll processing with SAGE experience being advantageous
Desire to work as a team with results driven approach
Please consider your application unsuccessful if you have not received a response within two weeks of applying.