HR/Admin Officer

Designblue Philippines, Inc; Makati; On-site; PHP 312,000 - 357,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Rice, uniform and laundry allowances

Meal allowance for office days

Onsite work in Makati

Job summary

Designblue Philippines, Inc. is seeking a hands-on HR/Admin assistant to manage hiring, onboarding, payroll attendance, and government remittances for a small team in Makati. You will coordinate with external accountants, maintain 201 files, and ensure timely remittances to SSS, PhilHealth, and Pag-IBIG.

This onsite role reports to senior leadership and involves some travel to banks and government offices. The ideal candidate has 1–3 years in HR/admin, knowledge of Philippine labor law, and

Qualifications

• 1–3 years in HR, admin, or a combined HR/Admin role.
• Working knowledge of Philippine labor law and government requirements (SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG, DOLE).
• Experience preparing attendance or timekeeping data for payroll.
• Organised and reliable: deadlines that involve others' pay must not slip.
• Discreet with confidential information — salaries, contracts, personal records.

Responsibilities

• Run hiring from start to finish: posts, screening, interviews, offers, and contracts.
• Onboard and offboard employees — paperwork, access, clearances, and final pay coordination.
• Keep attendance records accurate and prepare for payroll cutoff; flag discrepancies.
• Work with outside accountants on payroll, contributions, and government compliance.
• Ensure SSS, PhilHealth, and Pag-IBIG contributions are paid on time.

Skills

HR basics

Payroll

Attendance

Timekeeping

English & Filipino

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration

Bachelor's degree in Psychology

Tools

Google Sheets

Job description

You'll be the person who keeps Designblue running — hiring, onboarding, payroll attendance, government remittances, and the office itself. It's a small team, so this is one role, not a department.

₱28,000 to ₱32,000 a month, depending on your experience and what you bring, plus ₱2,850 a month in non-taxable allowances — rice, uniform and laundry — and a meal allowance for days you're in the office. Full-time, onsite Monday to Friday at our office in Salcedo Village, Makati.

We're a design and web development agency of about a dozen people. Our clients are banks, insurers, hospitals, airports and listed companies — Aboitiz Land, InLife Benefits, Mactan-Cebu Airport, RCBC, Robinsons. The people building those sites need someone making sure they get hired properly, paid on time, and remitted for correctly. That's you.

A normal month looks like this. You post an opening on Jobstreet and Indeed, screen who applies, and set up interviews. You prepare attendance for each payroll cutoff and send it to our outside accountants, then chase down anything that doesn't match before it becomes someone's short paycheck. You make sure SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG contributions go out on time and that every employee's 201 file is complete. In between, you're running to the bank, keeping petty cash honest, and making sure the office is ready when a client walks in.

You'll work directly with the Managing Director and the Head of Operations. There's no HR manager above you and no manual to hide behind, which is exactly why this suits someone who already knows the Philippine basics and likes owning them.

The honest part: some days are all people and paperwork, and some days you're out at a government office for half the afternoon. If you like a job where you can see that things are in order because you put them there, you'll fit in here.

What you'll do

• Run hiring from start to finish: job posts on Jobstreet and Indeed, screening, interviews, offers and contracts

• Onboard and offboard people — paperwork, access, clearances and final pay coordination

• Keep attendance records accurate and prepare them for each payroll cutoff, flagging discrepancies before payroll runs

• Work with our outside accountants on payroll, contributions and government compliance

• Make sure SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG contributions and other remittances are paid on time

• Maintain complete 201 files for every employee

• Handle petty cash, bank runs, courier coordination, filing and renewals

• Support the Managing Director with day-to-day scheduling and admin

• Keep the office stocked and ready, and coordinate with building and cleaning staff

• Organise team events and send internal announcements

What we're looking for

• 1-3 years in HR, admin, or a combined HR/admin role

• Working knowledge of Philippine labor law and government requirements — SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG, DOLE

• Experience preparing attendance or timekeeping data for payroll

• Organised and reliable: deadlines that involve other people's pay don't slip

• Discreet with confidential information — salaries, contracts, personal records

• Comfortable with Google Workspace, especially Sheets

• Clear written and spoken English and Filipino

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology or a related field

• Able to work onsite in Salcedo Village, Makati, and travel to banks and government offices nearby

• Legally allowed to work in the Philippines

Nice to have

• Experience in a small company or agency, where HR and admin sat with one person

• Handling government remittances directly through the agencies' online portals

• Recruitment for creative or tech roles