Senior Officer: HC Business Partner at Road Accident Fund

Purpose of the Job: The Senior Officer: Human Capital Business Partner is responsible for all Human Capital functions aimed at enabling and contributing to the improvement of the RAF employee experience.

Key Performance Areas

• Human Capital Practices and Compliance
• Maintain the consistent application and implementation of the Human Capital strategy, plans, frameworks, standards, policies and procedures.
• Maintain knowledge of industry trends, best practices, and labor legislation.
• Keep abreast of human Capital legislative compliance changes.
• Employee Wellness Services
• Support the Manager: Human Capital business partner in addressing health and wellness issues.
• Implement processes to reinforce positive results and programmes addressing employee health and wellness programmes.
• Market and communicate RAF Wellness Programmes.

Human Capital Administration

• Coordinate a full-cycle recruitment for the fund.
• Ensure that the termination process of exiting employees is complete.
• Ensure transfers and promotions are captured on SAP.
• Facilitate guidance on leave management.
• Facilitate human capital related activities during on boarding and off boarding of employees.
• Conduct necessary investigations into personnel related matters.
• Interprete and provide guidance on conditions of service, pension fund, Medical Aid Rules.

Employee Relations

• Monitor the implementation of the disciplinary and grievance procedures to ensure compliance and consistency.
• Contribute to the resolution of labour related matters and ensure that all grievances are addressed fairly.
• Facilitate information/ advice and guidance to employees and management regarding labour relations issues. E.g. LRA, BCEA, EEA etc.

Learning and Development

• Facilitate all training and development requirements in the processing centres.
• Facilitate skills audit and ensure implementation of the WSP to close identified skills gaps.
• Maintain safekeeping of training records and documentation.
• Monitor training calender for processing centres.
• Process all bursary applications and coordinate the submission of results by bursary holders.

Organisational Effectiveness

• Roll out the application of organisational effectiveness activities inclusive of the organisational structures in the processing centres.
• Provide support to processing centres on coordinate job profiles and job evaluation.
• Facilitate and render support to line managers and employees on the compilation of perfomance contracting and reviews in the processing centres.
• Provide technical support as an administrator on the performance management system.

Reporting

• Contribute to the preparation and submission of regulation reports.
• Aid in the development of functional reporting systems, for management, project or performance reporting.
• Report regularly, periodically and perform necessary submissions as and when required to provide progress updates and/or inform management decisions.
• Stakeholder Management
• Aid in proactive and progressive relationships with key stakeholders.
• Deal with inquiries and requests for information from both internal and external stakeholders.
• Aid in the maintenance of relationships with vendors, service providers or procurement teams and ensure that all relevant procured items are invoiced and paid on time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree/ Advanced Diploma in a Human Resource Management or Industrial Psychology related qualification.

Experience

• Relevant 4 years’ experience in a Human Resource Management related environment of which 1 (one) year must have been on a supervisory level/area of expertise.

Closing Date:11 November, 2025