HR Generalist

Human Capital (HR) Generalist Needed

Purpose:

The HC Generalist is responsible for supporting the full spectrum of Human Resources functions to ensure effective people management and alignment with organizational objectives. The role partners with management and employees to provide guidance on HC policies procedures and best practices while supporting key areas such as recruitment onboarding employee relations performance management payroll coordination compliance and Talent Development. The HC Generalist plays a critical role in fostering a positive employee experience by addressing employee queries maintaining accurate HC records ensuring compliance with labour legislation and contributing to initiatives that promote engagement development and organizational culture. Through proactive support and collaboration with stakeholders the HC Generalist helps ensure that the organization attracts develops and retains the talent needed to achieve its strategic goals.

Duties and responsibilities

Financial

On-boarding/ off-boarding:

• Timeously notification to Payroll on all new hires and terminations.
• Ensure on-boarding timelines are adhered to by business (1st and 15th of each month as cut-off)
• Provide guidance to payroll and HC Admin on best practices in terms of on-boarding/ off-boarding taking into consideration the financial impact on the company.

Payroll administration assistance:

• Assist in Payroll administration ensuring that all relevant Payroll data is made available and captured on the Master Payroll sheet prior to monthly Payroll cutoff date.
• Monitoring excessively high leave balances and inform Payroll Officer to facilitate discussions to decrease leave liability.
• Provide guidance to payroll and HC Admin in terms of best practice on employee on-boarding and off-boarding taking into consideration multiple factors (workback agreements pro-rated salaries etc.) whilst considering financial impact on the company

ER matters which impact on financials:

• All ER matters are resolved within the SLA to prevent escalations that could result in financial costs for the business.
• Effective management of Brentwood outsourced consultant ensuring regular follow ups and limit financial liability in ensuring all cases put forward have merit and cannot be challenged (lost) at CCMA.
• Ensuring suspensions and terminations are carried out with least possible financial loss to the company.

Business support:

• Assist line managers timeously in handing matters that have a financial impact on the company (suspension overtime retrenchments leave liability) provide support and assistance and maintain mindfulness on company budgets.

Talent attraction & recruitment:

• Actively involved in hiring practices recruitment end to end ensuring recruitment timelines are met (ensuring minimal negative financial implication on business due to operational strain)
• Oversee that MIE checks concluded and remain within budget

Talent development:

• Compilation of Skills Development report and ensuring it is submitted timeously (annually) and oversee that follow ups are done in terms of company rebates (finance & MICT SETA)
• Ensure 100% accuracy in SD report submission.
• Keep track of L&D initiatives and ensure overall the company remains within budget whilst still promoting internal growth for employees.

Contractual:

• Draft and oversee that all workback agreements (maternity or L&D related) are concluded with the necessary individuals
• Draft and oversee that all offers and contracts are drafted in line with hiring manager budgets
• Oversee that benefits are updated yearly / or as required within the employment contracts/ offers
• Keep track of all contractual expiry dates and ensure timely notification sent to the relevant stakeholders (at least 4 months prior to expiry of consulting agreement; at least 2 months prior to expiry of fixed term contract; at least 2 months prior to expiry of learner agreements). Furthermore ensure regular follow ups to achieve feedback in time and avoid unnecessary cost implication.

Customer

Employee Communication & Experience:

• Provide oversight on the Human Capital mailbox () and provide guidance on responding to queries received.
• 100% response to all HR queries and queries escalated timeously.
• Vet and proofread all employee communication sent to staff ensuring 100% accuracy of information with attention to detail applied (Everlytic Whatsapp & BambooHR announcements; performance review communication Employment Equity communication; Birthday mailers etc.)
• Compile complex employee communication outlining project plans steps and information with 100% accuracy (EE PR Company changes etc.)
• Ability to supervise junior HC team and to provide assistance to the team where possible.
• Ensure HC team builds & schedules newsletter into Everlytic system monthly (provide oversight and guidance where necessary).
• Ensure HC team delivers and coordinates the delivery of birthday cards and chocolates (provide oversight and guidance where necessary)
• Maintaining effective communication with employees and line managers alike and oversee all aspects of HC operations across departments (including adherence to policies talent acquisition and onboarding offboarding performance management learning and development employee engagement etc).
  
