Senior HR Officer - JHB at Apex Group

The role

We are seeking a Senior HR Officer to report to the Senior HR Business Partner, UK within the UK HR team at Apex. The role holder will be a key member of the UK Apex Human Resources function, providing generalist HR support to the UK HR Business Partnering team and adhoc day to day HR project and integration support. The role requires a HR generalist who is versatile and shows a strong attention to detail. The role will be based in South Africa, in our Johannesburg office but will be covering HR activities for our UK and IOM entities

Key Responsibilities

HR Operations

• Managing our UK mailbox and ensuring queries and support is provided in a timely manner and liaising with the relevant teams as needed;
• Delivery of our transactional HR administration services including letter writing, helping with policies, contract production (where applicable) and variation letters for change of terms;
• Upkeeping of our data in or system, ensuring we are keeping good record keeping and processing information in a timely manner;
• Monitor employee probationary periods including confirming to permanent staff to GroupHR and supporting Managers as needed with outlining the steps needed;
• Manage benefit administration; e.g. cycle to work scheme, uploading and terminating employees on to our AXA Healthcare scheme, as and when employees request to join and leave the scheme.

Payroll & Benefits

• Liaise with our Payroll team to ensure all monthly changes are processed and submitted
• Advise on pay and other remuneration issues, including promotion and benefits as applicable.
• Administer payroll capturing for the payroll team and maintain employee records.

Recruitment

• Support the business with helping prepare the relevant information to the Hiring Committee as needed.

Other

• Support the HR team with projects as required and;
• Dealing with general day-to-day queries, pulling and producing of reports and general first line lower level employee issues support.

Skills / experience

• Degree or equivalent qualifications
• 2-3 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Ability to deal with difficult, sensitive and confidential maters.
• Exceptional organisational skills and the ability to effectively prioritise workload.
• A confident and personable personality
• A positive attitude with the drive and willingness to learn and grow their HR career, someone who wants to take on more and be involved to develop further.
• Excellent IT skills, especially Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build relationships with stakeholders.
• Excellent attention to detail, with a methodical approach to administrate and record keep.