HR Consultant

Sasol; Secunda; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Sasol is seeking an HR Operations professional to implement HR processes, support employees and line managers, and drive HR analytics across the client portfolio. The role focuses on delivering efficient HR services, onboarding new staff, and supporting talent management with data-driven insights.

The candidate will engage with HR Managers and line managers to ensure compliant processes, job evaluations, and continuous improvement of HR practices within the business.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR or related field.
• 3+ years of relevant HR experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead HR solutions implementation for assigned client portfolio with high service levels.
• Be the single point of contact for HR-related issues.
• Support HR data analytics and reporting with accurate data.
• Support recruitment and onboarding processes for new employees.
• Assist with talent management, change management, and employee relations initiatives.

Skills

Communicates effectively

Manage complexity

Change enablement

Inclusion & diversity

Inspires engagement

Talent management

Organisational culture

Ensures accountability

People advocacy

Leading projects

Digital integration

Digital literacy

Business acumen

Wellbeing management

Workforce planning & mobility

Coaching

Total rewards

Employee relations

Job evaluation & worth

Organisational design

Action oriented

Education

University Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Sasol is a global integrated chemicals and energy company with a 75-year heritage. Through our talented people, we use our expertise and selected technologies to safely and sustainably source, manufacture and market chemical and energy products globally. When you join Team Sasol, you are joining a company that puts people at the center of everything we do.

Sasol invests in its employees along every stage of the career path and offers development opportunities to help you cultivate your career in a culture that embraces diversity and inclusion.

Job Requisition ID 12969

Closing Date 1 September 2026

OME PSR: HR Operations

Location Secunda, Mpumalanga

Purpose of Job Implementing people processes; improving HR processes, practices and systems to achieve enhanced effectiveness and efficiency; and proactively supporting and educating employees and line management on HR processes.

Provides direct service and support to an assigned client base and ensures that standard HR processes and practices are implemented adequately in the client base, ensuring high levels of both efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Key Accountabilities

• Leads the implementation and execution of HR solutions in the assigned client portfolio with high levels of customer service and in compliance with set standards and policies.
• Acts as a clear single point of contact for HR related issues.
• Continuously contributes to increased HR process efficiencies in business, demonstrates an in-depth understanding of HR processes and highlights any inefficiency and recommends corrective actions to the relevant HR team members and management.
• Support the provision of HR data and analytics through accurate and reliable calculations and reports. This includes using HR technology and systems to analyse and interpret relevant HR data.
• Provide relevant analytics facilitating effective decision making based on empirical information and accurate data.
• Compiles and presents meaningful HR reports through interpretation, comparisons and trend analyses.
• Supports the recruitment and on-boarding of employees whilst ensuring a positive experience for new employees.
• Takes an active part in the people selection process, in collaboration with the more senior Business Partners or HR Managers and the relevant line managers, facilitating an efficient and compliant process.
• Manages the employment contracting, enrolment and on-boarding process for new employees.
• Supports the implementation of Talent management processes as required and ensures these are executed efficiently. This may include educating line managers and employees on such processes and the desired outcomes, and making sure deadlines are adhered to and processes completed on time and generating accurate data.
• Support Employee Relations objectives through compliance with procedural and substantive fairness requirements, providing assistance in providing a first line labour relations consulting service and ensuring accurate, relevant and complete documentation and system management.
• Provides employees and line managers with a sound understanding of Compensation and Benefits principles, policies and procedures and can explain these in a clear and customer appropriate ways.
• Executes accurate calculation of remuneration, rewards and benefits and assists with salary benchmarking and compilation of comparative ratios to ensure internal equity and external competitiveness.
• Manages the efficient and effective implementation of staff movement (e.g.employee transfers, promotions, redeployment and rotation) and separation processes and procedures (e.g.resignation, retirement, retrenchment, dismissal, ill health, death and incapacity).
• Implements clearly defined change management processes and facilitates the successful implementation of change projects, utilising necessary material to support line management and employees in adhering to change expectations. This includes coaching and educating line management and employees in respect of the practical application of the change processes.
• Demonstrates the Sasol values.
• Supports and articulates vision and values and goals aligned to business direction.
• Continuously seeks to improve personal mastery, professional and business growth (ensuring technical / professional development in specialist area).

Formal Education

• University Bachelor's Degree

Working Experience

3+ relevant years

Required Personal And Professional Skills

• BC_Communicates Effectively
• BC_Manages Complexity
• TC_HR_Enable Change
• TC_HR_Inclusion, Diversity and Human Connections
• BC_Inspires Engagement
• TC_HR_Talent Management
• TC_HR_Organisational culture
• BC_Ensures Accountability
• TC_HR_People Advocacy
• TC_HR_Leading Projects
• TC_HR_Digital Integration
• TC_HR_Digital Literacy
• TC_HR_Business Acumen
• TC_HR_Wellbeing Management
• TC_HR_Workforce Planning and Mobility
• TC_HR_Coaching
• TC_HR_Total Rewards
• TC_HR_Employee Relations
• TC_HR_Managing Job Evaluation and determining Job Worth
• TC_HR_Organisational design
• BC_Action Oriented

Sasol is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Inspired by our Purpose of "Innovating for a better world", Sasol acknowledges that diversity is intrinsic to the fabric of our organisation and is the key to our growth and success. Sasol is committed to the full inclusion of all suitably qualified individuals. Preference will be given to applicants from designated groups and people with disabilities according to Sasol's Employment Equity Plan. This includes reasonable accommodation to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Our automated process is designed to efficiently assess a large volume of applications. Should you not hear from us within 60 days of the advert closing then kindly consider your application unsuccessful. Thank you once-more for your interest in Sasol as your employer of choice, and we wish you all the best with your career aspirations and future applications with us.