Job Opportunities at HR Studio (Pty) Ltd

We’re looking for…

• A highly motivated and experienced architect to join our team as the 2IC (second in command) to the Development Director with the long-term view of growing into Head of Development Management. The successful candidate will work directly with the Development Director to plan and execute residential estate developments.

Who are you?

• You have knowledge of building codes and regulations, and experience with construction management
• You have a strong attention to detail and ability to prioritize tasks effectively

What’s the role?

You Will Be Responsible For

• Assist the Head of Developments in planning and managing all development projects
• Work collaboratively with project teams, contractors, and other stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget
• Develop basic architectural plans, drawings, and specifications (full-scale building plans to be drafted by an external architectural firm)
• Analyze and recommend solutions to design and construction challenges
• Review and approve construction plans, designs, and specifications
• Manage project budgets and ensure compliance with applicable codes and regulations
• Conduct site visits and inspections to ensure quality control and compliance with project plans and specifications
• Provide technical support and guidance to other team members
• Attend project meetings and provide updates on project progress and status
• Keep up-to-date with current trends, best practices, and technologies related to architecture and construction

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We’re looking for…

• A digital content creator who loves what they do, is always looking for better solutions and isn’t afraid to take a few risks to make something absolutely great.

Who are you?

• You understand the concept of “User Intent” and how to satisfy it in the digital space
• You have the ability to learn new markets quickly
• You are comfortable dealing with fast-paced environments
• You are an affinity for Igaming

What’s the role?

You will be responsible for:

• Collaborate with various teams to produce new content for existing and/or new web properties
• Develop and deliver different content elements (video, imagery, text) to improve site ranking and authority
• Create and manage content sprints with measurable results with agile methodology
• Review and edit content copy created by others, ensuring consistency in quality and tone of voice
• Update, optimize, improve existing evergreen content
• Produce marketing copy for multiple web properties
• Collaborate and follow best practices to craft the best possible SEO pages for websites
• Perform competitive analysis to identify gaps in content, and plan content to fill those gaps
• Create multimedia content using Adobe Suite and/or other software

Boxes to tick…

• Matric
• Tertiary Qualification - Bachelor’s degree or proven experience directly in the field
• Previous experience in an SEO-related role, understanding principles of creating content for maximizing SEO
• Previous experience working in online marketing
• Previous experience writing video scripts
• Proven experience with professional writing; proper grammar and spelling
• Comfortable using Adobe Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Express, XD, Rush
• Experience with tools such as Google Analytics, Search Console, SEMrush & WordPress CMS

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We’re looking for…

• A Franchise Lead who will be responsible and accountable for the overall success of the creation and management of web properties and initiatives in order to diversify client portfolios.

Who are you?

• You have the ability to lead and inspire a high-performing team
• You have strong analytic skills with the ability to analyze and interpret data and develop actionable insights
• You are a strategic thinker, able to anticipate, think critically, evaluate, and act
• You have excellent communication skills with the ability to navigate effectively across different organizations and cultures
• You have experience in a startup work environment is considered an asset

What’s the role?

You will be responsible for:

• Manage, and be responsible for the commercial success of multiple website properties
• Work closely with the Head of Franchise Management to establish an annual business plan and roadmap to be reviewed and approved by Senior Management on a monthly/quarterly basis
• Act as a Digital Product and Marketing expert providing guidance on strategic direction
• Keep abreast of all search engine optimisation (SEO) trends as they occur
• Establish and monitor in real-time an approved list of revenue-generating keywords for each client website and their competitors
• Establish off-site authority building and ensures backlink health
• Define, develop and prioritise a product roadmap, in alignment with OKR’s
• Own and manage P&L and provide regular reports on progress to the executive team
• Develop and manage an annual budget
• Implement structure and manage an agile and flexible team that delivers optimal performance for each digital property
• Oversee the development of content strategy with the content team
• Set the priorities for the Franchise team
• Ensure all central services processes and systems are adhered to
• Lead other initiatives or programs as assigned

Boxes to tick…

• Matric
• Tertiary Qualification - Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing or related fields
• 8+ years Digital Marketing experience
• E-commerce Experience with a proven track record of growing revenue
• Good understanding of Technical Search Engine Optimization (SEO) fundamentals
• Strong understanding of CRO and UX principles

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We’re looking for…

• An innovative, creative and passionate designer to join our clients team.

Who are you?

