Hr Business Partner

Metair Investments Limited; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Metair Investments Limited is seeking an HR Business Partner to lead and shape HR operations across the subsidiary, aligning HR initiatives with business objectives and ensuring legal compliance. This role partners with site leadership to drive performance, employee engagement, payroll accuracy, benefits management, health and safety compliance, and effective recruitment and onboarding.

The successful candidate will manage the HR budget and promote a high-performance culture across the

Responsibilities

• Partner with subsidiary leadership to execute the Metair people strategy that supports business growth and operational targets.
• Act as an advisor to the site leadership team, driving a high-performance culture.
• Manage the HR budget, ensuring cost-effectiveness while maintaining a competitive employee value proposition.
• Provide expert leadership in all aspects of South African Labour Law.
• Manage complex disciplinary hearings, grievances and restructuring processes with precision to mitigate risk.
• Ensure visibility, accessibility and effectiveness of the HR team.
• Oversee Employee Wellness services (clinic and EWP) to ensure effective promotion of employees' health and / or personal wellbeing.
• Drive employee engagement strategies to improve staff retention; using dipstick surveys and stay interviews to gauge morale.
• Oversee the performance management cycle, ensuring calibration across teams and fair execution of improvement plans.
• Ensure payroll accuracy and integrity by liaising with the Payroll team and signing off inputs.
• Liaise with Payroll in management of employee benefits (Medical Aid, Pension / Provident Fund) in line with market norms and Group standards.
• Ensure strict compliance with health and safety regulations (OHSA) and POPIA (data protection) regarding employee data.
• Ensure that HR processes are aligned with Business strategy.
• Work with the recruitment team at the HR Hub level to ensure recruitment of the right people.
• Manage staff sourcing in a manner that ensures attraction of prospective employees.
• Ensure effective onboarding of new employees and their integration into the company culture.

Job description

HR Business Partner forms part of the subsidiary leadership team, and is responsible for overseeing all human resources operations, influencing company culture, ensuring compliance with legislation, promoting employee engagement and aligning HR initiatives with the business objectives and overall Subsidiary and Metair HR strategy.

Role responsibilities and key activities:

Strategic HR Leadership

• Partner with subsidiary leadership to execute the Metair people strategy that supports business growth and operational targets.


• Act as an advisor to the site leadership team, driving a high-performance culture.


• Manage the HR budget, ensuring cost-effectiveness while maintaining a competitive employee value proposition.

Operational HR and Employee Relations

• Provide expert leadership in all aspects of South African Labour Law.


• Manage complex disciplinary hearings, grievances and restructuring processes with precision to mitigate risk.


• Ensure visibility, accessibility and effectiveness of the HR team.


• Oversee Employee Wellness services (clinic and EWP) to ensure effective promotion of employees' health and / or personal wellbeing.

Performance and Culture

• Drive employee engagement strategies to improve staff retention; using dipstick surveys and stay interviews to gauge morale.


• Oversee the performance management cycle, ensuring calibration across teams and fair execution of improvement plans.

Total Rewards and Compliance

• Ensure payroll accuracy and integrity by liaising with the Payroll team and signing off inputs.


• Liaise with Payroll in management of employee benefits (Medical Aid, Pension / Provident Fund) in line with market norms and Group standards.


• Ensure strict compliance with health and safety regulations (OHSA) and POPIA (data protection) regarding employee data.


• Ensure that HR processes are aligned with Business strategy.

Recruitment and Onboarding

• Work with the recruitment team at the HR Hub level to ensure recruitment of the right people.


• Manage staff sourcing in a manner that ensures attraction of prospective employees.


• Ensure effective onboarding of new employees and their integration into the company culture.