Grahamstown: Senior HR Practitioner (FTC)

About the Role

The Senior HR Practitioner position is a critical role in providing high-quality HR services to distinguished professors, SARChI chairs, and externally funded entities within the Higher Education sector. The successful candidate will be responsible for contributing to the development of best practices, policies, and processes that drive long-term efficiency and effectiveness of staff within faculties/divisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide a professional and valued HR service to distinguished professors, SARChI chairs, and all externally funded entities
• Contribute to developing best practices, policies, and processes that enable and drive increased long-term efficiency and effectiveness of staff within the relevant faculties/divisions
• Support faculties and divisions as required

Requirements

• A relevant B. Degree (NQF Level 7, 3-year qualification, preferably in Industrial/ Organizational Psychology or Human Resources) or equivalent
• Approximately 6 years of relevant experience
• Minimum of 4 years of previous experience as an HR practitioner
• Where recruitment and HR admin are key responsibilities
• Experience where HR work has been executed with the use of an HR information technology system
• In most, if not all, areas of HR (for example, recruitment and selection, HR administration, Industrial Relations, training and development, remuneration, performance management, HR IT systems, and well-being)
• At least one year of management experience
• Assisting with the development of structures, systems, and processes to ensure service delivery of a high quality that is valued by others
• At least 24 months of experience in a pressurised, complex, and high-volume people management environment, dealing with a large staff complement (minimum of 1,000 employees)
• Previous experience within the Higher Education sector will be an advantage