HR Specialist

Computacenter2024; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

An IT infrastructure service provider located in Cape Town is seeking an Hr Specialist. The role involves advising business leaders on employee relations and ensuring compliance with local and international labor legislation. Strong experience in South African labour law is essential, along with excellent relationship-building skills. The company offers a friendly work environment and values teamwork and performance.

Qualifications

• Experience in Employee Relations and HR management essential.
• Ability to align HR advice to business needs.
• In-depth knowledge of Employment Equity.

Responsibilities

• Provide proactive advice to reduce ER risks.
• Monitor ER trends and recommend interventions.
• Partner with leadership to ensure HR policies are compliant.

Skills

Strong relationship-building skills

Stakeholder management

In-depth knowledge of South African labour law

Problem-solving mindset

Job description

Location : Cape Town Job-ID : 214975 Contract type : Permanent Business Unit : Human Resources

Overview

The Hr Specialist is a trusted advisor to business leaders and employee alike providing proactive support and guidance to drive a positive employee experience mitigate risks and ensure compliance with local and well as global labour legislation and policies.

This role will need to partners with managers to address people-related challenges with a focus on employee relations policy governance and labour law compliance ensuring solutions are commercially sound legally compliant and aligned with the organisations culture and strategic goals.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Business Partnering
• Build strong credible relationships with managers and employees to understand business priorities and workforce challenges.
• Act as a sounding board for leaders on people-related decisions balancing commercial outcomes with compliance and fairness.
• Provide proactive advice to reduce ER risks and support managers in creating high-performing engaged teams.
• Partner with managers to ensure the consistent application of policies and procedures across the business.
• Employee Relations (ER)
• Guide and support managers through ER cases including disciplinary actions grievances performance management and incapacity processes.
• Coach leaders to resolve conflict at an early stage and maintain constructive working relationships within their teams.
• Monitor ER trends within the business and recommend proactive interventions.
• Partner with the HRM and external advisors on complex or high-risk cases.
• In-depth knowledge experience and interaction with the CCMA including but not limited to representation at Arbitration matters.
• Experience managing various consultation processes such as changes to terms and conditions redundancy and redeployment
• Expertise in all aspects of absence management
• Policy & Labour Law Management
• Partner with leadership teams to ensure HR policies support operational needs while remaining legally compliant.
• Partnering the review and update of policies in line with legislative changes case law and organisational culture.
• Facilitate engaging communication and training sessions to ensure employees and managers understand and apply policies effectively.
• Stay informed of labour law developments and brief the business on implications and required changes.
• HR Insights & Continuous Improvement
• Gather feedback from managers and employees to identify policy or process improvements.
• Contribute to HR projects that improve employee experience engagement and compliance.
• Track and report on ER metrics to provide insights for business decisions.
• Employee engagement participation and roll out

Skills & Competencies

• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
• Commercial mindset with the ability to align HR advice to business needs.
• In-depth knowledge of South African labour law and ER best practices.
• In-depth Knowledge Employment Equity
• Confident facilitator and communicator able to influence at all levels.
• Problem-solving mindset with the ability to anticipate and address issues proactively.
• Resilience and discretion when handling sensitive matters.

About us

Computacenter is a leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services. We work at the heart of digitisation advising organisations on IT strategy implementing the most appropriate technology and managing our customers infrastructures.

We offer a friendly open working environment without too much fuss about hierarchy. We are looking for professionals with diverse competencies personalities and strengths who want to live our shared value of teamwork and performance.

Interested in joining a company with a strong sense of community

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Experience

Required Experience :

Unclear Seniority

Key Skills

• Employee Relations
• Typing
• Succession Planning
• Human Resources Management
• Military Experience
• Case Management
• Benefits Administration
• HRIS
• Payroll
• ADP
• Human Resources
• Leadership Experience

Employment

Employment Type :

Full Time

Experience

years

Vacancy

1