HR Business Partner

The Purpose of this Position: The successful candidate will provide a full-function HR service across our Group of Companies with a specific focus on operational excellence, employee relations, and compliance within the material handling and blue-collar workforce environment.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic HR Partnership

1. Collaborate with business leaders to develop and implement HR strategies aligned with the company’s goals and objectives.
2. Act as a trusted advisor to line managers and executives on HR policies, procedures, and workforce planning.
3. Ensure HR initiatives support a culture of diversity, inclusion, and employee engagement.

Performance Management:

1. Manage and attend probation period reviews for all new employees.
2. Provide guidelines on managing employee performance, address all general performance management or appraisal queries received from employees and management.

Transformation, Learning and Development:

1. Track and submit all business unit training initiatives to the HR Manager and EE Committee.
2. Coordinate and track all Educational Assistance / Bursaries.
3. Facilitate the identification of learning needs and areas of development and arrange necessary training.
4. Submission of WSP & ATR.
5. Create / review individual PDP’s to identify training and other development needs for succession planning.

Recruitment, Selection and On-Boarding:

1. Assist management in the drafting of job profiles, vacancy and packages.
2. Ensure that the recruitment process is followed from start to end in order to recruit effectively and reduce turnover.
3. Discuss the long and shortlists with line managers. Where required conduct interviews with management.
4. Manage the onboarding of successful candidates and take-on documentation.
5. Manage the induction process and ensure new employee induction/orientation takes place.

Employee Assistance Programme:

1. Co-ordinate the administration around the employee wellness plan, including communication of the company offering.
2. Provide input and suggestions when setting up employee wellness initiatives, oversee and manage the initiatives.

Compliance:

1. Ensure adherence to South African labour legislation, including BCEA, LRA, and EE Act.

HR Administration and Reporting

1. Attend to general requests/queries from all employees.
2. Conduct and analyse exit interviews and report back to the HR Manager and Business Heads with insights.
3. Ensure high level and high standard of customer service and guidance in line with HR Policies and Procedures.
4. Review, develop and update job profiles for all employees and ensure they are captured on HR Systems.
5. Ensure HR Audit requirements are adhered to.
6. Develop ad-hoc reports as required by the HR team or the business unit.
7. Liaise with employees on Death and Disability claims.
8. Manage UIF (termination forms, maternity and compensation claims) administration.
9. Manage long service awards, generate reports, capture workflows, arrange the certificates and framing.

Qualifications and Experience:

1. Bachelor’s degree or higher in Human Resources Management or a related field.
2. Minimum of 5 years’ HR generalist experience in the engineering sector.
3. Proven experience working with blue-collar employees, including trade unions and labour relations.
4. In-depth knowledge of South African labour laws and regulations.
5. Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
6. Ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
7. Proficient in HRIS systems mainly SAGE300 People and Microsoft Office Suite.
8. Trustworthy and honest.
9. Attention to detail.
10. Self-reliant.
11. Self-motivated.
12. Be a team player as well as work independently.
13. Time management.
14. Accountability and dependability.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization. All applications (complete CV) must be submitted no later than close of business on Tuesday, 24th of January 2025. Email: careers@goscor.co.za Ref: GHO 01/25/55.

The Goscor Group believes in transparency in the recruitment process, as we believe that this benefits both the applicant and the broader Group. So please note that reference checks will be performed on all applicants currently employed anywhere within Goscor / Bud should they apply for this role. These checks will be performed solely at management’s discretion and are likely to involve discussions with your direct line manager and/or other management (where relevant/necessary). Should you not consent to this, Goscor reserves the right to not take your application further. The Goscor Group is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and does not discriminate against persons because of age, race, religion, disability, gender, ethnic or national origin, or veteran status.

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Should you not hear from us after two weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.