• You have an eye for quality and detail
• You’re a self-starter, a multitasker and being armed with original approaches and innovative ideas makes you a designer like no other
• You’re able to craft intuitive interfaces for mobile and web - Not just your average designer, the work you produce turns heads!
• You are passionate about building intuitive interfaces and designing experiences that improve ease of use
• You really love the work you do and are really proud of the work you produce
• You have the ability to come up with great solutions to problems
• You conceptualise ideas and design solutions that beautifully match the company's culture and values

What’s the role?

You will be responsible for:

• Roll out designs for the company as well as their clients.
• Produce work of exceptional standards & that you are super proud of!
• Keep up-to-date with the latest technology and trends offering the best possible skill to their brand.

Boxes to tick…

• Matric
• Relevant tertiary qualification
• At least 3 years working experience
• Solid knowledge of Photoshop, XD animation and videos
• Excellent understanding of UX and are able to design across platforms
• Working knowledge of HTML and how to push its limits

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We’re looking for…

• A qualified and experienced individual to join our clients’ team as a Field Service Engineer to provide IT support assisting with hardware and software.

Who are you?

• A versatile and service-oriented mind-set
• Great communication skills
• Strong multitasking abilities
• Analytical and critical thinking skills
• Ability to work under pressure and complete tasks in a timely manner

What’s the role?

You will be responsible for:

Effectively Managing Tickets:

• Reviewing tickets and requirements on TopLeft Service Desk
• Ensuring TopLeft is updated with ticket progress
• Ensuring tickets are completed timeously
• Ensuring a summary of work done is always given on the ticket
• Ensuring after each ticket is complete that the feedback form has been sent to the client
• Logging and Tracking the details of customer requests
• Ensuring all platforms are authenticated everyday to use effectively
• Identify the types, categories, severity, and urgency of the ticket.
• Assisting clients on site with any queries that come through
• Effectively troubleshooting software/hardware issues that arise
• Installing, configuring, testing, maintaining, monitoring, and troubleshooting end user and network hardware, peripheral devices, printing/scanning devices, presentation equipment, and other products
• Communicate with clients to determine needs and explain complex issues
• Liaising with third party vendors when required
• Researching any issues that cannot be resolved to find a solution
• Continuously communicating with the client on any delays and continuously providing feedback
• Building sustainable relationships and trust with clients through open and interactive communication
• Keeping up to date with latest technology and possible technology that can be used
• Proposing new features based of new technology

Boxes to tick…

• Matric
• Tertiary Qualification - IT related qualification
• At least 2 years of experience in a field-related role
• Excellent problem-solving skills backed by solid technical knowledge

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We’re looking for…

• A passionate, skilled and experienced Front End Web Developer to join our clients talented team of young (yet experienced) techies.

Who are you?

• You have an eye for quality and detail
• You’re a self-starter, a multitasker
• You really love the work you do and are really proud of the work you produce
• You have the ability to come up with great solutions to problems
• You have the ability to seamlessly across different types of devices and browsers and producing high-quality code

What’s the role?

You will be responsible for:

• Creating beautifully styled websites through your serious eye for detail, you add animation to elements and make user interfaces that are intuitive and fun for users to engage with.
• Due to optimal quality assurance and thorough testing, your end product is always of exceptional standards.
• Working closely with our UI designers you will develop top-class interfaces, which are responsive and pixel-perfect of course.

Boxes to tick…

• Matric
• Relevant tertiary qualification
• At least 3 years of front-end experience
• HTML, CSS3, SASS knowledge and experience
• Javascript MVC framework experience with at least one of the following frameworks: Angular, React VueJS
• PHP and WordPress experience – advantageous

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We’re looking for…

• A passionate, skilled and experienced PHP Developer to join our clients talented team of young (yet experienced) techies.

Who are you?

• You have excellent PHP and object-oriented coding knowledge and experience
• You have experience with one or more MVC PHP frameworks (Laravel, Code Igniter, etc.)
• You have been exposed to and integrated your projects with loads of third party API providers
• You have a solid understanding of MySQL, relational database design and writing complex SQL queries

What’s the role?

You will be responsible for:

• Create custom, complex and automated database-driven web apps, websites and platforms.
• Through optimal quality assurance and thorough testing, your end-product is always of exceptional standards.

