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Job summary
A high-growth fintech company is seeking an HR Officer to drive recruitment, manage HR administration, and support executive operations. This role involves developing core HR functions and enhancing the employee experience. With responsibilities in recruitment, onboarding, and compliance, candidates should have relevant qualifications and experience. The position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to shape the company's culture in a hybrid work environment.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Experience coordinating interviews and managing candidate communication.
- Exposure to onboarding processes.
- Experience supporting executives or teams with admin.
Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end recruitment for all roles.
- Maintain HR records and employee files.
- Support executives with calendar management and meeting coordination.
Skills
Education
HR Officer (Fintech/Payments)
Our client is a high-growth fintech company building the next generation of payment infrastructure across Africa. Their mission is to make money movement seamless, inclusive, and scalable across borders. They operate at the intersection of financial innovation and real-world impact, empowering businesses and consumers with tools to thrive in a rapidly digitizing economy.
The HR Officer will support and enable the growth of the business by managing efficient recruitment processes, coordinating key people operations activities, and providing executive administrative support. As the company scales, this role will evolve into a broader People Function, leading core HR capabilities such as onboarding, employee experience, culture, and organisational development.
Job Type: Full-time
Location: Cape Town
Workplace: Hybrid
- Diploma or Degree in HR, Psychology, Industrial Psychology, Human Resource Management, Organisational Development, or related field
- OR equivalent experience (1-3 years) in HR/People Ops if no formal qualification
- Experience coordinating interviews, managing candidate communication, or handling HR admin
- Exposure to onboarding processes
- Experience supporting executives or teams with admin
- Highly organised
- People management and strong relationship-building skills
- High level of diplomacy, discretion, and confidentiality
- Maintain all HR records, employee files, contracts, and templates.
- Oversee onboarding admin (IT setup coordination, welcome packs, first-day checklist).
- Manage leave and attendance records.
- Ensure compliance with labour law and internal policies.
- Support executives with calendar management, meeting coordination, and travel arrangements.
- Prepare meeting minutes, follow-ups, and basic reporting.
- Assist with general office administration where needed.
- Act as a point of contact for day-to-day employee questions.
- Coordinate HR-related communications and announcements.
- Help organise internal events, celebrations, and team-building sessions.
- Provide input into defining and implementing the People & Culture Strategy.
- Develop the Employee Value Proposition (EVP).
- Support leadership on org. structure, workforce planning, and succession planning.
- Build recruitment frameworks, scorecards, and structured interview systems.
- Lead employer branding initiatives to attract high-quality talent.
- Employee Lifecycle Ownership
- Build and refine onboarding experience.
- Develop performance management frameworks.
- Oversee learning and development.
- Manage retention, engagement, and culture initiatives.
- Develop HR policies, procedures, and systems.
- Implement HRIS or ATS solutions.
- Manage compensation, benefits, and salary benchmarking.
- Mission-Driven Work: The opportunity to work on solving cross-border payments in Africa.
- A startup environment with massive growth: High pace, high growth where your work directly shapes and impacts the company.
- Competitive Compensation: A salary package that matches your expertise and the market rate.
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.