Eastern Cape: Human Resource Officer posted by Hire Resolve

Hire Resolve’s client is looking for a Human Resource Officer to join their team in Port Elizabeth, EC. The HR Officer will provide essential support across all HR functions, ensuring efficient and effective management of HR processes. This includes recruitment, onboarding, employee relations, training, payroll administration, and compliance. The role requires someone with strong interpersonal skills, an eye for detail, and the ability to maintain confidentiality and professionalism.

Responsibilities: 

Recruitment and Talent Acquisition:

• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process, including job postings, screening, interviewing and providing feedback to the candidates 
• Collaborate with hiring managers to understand staffing needs and identify suitable candidates
• Assist with creating relevant job description for vacant roles
• Assist with setting up of interviews with the respective Hiring Manager(s)

Onboarding and Offboarding:

• Ensure a seamless onboarding experience for new hires, including orientation and documentation
• Oversee offboarding processes

Employee Engagement and Relations:

• Act as the first point of contact for HR related queries
• Build and maintain strong relationships with employees at all levels of the organizationJSS is an Equal Opportunity Employer
  
  

HR Operations and Administration:

• Maintain and update employee records in compliance with company and legal requirements
• Maintain and update employee records on Workday
• Follow up with outstanding trainings
• Prepare and manage HR-related documentation
• Ensure confidentiality and data security
  

Payroll and Benefits:

• Support the payroll process by verifying and providing accurate employee data
• Assist in benefits enrolment, changes and inquiries
• Coordinate benefit related paperwork and assist employees with benefit questions

Leave administration:

• Assist in processing leave requests and maintaining accurate records
• Handling of leave queries from employees and reconciling leave balances as require

Policy Development and Compliance:

• Assist in implementing and updating HR policies and procedures
• Ensure compliance with labour laws and regulation

Analytical Support:

• Analyze HR data to identify trends and make recommendations for improvements
• Create reports and presentations for management as needed
  

Requirements: 

• Bachelors degree in Human Resources
• A minimum of 3 years experience as an HR Officer or similar role
• Strong recruitment skills with experience in managing full-cycle recruitment processes
• Basic knowledge of LRA, BCEA, EEA
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and propose actionable solutions
• Knowledge of our HRIS, Workday will be an added advantage
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence
• stakeholders at all levels
• Basic knowledge of payroll processing with SAGE experience being advantageous
• Desire to work as a team with results driven approach

If you would like a career – move you may forward your CV to Gaby Turner at *****@*****.co.za. Alternatively, you may forward your CV to *****@*****.co.za