Job Purpose
To manage and coordinate all human-resource functions across the Group, ensuring effective recruitment, employee administration, labour-law compliance, employee relations, performance management, training and implementation of consistent HR policies and procedures.
Key Responsibilities
Recruitment & Employee Administration
- Manage recruitment and selection processes.
- Prepare and maintain employment contracts and employee documentation.
- Ensure new employees complete the required onboarding documentation.
- Maintain accurate personnel files and employee records.
- Coordinate employee transfers between Group companies where required.
- Ensure changes to employee information are properly recorded.
Payroll & Attendance
- Coordinate payroll inputs with the relevant payroll/accounting personnel.
- Monitor employee attendance, leave and absenteeism.
- Oversee the operation and administration of the company's clocking/attendance systems.
- Investigate discrepancies between attendance records and payroll.
- Ensure overtime, leave and other payroll information is properly authorised.
Employee Relations
- Manage disciplinary and grievance procedures.
- Ensure disciplinary processes are conducted fairly and consistently.
- Assist management with poor performance, absenteeism and misconduct matters.
- Maintain appropriate records of disciplinary and employee-relations matters.
- Assist managers and supervisors with labour-related issues.
Policies & Compliance
- Develop, implement and maintain Group HR policies and procedures.
- Ensure employment practices comply with applicable South African labour legislation.
- Maintain required employment documentation and records.
- Coordinate employment-equity, UIF, compensation and other applicable HR compliance requirements with the relevant professionals.
- Keep management informed of significant HR and labour-law developments.
Performance Management
- Implement performance-management processes.
- Assist managers with setting employee responsibilities and performance standards.
- Monitor probation periods and ensure reviews are completed.
- Assist with performance improvement processes where required.
Training & Development
- Identify training requirements across the Group.
- Coordinate employee training and development.
- Maintain training records.
- Assist with skills development and relevant workplace training programmes.
General HR Management
- Act as the central HR contact for employees and management.
- Maintain confidentiality of employee information.
- Promote professional conduct and effective communication within the workplace.
- Assist management with organisational structures, staffing requirements and remuneration reviews.
- Provide HR reports to Group management.
- Conduct HR audits across the various companies.
- Ensure HR practices are consistently applied across the Group.
The Group HR Manager is accountable for accurate employee records, effective recruitment and onboarding, attendance administration, labour-law compliance, employee relations, performance management and consistent implementation of Group HR policies.