HR Officer P10: Remuneration and Benefits

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources Management / Business Management or equivalent qualification.
• Minimum 3-4 years’ experience in a remuneration and benefits environment.
• Computer literacy – Intermediate MS Package Suite.

• Global Remuneration Professional (GRP) accreditation or equivalent.
• South African Board of Personnel Practitioners (SABPP) registration.
• Registration with a relevant professional body i.e. South African Rewards Association (SARA).
• Experience in the Higher Education sector would be an added advantage.

• Provide input into the research of Remuneration and benefits policies, plans and market trends.
• Salary benchmarking & Market information sourcing.
• Collates market data, using national salary surveys.
• Collects data and research competitor’s remuneration and reward strategies.
• Accurately benchmarks each position to the national/industry circle salary survey.
• Analyses market data and prepares recommendations for senior management.
• Implements recommendations upon approval.
• Completes pay analysis across the Institution and ensures employees compensation packages presents equality across position levels, duties, experience, race and gender etc.
• Investigates pay anomalies.
• Reports on pay anomalies and provides recommendation.
• Produce analytical reports with recommendations for Director: Human Resources.
• Monitor the implementation of remuneration policies, systems and procedures, making recommendations to senior management regarding same.
• Monitor remuneration trends and market surveys.
• Applies the pays scale across all salary changes.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to identify and propose total reward solutions to influence employee behavior, to attract and retain.
• Produce reports to support the Director: Human Resources presentations to Senior Management and relevant meetings/committees (Governance Structures).
• Maintain an accurate and up to date database of job evaluation results and validated results.
• Manages job evaluation and profiling process in accordance with policies, procedures, and legal requirements.
• Complete and submit all relevant documentation and input to participate in identified salary surveys to determine prevailing pay rates and benefits.
• Calculates the payment of incentives, rewards, salaries, and wages etc., as well as queries/problem resolution.
• Conduct ad hoc as well as planned benchmarking exercises.
• Compile the annual increase schedule for manager review.
• Update and amend schedules as per management outcomes.
• Prepare and distribute the annual increase letters.
• Advise payroll of salary changes.
• Advise on administrate employee benefits (Medical Aid, Pension Fund and Group Life Assurance).
• Completes monthly Employee/Employment Equity review & movements.
• Completes Annual Employment Equity remuneration reports.
• Continuous support and advisory to the Institution, professional and strategic.
• Participation in various remuneration councils and wage committees.

Enquiries can be made via email at spurecruit@spu.ac.za

Assumption of duties: As mutually agreed to upon acceptance of the appointment. The University reserves the right not to make an appointment.

Women and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Note: Sol Plaatje University (SPU) is dedicated to meeting its Employment Equity targets.