Boxes to tick…

• Matric
• Relevant Tertiary qualification
• At least 3 years of PHP and object-orientated coding knowledge and experience
• Experience with HTML5, CSS3, SASS, Javascript and jQuery – advantageous

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We’re looking for…

• An individual who has a technical mind and has a passion for delivering solutions in the ever-changing world of technology. The Senior DevOps Engineer will help to guide and mentor team members in their day-to-day tasks.

Who are you?

• You have expert analytical and data-driven decision-making skills
• You are a creative thinking and motivated self-starter with an ability to quickly grasp complex concepts and technologies
• You are comfortable leading projects from start to finish with minimal supervision
• You have a strong ability to work within aggressive and dynamic timelines
• You are an excellent team player and positive contributor to the culture of the business
• You have demonstrated an in-depth understanding of the cloud native space
• You are familiar with the gitops paradigm
• You have a strong understanding of cm and the ci/cd methodology
• You are familiar with writing complex bash scripts
• You have killed experience working in a linux environment
• You experience writing terraform modules for openstack infrastructure
• You have excellent communication skills, accustomed to share knowledge internally or to other areas
• You have experience mentoring and guiding other people or team members
• You are familiar with SRE paradigm, blameless and RCA

What’s the role?

You will be responsible for:

• Guide the DevOps Team through the definition and execution of distributed solutions on top of Kubernetes to achieve our goal of 99.9% availability for our clients
• Design and work on the implementation of our custom, cloud native, PaaS solution with the goal of providing the best user experience to the Development and QA teams
• Use GitOps best practices to achieve continuous deployment on a global scale
• Contribute to the architecture of our automated build and deployment systems
• Maintain detailed, up-to-date documentation of internal system assets
• Stay abreast of changes to current technology and how it could improve processes at the Company
• Co-ordinate with cross-functional experts throughout the company to validate and develop new insights
• Work closely with external providers to troubleshoot system issues
• Participate in On-call rotation for publishing platform

Boxes to tick…

• Matric
• Tertiary Qualification - University degree or diploma in related field
• 5+ years previous DevOps experience
• Designed and implemented complex CI/CD solutions on Kubernetes in production
• Experience with AWS, including CF, ELB, S3, EC2 and more
• 3 years of experience working with containers in production and Git
• 2 years of experience working with Kubernetes in production
• 2 years of experience writing CM/CI/CD tools in Python or Go
• 2 years of experience administrating Observability stacks: Prometheus, Grafana stack, Elastic, Loki, New relic, OpenTelemetry
• 1 year of experience working with Helm and Rancher in production

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We’re looking for…

• A Software Developer, wo will use their development skills to build eye-catching, usable and high-performing websites.

Who are you?

• You are passionate about building user-friendly and performant websites, adhering to high-quality coding standards and being part of a culture that promotes learning and sharing while respecting work-life balance
• You enjoy autonomy, and you will be working from our South African office with colleagues all over the globe.
• You have knowledge of how to interact with APIs

What’s the role?

You will be responsible for:

• Work closely with team members to build new websites and website features, primarily in WordPress.
• Participate in code reviews and knowledge sharing such as pair programming.
• Attend regular sprint activities such as standups, grooming and retrospectives.
• Work closely with our product, graphic design, SEO and business teams to incubate ideas and then execute to make those ideas a reality.
• Code website front-end user interfaces in a combination of HTML, CSS and JS; as well as website content management back-ends and user-facing application logic.
• Work with our Quality Assurance team to help automate website and application testing and repetitive development tasks.
• Collaborate with other development team members and other departments to drive innovation and help define internal standards; participate too in self-directed learning, tech groups and workshops to learn new technologies and expand knowledge.

Boxes to tick…

• Matric
• Tertiary Qualifications - University degree or diploma in related field
• 5+ years Professional Software or Website Development experience
• Experience building websites in WordPress using custom theme and custom plugin development
• Experience using WordPress methodologies including, but not limited to: custom post types, custom taxonomies, WP Query, shortcodes, Advanced Custom Fields, etc.
• Experience with configuring WordPress to support multiple languages/locales
• Experience coding in PHP (object-oriented programming, dependency management, templating engines)
• Experience in front-end web technologies like HTML, CSS, Java Script
• Proficiency with Unix-based systems and using CLIs
• Experience with database language and structure, such as MySQL
• Proficiency with code versioning tools, such as git

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We’re looking for…

• A strong and organised account manager with a great personality to help our client manage some of their top clients.

Who are you?

