Senior HR Business Partner at TB HIV Care

Purpose of the position:

• The Senior HR Business Partner will be responsible for supporting programme operations and the HR Director with HR projects and special periodic activities.
• The role requires a hands-on approach and operational involvement to ensure an employee-oriented, high-performance culture with emphases on empowerment, quality assurance, relationship building, organisational development, employee wellness, employee recognition, labour relations, as well as SOP and policy development.

Minimum Requirements    

• Degree in HR / Industrial Psychology / Social Sciences
• 5 years’ HR Operations experience
• 3 years’ experience in the NGO sector (advantageous)
• Experience working in a large organisation that spans different geographical regions
• Well-developed knowledge and understanding of SA labour legislation and disciplinary procedures
• Good understanding of HR systems, Performance Management processes, HRIS reporting and HR technology
• An enthusiastic team player with a strong drive to create a positive and collaborative work environment across the organisation
• Committed to excellence, continuous learning and development and achieving success
• Resilient with a sense of agility and urgency to adapt to a constantly evolving landscape
• Advantageous: Fluency in isiXhosa, isiZulu, Tswana, Sotho or other official South African language

Duties and Responsibilities    
Strategic HR:

• Ensure that the HR strategy is communicated and rolled out to the organisation.
• Champion the organisational values (professionalism, empowerment, appreciation and respect) and support the institutionalisation into the culture of the organisation
• Partner with management to effectively manage change and transition to meet organisational goals.

HR Operations:

• Support management by providing human resources advice, data and reports to expedite decision making.
• Use business data to measure gaps and successes and find solutions to close such gaps.
• Manage the HR Information System, ensuring quality control, reliability and integrity of employee data and information.
• Support monthly payroll by ensuring timeous query resolution and submission for payroll processing by the HR Operations team
• Ensure all training and HR statutory and funder reporting requirements are met timeously and are of high quality.
• Oversee employment contract administration and the issuing of annual employment contracts in line with funding.
• Ensure the implementation and maintenance of policies and standard operating procedures

Employee Relations

• Oversee employee relations and ensure fair labour practices.
• Support Programme Operations teams with formulation of charges, investigations, preparation of initiators
• Leverage working relationships with all staff to build strong connections, cooperation, and collaboration.
• Support CCMA representation

Job Grading

• Support with the job evaluation system, advising on job design, job descriptions and the correct grading of jobs.

Talent Acquisition & Talent Management

• Support effective integration with the talent management team and HR Operations team

Performance Management

• Oversee the performance management system to meet the needs of the organisation.
• Objectively coach employees and management through complex, difficult performance issues by acting as a neutral advocate.
• Facilitate and lead all performance management review periods and processes

Support HR Operations team reporting

• Facilitate and lead HRIS & HRH reporting
• Lead HR audits and reporting
• Lead HR employee records internal audits and improvement

HR Administration

• Work with the HR team to ensure quality administration and management of HR data
• HR reporting and data collection and filing
• Maintenance of HR SharePoint platform

Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)

• Support to ensure OHS compliance
• IOD registration, follow up and support
• Benefits query support and resolution

Skills and Competencies    

• Excellent communication (verbal and written) skills
• Strong leadership skills
• High levels of attention to detail
• High computer and technology literacy and IT skills
• Excellent problem-solving
• Strong ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment
• Ability to maintain a variety of stakeholders at all levels
• Excellent organisational and administration skills
• Excellent presentation and reporting skills with a strong statistical and numerical ability
• The ideal candidate for this role would be hands on operationally and champion a service culture.
• Knowledge and/or experience in terms of Human Resources for Health (HRH) and HRIS principles and reporting

Deadline:8th December,2025