HR Generalist

This HR Generalist position will play a vital role in supporting the company’s growth and success by enhancing the experience of all stakeholders through maintaining compliance, supporting recruitment and onboarding and enabling data driven decision-making through reliable HR reporting and record keeping. The HR Generalist will work closely with the HR team to support day-to-day operations and projects, ensuring alignment with our clients overall HR strategy.
Key Responsibilities
Talent Management
o Assist with the full recruitment life cycle, including sourcing candidates, liaising with agencies and stakeholders, screening CV’s, scheduling interviews and reference calling.
o Maintaining job specs.
o Minimize time-to-hire and approach recruitment with urgency
o Assist with benchmarking.
o Coordinate and support the HR team in the Induction and onboarding process for new starters.

Learning and Development
o Coordinate and source all training.
o Conduct skills gap analysis.
o Maintain all training records and ensuring the relevant files are kept up to date.
o Assist with the preparation of documents for HR related training courses.
o Assist the HR team in the coordination and administration of the Graduate and Bursary programmes.
o Ensure that we meet BBBEE targets and find solutions for targets to be reached.

Record Management/ System & Reporting
o Provide comprehensive HR administrative support to all HR processes
o Maintain accurate and up-to-date employee records including personnel data, contracts etc.
o Update all HR databases such as headcount and transformation sheets.
o Generate various reports based on employee data and leave.
o Compiling of monthly payroll inputs.
o Assist in benefits administration and employee relations.

Compliance
o Stay abreast of labour laws and HR regulations to ensure organisational compliance, including workplace health and safety.
o Assist with legislative and SETA reporting i.e. compiling WSP & ATR reports and EE.

Payroll
o Process monthly payroll on Sage VIP Payroll system, accurately and on schedule.
o Maintain and update payroll records, ensuring all employee data (new hires, terminations, salary changes, benefits, etc.) is accurate.
o Administer statutory deductions including PAYE, UIF, and SDL.
o Prepare and submit statutory returns to SARS and other relevant authorities.
o Manage employee queries related to payslips, deductions, and benefits, resolving issues promptly.
o Reconcile payroll and prepare reports for HR and Finance department.
o Ensure compliance with the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA), Labour Relations Act, and SARS
o Assist with year-end processes such as IRP5/IT3(a) certificates and EMP501 reconciliations.

General Human Resource Support
o Assist with various audits relating to EE, LRA, BCEA and BBBEE.
o Serve as an emergency stand-in for payroll and CCMA-related matters if other HR staff are unavailable.
o Ensure mitigation of risk in the HR department.
o Be a team player and support colleagues (as they will support you), with various HR initiatives and operational tasks.
o Ensure consistent execution of HR strategies across all touchpoints.
o General day-to-day administration.
o Maintain HR filing system.
o Handle general enquiries from employees regarding HR policies and procedures.
o Contribute to employee engagement and wellness initiatives.
o Take minutes of meetings.
o Assist in any other HR related project.

Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management.
Ideal experience
•Minimum of 5 years experience in a HR generalist role.
• 2-3 years of experience in recruitment is essential.
• Knowledge of labour laws and HR Best practices.
• Understanding of the employee life cycle.
• Understanding and experience in EE, Skills development and BBBEE.
• Sage VIP payroll experience.

Competencies and desired attributes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Detail-oriented with strong design skills and a focus on creating high-quality marketing materials.
• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborative mindset, able to work effectively with internal teams and external clients.

To apply for this role please send your CV and supporting documents to operations@asearch.co.za