• You are honest and trustworthy
• You have an outgoing personality and are be able to conduct client meetings well
• You must be organised
• You must be CREATIVE
• You have excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• You are deadline and results driven
• Have great attention to detail
• You can make intellectual decisions

What’s the role?

You will be responsible for:

• Conduct weekly status meetings (telephonically or in person), document minutes of the meetings and conversations and action them as part of the status report
• Update weekly Status reports and PR hits per client each Friday, for approval of SRT/SR
• Update ROI reports across all your designated accounts
• Once updated to be sent for final approval to MD/GAC
• Compile power point presentations on going for clients to review pitch suggestions, quarterly and annual strategies
• Assist in ideating executing the strategic plan set out per client with action reports weekly ideation of big ideas with MD and AD writing briefs on all MC, appearances, social activations etc. as per templates
• Identifying, liaising and writing up of social media/ influencer programs and digital solutions across your client portfolio’s as per templates provided
• Ensure that all process are followed regarding contracts, scopes and monitoring all activity scoped out for the influencers.
• Brainstorming newsworthy angels for reach of the respective clients (ideations workshops external and internal) with the ultimate goal of developing compelling fresh content which will be suitable for publishing across multimedia platforms for all the clients
• Briefing of required press releases per client (lead time 3 days)
• Writing of press releases, APPROVAL of KAD/MD ( this can be outsourced if writing isn’t their forte)
• Assisting with compiling media frameworks per client per quarter review
• Compiling interview briefs for all clients for every interview generated – as per the template
• Pitching and persuading media to publish your client’s news; customised angels per outlet; across traditional / digital / blogs / influencers (50% of daily tasks)
• Assist in developing influencer strategies and managing the execution and on-going reporting
• Ensure each client received a min ROI of 10:1 each month with pre-determined peaks periods
• Developing media lists, media pitches monthly quarterly and if necessary
• Annual and Quarterly Competitive SWAT analysis and recommendations
• Co-ordinate all media interviews for clients, attend interviews with client where and if necessary and briefed by manager
• Prepare detailed briefing document for client prior to every interview per client min 48hrs prior
• Assist with and attend all required customer events, press launches, sponsored events with the sole purpose of media amplification, media and advocacy hosting
• Writing, cu-curating, designing and assistant producer of social media posts across brands represented by the company
• Assistance with Conceptualisation, compiling of presentation and strategy documents of all PR related channels of advocacy ideas and their amplification
• All documentation will have to be vetted and approved prior to engagement with any 3rd party stakeholders
• Source and deal with all client eventing needs; budget management, creative solutions, timeous deliveries, post event
• General admin requirements in the office for MD will be required from time to time as well as other directors

Boxes to tick…

• Matric
• Relevant tertiary qualification
• 2+ years working in similar role
• Proficient in Microsoft office

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We’re looking for…

• A Finance Manager, with strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, who can confidently and independently manage a finance team.

Who are you?

• You have excellent written, verbal, interpersonal and organizational skills
• You have strong leadership skills and ability to manage a diverse team
• You have strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Willing to work additional hours as the demands of the job might indicate

What’s the role?

You will be responsible for:

Ongoing:

• Management of financial accountants to ensure the delivery of accurate, reliable, and high-quality deliverables within required deadlines.
• Coaching and upskilling of financial accountants.
• Ensuring cohesion between the financial accounting team and the creditors team in collaboration with the Creditors Supervisor, to meet the obligations of the overall finance department.

Treasury management, including, but not limited to:

• Sweeping of surplus cash balances.
• Bank account administration.
• Managing of FICA requests in collaboration with Office Manager.
• DOKKA accounts payable system administration.
• Drafting, distribution and implementation of processes and relevant policy documents.
• Drafting and maintenance of Finance Team manual.

Monthly:

• Review and posting of journals prepared by the financial accountants.
• Review and approval of fixed assets capitalised, and all inputs loaded into the MDA fixed asset module.
• Review of items capitalised to Property improvements to ensure they are in line with the capitalisation policy.
• Review VAT and ensure sufficient funds are available in the bank to make payments.
• Review income statement commentary prepared by financial accountants.
• Review Balance sheets and prepare key balance sheet account reconciliations in collaboration with Creditors Supervisor where relevant.
• Review intercompany transactions to ensure completeness of elimination journals.
• Preparation of consolidated income statement and balance sheet.
• Preparation of external covenant reporting for review by Head of Finance.
• Preparation of income statement forecast to feed into monthly cashflow forecast prepared by Head of Finance.
• Sweep funds for PAYE payment (fifth of every month) and distribute allocation to Creditors team.
• Address queries raised by stakeholders on the financial accounts.
• Review of creditors reconciliations in line with policy.