• Ensure that all queries relating to staff leave contracts job descriptions and other employee-related queries are attended to within 48 hours. (Oversee HC functions to ensure SLA adhered to)
• Run the company induction program when there are more than 3 new joiners.
• Conduct exit interviews and compile reports highlighting any areas of concern

Performance Management:

• Run entire performance management process by providing information and support to all stakeholders.
• Plan and create material/ content for training and guidance to both management and employees throughout the process.
• Following up and offering assistance to employees on completing self-reviews on HRIS.
• Oversee the capturing of performance review scores.
• Consolidate and compile reports relating to performance management (reports for MANCO EXCO Calibration and ad/hoc reports as needed)
• Plan the annual performance review calendar for the CHCO to review and approve
• Ensure all updates and reviews are loaded to BambooHR (timeously accurately and without error)
• Report and resolve any disputes relating to the performance management process.
• Advise CHCO and management of potential PIP candidates (below 2.5 rating)

Employment Equity:

• Serve as a communication liaison for Employment Equity matters ensure meetings are scheduled quarterly minutes distributed and committee members updated accordingly as required.

Learning and development:

• Ensure learning and development initiatives & communication surrounding L&D is managed well to create a meaningful employee experience.

Industrial Relations:

• Ensure investigations conducted (internally and/ or externally)
• Liaise with outsourced industrial relations partner/company ensuring matters are actioned timeously (within 16 hours or 2 business/ working days)
• Keep IR record/ track sheet updated
• Ensure all warnings grievances and other IR related documents are filed on the shared drive timeously.
• Conduct all probation reviews draft minutes and ensure all records are accurately kept.

Business Process Improvements

Onboarding and offboarding:

• Oversee all onboarding and offboarding activities ensuring HC team handles and executes timeously.
• Adherence to onboarding timelines in business (1st and 15th of the month) application on permanent fixed term and outsourced staff)

Employment Equity reporting and administration:

• Monthly EE reporting.
• Formulating formal EE compliance documents.
• Ensuring recruitment and other initiatives are aligned to EE goals and targets.
• Overall EE compliance.
• Coordinating quarterly EE committee meetings and ensuring record keeping.

Oversight on administration/ filing:

• Ensure HC Admin keeps employee files and records updated and provide timeous feedback on non-conformances
• Drafting various HC analytic related reports. All reports submitted in time with 100% accuracy.

Performance Management:

• Overall responsible for Performance Review cycles.
• Ensure HC team are trained and well equipped to handle PR related queries.

Role profiles and business partnering:

• Serve as contact point for executing on changes to current role profiles.
• Ensure all new role profiles drafted in conjunction with the HODs and line managers as required.
• New roles actioned and communicated effectively with line managers

Policies and procedures:

• Conduct quarterly audits and reviews looking at HR processes policies and compliance to identify areas of improvement and update processes and policies accordingly.
  
• Ensure policy socialisation workshops and committees scheduled timeously
• Review content received from other departments on policy socialization.

Reporting:

• Compilations of all HC reports with data gathered- MANCO
• Present on behalf of Human Capital team in all monthly management meetings or as required.
• Analyse Human Capital data such as staff turnover talent acquisition KPI feedback and proposing feasible solutions to elevate Human Capital involvement and assistance to improve overall employee experience. Accurately compile and analyse HR metrics to identify trends and areas for improvement. Weekly IR reports including feedback on IR matters compiled with 100% accuracy.
• Employee lifecycle management: provide HC support to peers line managers and employees in all stages of the employee lifecycle (hiring retention development up to offboarding)
• Identifies efficiencies in the role incorporates way to do things better and applies previous learnings feedback and new innovations to streamline output.

Learning and Development

Industry/ field of knowledge:

• Stay abreast with changing South African legislations and laws.
• Development in the field of understanding EE compliance and other.
• Developing self in all HR related matters and attempting to resolve HR related queries. Continuous self-learning and knowledge gaining on HC best practices.
• Working towards upskilling in legislative compliance on all aspects of Human Capital.
• Accepts criticism is open to new ideas and handles conflict constructively and diplomatically.
• Continuously advancing and providing suggestions for HC improvements that can be made in the department and company as a whole

Requirements:

Valid Drivers license and own transportation

Bachelors degree in Human Resource Management

3 Years minimum experience in specialised HR role (HR generalist HRBP)

Knowledge of:

Labour Legislation applicable to South Africa

HRIS management (BambooHR is preferable)

Organisational design

Recruitment and onboarding

Contract management

Strong administration skills

Strong communication skills

HC Strategy Execution

Performance Management best practices

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The company will hire based on EE requirements.

Required Experience:

Senior IC