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Role Purpose:

RAINBOW Chicken together with Animal Feed EPOL are actively looking for an HR Practitioner to oversee their Rustenburg & Pietermaritzburg Mill, the role will be required to ensure effective Human Resources support to the Mills through adequate delivery of HR Services, practices, procedures. 

Required Qualifications:

• Degree in Human Resource Management
• Valid Code EB drivers’ license 

Required Experience:

• Must have at least 3-5 years experience as a HR generalist
• Must have Industrial Relations & CCMA experience
• Experience managing a team directly and virtually
• The successful candidate maybe required to travel to the Mill in Pietermaritzburg when needed
• Candidate must either reside in Rustenburg or be willing to relocate to Rustenburg

Required Knowledge and Skills: 

Knowledge HR

• Principles and practices
• Employment and labour legislation
• Change Management Processes
• Health and safety policies and procedures
• HR systems

Skills

• Verbal and written communication
• Able to work under pressure
• Computer literacy
• Report writing
• Interpersonal
• Negotiation
• Logical thinking
• Problem solving
• Decision-making
• Analytical thinking
• Presentation
• Administrative and organisation
• Numeracy

Key Responsibilities:

Employee Relations

• Provide advice to line managers regarding the conduct and misconduct management processes.
• Provide advice to line managers and investigate/process disciplinary cases.
• Provide advice to line managers and investigate/process grievances.
• Review practices to ensure statutory compliance and regularly provide guidance to line managers.
• Manage the housing and SQ allocations and associated evictions.
• Participate in consultations with organised labour.
• Coach Line Managers on effective delivery of Disciplinary hearings
• Represent the organisation at CCMA ( Conciliation and Arbitration)
• Chair the monthly meetings with Shop Stewards in the absence of HRBP.
• Manage and coordinate employee wellness including coordination of clinics, KKS, and capacity in meetings.

Resourcing

• Process permissions to recruit (workflow).
• Process the offers of employment/negotiation.
• Ensure that the Resourcing process is adhered to and jobs are timeously advertised on the eRecruitment and tracked.
• Manage and conduct interviews with Line Managers and selection test and make recommendations to Line for all C Band and lower positions.
• Supervise the orientation of new employees.
• Manage probationary reviews, employee evaluations and terminations.
• Ensure that the site job profiles are relevant and up to date and where job evaluation is required necessary arrangements are made with Line Manager and HRBP.

Talent Management

• Coach Line Manager on Performance Management Process and Talent & Org Review process.
• Facilitate Consistency Reviews and Talent & Org Review meetings.
• Coordinate the performance appraisal documents and consolidate performance ratings.
• Drive the succession planning for the site/ region.
• Facilitate employment equity target setting and monitor profile.

Organizational Design

• Liaise with Line Managers to get rationale for proposed positions, draw up new proposed org and submit to HRBP for sign off.
• Manage and update business organisational structure on SAP and ensure that all structures are up to date.
• Drive change management initiatives in line with the business and organisational objectives.

Training Development

• Compile training matrix from Appraisal doc.
• Facilitate HR training including adhoc refresher for employees and Line Managers.
• Drive Development Plans for all employees in C Band positions.

Employment Equity

• Drawing quarterly reports and discuss at EE meeting also using the same reports of appointments.
• Drive staff profile as per agreed KPI for the site by effectively engaging and advising Line Managers.

HR Administration

• Manage new employee on-boarding process.
• Manage terminations and exit interviews.
• Manage the capturing of HR information and data into the relevant systems and assure the integrity of the data.
• Provide advice and information to management and employees on HR policies and procedures, including equal opportunity, anti-discrimination and occupational health and safety programmes.
• Advise management on work matters, career development, personal problems and industrial matters.
• Counsel employees on policies and rules relating to employment policies and programmes, and on the company’s rules and regulations.
• Prepare and process employment and personnel reports and surveys.
• Provide advice and assistance to staff members regarding possible discrimination on the basis of race, religion, non-relevant physical or mental disability, sex and age.
• Audit and draft compliant issues related to Ecowise and Capasity (5 files to be audited per month).
• Quarterly checks on allowances (e.g.: cold allowance) and compare with actual employees working in department.
• Run and analyse HR reports, and discuss with business (to update monthly dash board.

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