HR Business Partner

Ignition Group; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 700 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading HR firm in South Africa seeks an experienced HR Business Partner to provide strategic HR guidance and solutions to stakeholders. Responsibilities include implementing HR policies, managing employee relations, and ensuring compliance with HR legislation. The role focuses on driving employee engagement and developing initiatives to retain talent. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in HR operations and project management, alongside proven experience in employee relations and HR best practices.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an HR Business Partner or similar role.
• Strong knowledge of HR laws and regulations.
• Ability to provide guidance on HR policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Drive employee relations and retention programs.
• Implement HR strategies aligned with business goals.
• Ensure compliance with HR legislation.

Skills

HR policy guidance

Employee relations management

Strategic HR advice

Project management

Analytical skills

Job description

Overview

The HR Business Partner acts as a strategic partner to business stakeholders, providing HR guidance and solutions to drive business objectives. Owns HR operations delivery, ensuring people practices support employee engagement, performance and retention. This position is accountable for the development of HR policies and procedures.

Key roles and responsibilities

HR Strategic Alignment

• Participate in the provision of HR policy and procedure guidance and coaching.
• Execute HR projects across the company within specific timeframes.
• Act as a consultative business partner to the assigned stakeholder group by advising them of trends in HR practices, the labour market and general developments that could impact on the human resources in the business unit of responsibility.
• Support the provision of strategic advice and ongoing support on employee relations issues, dispute resolution and industrial advocacy including managing escalated or complex cases.
• Drive effective employee relations, retention, and rewards programs as advised by Manager.
• Implement strategies relating to the recruitment, development, engagement and provide general HR support of employees in responsibility and/or stakeholder group.
• Deal with employee relations issues within the assigned business unit.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Contribute to the provision of HR related advise across the generalist range of the role.
• Implement the company's people plans by working closely with internal stakeholders to develop a culture of responsibility and accountability for front line human resources management and embed a performance culture.
• Analyse complex trends and metrics in partnership with the relevant stakeholders to develop solutions, programs and policies.
• Working across multiple teams to ensure HR practices support their specific objectives.

Continuous Improvement and Risk Management

• Identify opportunities to streamline HR processes and improve efficiency.
• Identify and address potential HR risks to protect the organization from legal and reputational harm.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant HR legislation.

CCMA

• Track, prepare and attend CCMA cases for Comit Technology in CPT.
• Escalate complex matters to the ER officer or specialist for support.
• Ensure witnesses are identified and prepared, and that bundles are compiled timeously.
• Monitor potential ER risks and address them proactively to reduce the number of CCMA referrals.
• Provide advice to managers on corrective action steps to strengthen cases before escalation.

Compliance & Governance

• Coordinate and prepare for DTI (Department of Trade and Industry) audits, ensuring all required documentation (e.g., contracts, registers etc) are collated and shared.
• Act as the point of contact during audits, providing inspectors with access to requested files, employees and information.
• Support ongoing compliance by maintaining proper record-keeping.