HR Officer

LIFE Healthcare Group; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization seeks a skilled HR Officer for Life St Dominics Hospital. The role involves delivering HR strategy, enhancing employee engagement, and ensuring compliance with HR best practices. Ideal candidates will have a relevant degree and proven HR experience. Join the team to help foster a positive workplace culture.

Qualifications

• Minimum NQF level 7 Degree in Human Resource Management or related qualification.
• General knowledge of HR best practices required.
• Previous experience in Healthcare desirable.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Line Managers for recruitment and people management.
• Support employee engagement and wellness programs.
• Assist in training and development initiatives.

Skills

Problem-solving

Verbal communication

Written communication

Engaging diversity

Analysis

Detail oriented

Education

NQF level 7 Degree in Human Resource Management

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

A vacancy exists for an HR Officer at Life St Dominics Hospital reporting to the HR Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering on the Group and Hospital HR strategy in the St Dominic’s cluster hospitals under indirect and direct supervision.

Ideally, the successful candidate will have excellent organizational skills and be able to work effectively as part of a team to achieve delivery of quality customer care; and improve employee value proposition and business efficiencies at the hospital. This will be done with and through the line by providing sound people management leadership, support, planning, policy/legislative interpretation, communication, developing sound relationships and change capability in line with Life Group objectives.

Function Human resources Facility Life St Dominic's Hospital Position HR Officer Introduction

A vacancy exists for an HR Officer at Life St Dominics Hospital reporting to the HR Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering on the Group and Hospital HR strategy in the St Dominic’s cluster hospitals under indirect and direct supervision.

Ideally, the successful candidate will have excellent organizational skills and be able to work effectively as part of a team to achieve delivery of quality customer care; and improve employee value proposition and business efficiencies at the hospital. This will be done with and through the line by providing sound people management leadership, support, planning, policy/legislative interpretation, communication, developing sound relationships and change capability in line with Life Group objectives.

Critical Outputs

• Work with Hospital HR Manager and function specialists and assist with HR delivery.

Recruitment & Selection

• Partner Line Managers to ensure effective recruitment and sound processes
• Assist Line Management to formulate the hospital resourcing needs and implement strategies to attract, retain and develop employees (includes transformation, flexible staffing).
• Assist with coaching, guiding and assisting managers and supervisors on HR / people management.
• Assist with monthly induction and on-boarding of employees

Employee Engagement and Enablement

• Learn the local effective employee engagement and enablement strategy in the hospital and support the HM to enhance the company EVP (including survey actions, reward & recognition)
• Assist the HRM to monitor performance management and absence management processes and be well versed in these to be able to analyse trends/understand issues and ensure employee productivity in the business by being able to craft effective solutions.
• Support employees access wellness programmes and partner with EHS to plan integrated wellness activities for the hospital including participating in organizing wellness days.

Training and Development

• Assist the Hospital HR Manager compile the annual work skills plan and participate in organizing relevant HR, IR and Wellness training in the period.
• Arrange training in line with the Hospital needs and make necessary arrangements, such as, sending out invitations, reminders to the staff.
• Influence the line and drive the annual training report and achieve all agreed targets

HR Projects

• Help the Hospital HR Manager drive and implement HR, Functional and Business projects through the line.
• Support the Hospital HR Manager implement Hospital initiatives and participate in analysing HR trends and metrics including developing solutions.

Transformation

• Provide effective guidance and promote diversity in the hospital
• Learn to work through the line to ensure effective Employment Equity/BBEEE planning, execution and legal compliance (including target setting and achievement).
• Attend Quarterly EE and Training meetings and be able to talk to the plan and principles that drive the EE agenda.

HR Best Practices, Compliance and Risk Mitigation

• Keep up with industry best practices for HR standards.
• Support the Hospital HR Manager and partner Line Managers to ensure best practices, policy and process compliance and HR risks mitigation.
• Assist with MSA audits.
• Support Employee Services by ensuring good administration, accuracy, quality and achievement of deadlines (Kronos and payroll submission deadlines) and develop sound relationships with the FPA and Employee Services team at HO

HR Administration

• Ensure appropriate administrative support keeping employee records up to date and accurate.
• Create and maintain an efficient filing system for the HR Dept.
• Conduct regular audits on employee files to ensure all paperwork is per the company audit requirements.

Effective Employee Relations

• Support the Hospital’s engagement and communication structures e.g. departmental meetings, consultative forum.
• Assist the Hospital HR Manager to provide HR support and risk mitigation advice to Manco, Line Managers and employees on day-to-day industrial relations, including, but not limited to, assisting with investigating IR matters, drafting charges, grievances and disciplinary hearings.
• Assist the Hospital HR Manager in preparing case material for CCMA.

HR value proposition in the Hospital

• Work with Hospital HR Manager to deliver the Hospital HR plan aligned to the HR company strategy and regional operational objectives
• Practice HR visibility and sound partnering with Line Managers in the hospital and act as an HR knowledge resource.
• Provide excellent customer service to internal employees by assisting them with any queries they may have.

Requirements

• Minimum NQF level 7 Degree in Human Resource Management or other HR level 7 related qualification
• General knowledge of HR best practices
• Previous experience in Healthcare desirable.
• Good knowledge of all Microsoft packages including Word, Outlook and Excel

Competencies

• Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
• Resilience
• Engaging diversity
• Verbal & written communication and presentation skills
• Drive & energy
• Detail Orientated
• Ethical behavior
• Excellence orientation
• Building relationships
• Customer responsiveness
• Motivating and developing people
• Able to listen and follow instructions
• Able to work effectively as part of a team to achieve a common goal

Email [e-mail] Closing date Friday, June 20, 2025

Internal applicants - Before making an application, you are requested to discuss your application with your line manager.External candidates will also be considered.

Life Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applicants who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date of this advert, should consider their application as unsuccessful.