HR Generalist at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose:

To assist the Human Capital Manager with the delivery of HR services and support, throughout the HR Value chain, to Business and employees.

Principal Accountabilities:

• The successful applicant will be responsible for but not limited to the following job functions:

Recruitment:

• Tracking and facilitating the on-, cross- and off boarding processes
• Compiling and maintaining job profiles and specs including maintaining a career map for Discovery Connect
• Liaising with Line Managers to ensure that the correct recruitment process is adhered to
• Liaising with Management and Candidates to set up interviews/assessments
• Facilitating relevant battery assessments when necessary
• Providing feedback to candidates
• Drawing up contracts and transfer letters as well as taking new staff through the forms and
• Documentation

HR Administration:

• Administers all recruitment and on boarding tasks as needed
• Collects and checks HR data
• Assists with the administration required in relation to the execution of employee incapacity
• proceedings and disciplinary action and
• Drafting reports aligned to the needs of the department/s
• Daily management of Fun Committee
• Exit and Stay Interviews

Performance and Talent Management:

• Distributes, monitors, and ensures that employee performance evaluations are completed in a timely manner
• Monitoring and reporting on competency and skills development to ensure that employee capabilities meet current and future standards
• Facilitating talent reviews and maintaining documentation

Strategy and Project Management:

• Partners with the HCM to draft the area specific HR Strategy
• Implements specific project activities as determined through the HR planning process or
• aligned to the strategy and participates in functional and cross-functional initiatives/projects
• including researching and developing initiatives
• Reports on key people drivers, proactively highlights key trends, risks and formulates action plans
• Assisting the HCM with their functions from time to time including implementation of People initiatives

Engagement:

• Actively driving employee engagement through various activities including compiling monthly
• departmental newsletter and participating in the departmental Fun Committee by cocreating
• and facilitating engagement initiatives
• Conducting  of  Focus groups
• Work on key People projects and initiatives
• Participation and Driving CSI initiatives

Service Excellence:

• Recommends new approaches, policies, and procedures to affect continual improvements in
• efficiency of department and services performed
• Acts as a liaison between the business unit and centre of excellence to ensure that HR
• services are aligned with internal client needs
• Basic IR guidance

Education and Experience:

• Essential qualifications:
• Matric / Grade 12
• Completed HR related Diploma/Degree
• Essential knowledge:
• MS Office – Especially Excel and Word
• Basic understanding of IR processes
• HR related policies
• Understanding of the HR Value Chain and impact through the employee life-cycle

Advantageous Knowledge:

• Sharepoint
• Smart People/Success Factors
• Essential experience
• At least two years experience in Recruitment
• At least one year experience as an HR Generalist
• MS Office with Word, Visio and Excel at intermediate level
• Advantageous experience
• SmartPeople / SuccessFactors experience
• Sharepoint
• Call Center bulk  recruitment