Quarterly

• Preparation of Board reporting for review by Head Of Finance
• Preparation of third-party shareholder reporting for review by Head Of Finance

Half yearly:

• Preparation of 1st provisional tax computations - due for submission August.
• Preparation of 2nd provisional tax computations - due for submission February.

Annually:

• Completion of CIPC returns & related tracking schedule.
• Budget timeline coordination and budget preparation in collaboration with property managers.
• Completion of statistics questionnaires.
• Management of interim and year end audit.
• Completion of final tax computations - due for audit & final post audit adjustments due for submission in September.
• Assistance with AFS review.

Adhoc:

• May include, but is not limited to:
• Assistance with adhoc projects related to finance department.
• Reporting requested by various stakeholders.
• Addressing financial queries raised by various stakeholders.

Boxes to tick…

• Matric
• Tertiary Qualification - Accounting post-graduate degree
• CA(SA), SAIPA, ACCA, CIMA
• At least 3 years’ experience as a Finance Manager (full finance function)
• MDA experience
• Property Industry experience
• Consolidation and intercompany transactions experience
• Strong technical accounting (IFRS) and excel skills

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We’re looking for…

• A talented individual to join our team as a Google Ads Account Executive.

Who are you?

• You are proficient with Google Analytics, Google My Business and Google Ads Editor
• You have a strong analytical mind
• You have excellent problem solving skills
• You are able to multitask, handle pressure & meet daily deliverables
• You have excellent communication skills
• You are a team player

What’s the role?

You will be responsible for:

• Take ownership of the relationships you develop & manage with your customers
• Be comfortable meeting with your customers and resolving their queries every 2 weeks where necessary
• Be able to build, manage, & optimise Google Ads accounts ensuring that the cost per lead is in line with agreed-upon expectations
• Exhibit the commercial savviness needed to manage customer budgets in line with cost per lead targets

Boxes to tick…

• Minimum 1 - 3 years of Google Ads account management experience.
• Google Ads certified.
• Relevant degree.
• Proficiency with Google Analytics, Google My Business and Google Ads Editor.

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We’re looking for…

• An experienced Group & Special Interest Travel Planner to join our client’s team. It’s an exciting opportunity for a detailed professional to oversee all group reservations, including, but not limited to: travel arrangements, experiences and programmes, as well as travelling to Kenya to be on-property to run the smooth operations of these complex itineraries for their guests.

Who are you?

• Driven, curious, guest-focused and love creating unforgettable journeys for groups of travellers
• Have a fastidious attention to detail and delight in the alignment of even the smallest of components
• Fanatical about service and delighting guests 24/7
• Have a good working knowledge of the complexities of travel within East Africa
• Articulate both in the written and spoken word
• Motivated, proactive and doesn’t need to be micro-managed
• Naturally empathetic and can easily hold others’ concerns
• Work well under pressure and can keep your sense of humour in a crisis
• Can naturally assimilate the clients brand and its core values of Respect, Honesty, Courage, Joy & Ubuntu, including their approach to transparency and, most importantly, teamwork

What’s the role?

You will be responsible for:

• Responding timeously and courteously to enquiries from all over the world
• Interpreting often-vague requests and translating them into travel plans
• Curating every element of an itinerary according to guests’ personal preferences and tastes (and budgets!)
• Hosting group bookings at the clients properties in East Africa
• Managing group terms and conditions
• Gently steering guests and trade partners through the often stressful booking process
• Converting enquiries into confirmed itineraries
• Enquiring, holding, and booking partner travel arrangements within East Africa, including air, ground transport, accommodation and other services
• Ensuring booking details are accurately reflected in the system, including quoting, invoicing, guest information and other pertinent details
• Providing real-time, internal feedback while guests are in-country
• Liaising with the finance team to ensure collections are timely, yet communicated kindly
• Ensuring system database integrity when quoting
• Other duties as directed from time to time by the Travel Manager

Boxes to tick…

• Matric
• Tertiary Qualification
• Demonstrable knowledge of high-end East African accommodation providers & travel logistics, including well-established relationships with stakeholders
• At least 10 years of experience in the tourism or hospitality industry, including relevant experience such as a group travel planner or an on-property events planner
• Experience working with ResRequest or similar reservations or tour operating systems