HR Advisor - First Assurance Company Ltd at Absa Bank Limited

Job Summary

Handling functions of the Human Resources (HR) department including recruitment and selection, onboarding of new staff, remuneration, leave and employee relations, staff records management, staff separation management, implementation of policies and procedures and driving the performance and learning culture as aligned with the people agenda and business’ strategic direction

Job Description

Act in direct partnership with management teams as a key enabler in all areas related to people, with a view to maximise performance, and support the delivery of BU objectives through the delivery of appropriate people and organisational solutions.

To lead the Human Resources practices and objectives that will provide an employee-oriented, high-performance culture that emphasizes empowerment, quality, productivity and standards, goal attainment, and the recruitment and ongoing development of a superior workforce.

Provides service and advice on the following key HR processes

• Operationalize the business strategy into a people strategy for management teams and ensure that workforce plans are embedded with relevant analytics and insights
• Facilitate end to end performance management cycle across all functions while ensuring functional and individual objectives are aligned to strategic focus areas.
• Assist in the management of poor performance, advising on solutions and assisting with their implementation
• Empower line managers to undertake people management responsibilities.
• Management of staff acquisition process including sourcing, interviewing, and onboarding.
• Support and participates in major and HR Projects.
• Identify capability gaps and define talent pools in conjunction with Management teams.
• Responsible for talent reviews, succession planning activities and talent and capability development.
• Delivers Learning programs via specialists, specifies internal capabilities gaps and ensures relevant assessments, development and coaching in place.
• Ensures effective employee engagement for the Business Unit in conjunction with the functional Leaders, supporting the HR Operations planning and service quality management.
• Ensure the implementation of HR policies and procedures.
• Implement the learning and development strategy.
• Implementation of Staff Compensation and Rewards processes
• Administration of staff welfare benefits employee relations.
• Maintain the employee Management Information System
• Coordinating the staff separation processes and related separation actions
• Coordinate health and safety and staff welfare meetings.
• Work closely with line managers and employees to improve work relationships, build morale while enhancing productivity and retention.
• Coordinate the provision of staff welfare (e.g. Insurance, Medical & Pension)
• Ensure the operational aspects of payroll processing and associated activities, including salary disbursement, recoveries, leave management and reporting are accurate and delivered within appropriate timeframes and in compliance with relevant rules and
• Maintains the work structure by updating job requirements and job descriptions for all positions.
• Record Keeping - Maintains historical human resource records by designing a filing and retrieval system; keeping past and current records.
• Performs other assigned tasks within the overall scope of his/her role.

Closing: 13 June 2022