IR Officer

IR OFFICER
Port Elizabeth

Must have IR skills/experience as well.

Reporting directly to the HR Manager, key responsibilities will include:
- Support the development and implementation of HR initiatives and systems
- Provide counselling on policies and procedures
- Recruitment, selection & placement of more junior roles; draft adverts; sourcing & screening of candidates; interviews; letters of offer and all
records and admin related to placement
- Create and implement effective induction of new employees
- Assist in performance management processes
- Support the management of disciplinary and grievance issues
- Maintain employee records according to policy and legal requirements
- Review employment and working conditions to ensure legal compliance
- Payroll-related admin: proper records; changes; benefits admin and liaison with providers, exits and new employees
- Conduct disciplinary enquiries for minor offences
- Legislative reporting: Collection of information for reports (ATR, WSP)
- Assist in information gathering and skills calculations for BBBEE verification, Collate documentation and co-ordinate audit

Requirements and skills
- Proven experience as an HR Officer, administrator or other HR position (min 4 years)
- Proven experience/skills in IR (Industrial Relations)
- Knowledge of HR functions (pay & benefits, recruitment, training & development etc.)
- Understanding of labour laws and disciplinary procedures
- Proficient in MS Office (EXCEL ADVANCED not negotiable)
- Payroll experience
- Outstanding organizational and time-management abilities
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Problem-solving and decision-making aptitude
- Strong ethics and reliability
- Extremely confidential
- Excellent people skills
- Relevant HR qualification
- Sound knowledge of HR trends, best practices and procedures as well as appropriate labour legislation, e.g. Basic Conditions of Employment
Act, Labour Relations Act, Employment Equity Act, etc.
- Good business acumen
- Computer literate and technologically savvy are an absolute must