Junior HR Consultant

Personality Traits:

• Solution-driven.
• Positive attitude.
• Integrity and fairness.
• Excessive communication.
• Attention to detail.
• Prioritising.
• Teamwork.
• Extreme ownership.
• Recognition, accountability, and reliability.

HR/IR:

• Address employment relations issues.
• Facilitate retrenchments, including drafting Section 189 notices and conducting meetings.
• Provide daily labour relations and HR assistance to clients.
• Conduct employee counselling sessions for warnings, poor performance, or ill health.
• Chair disciplinary hearings and draft outcomes.
• Draft and administer:
• CCMA documents (7.11 and 7.13 referrals).
• Objections to Con/Arb.
• Rescission and condonation applications.
• Opposing affidavits (e.g., for condonation and rescission).
• Prepare Con/Arb cases and compile bundles.
• Observe and draft pre-arbitration minutes.
• Represent clients at conciliations and arbitrations.
• Manage multiple correspondences with the CCMA regarding case matters.
• Administer the employee abscondment process.
• Handle UIF registrations and submissions.
• Draft and finalise:
• Employment contracts.
• Job descriptions and employee duties/responsibilities documents.
• HR policies, procedures, codes of conduct, and standards.
• Notices, agreements, and other HR-related documentation.
• Prepare or update employment documents and records related to hiring, transfers, promotions, and terminations.
• Oversee the hiring process, including coordinating job posts, reviewing resumes, and performing reference checks.
• Process personnel action forms and ensure proper approvals.
• Provide general HR support and daily assistance to clients.

Admin:

• Prepare, organise, and store information in paper and digital form.
• Handle queries via telephone and email.
• Greet visitors at reception.
• Manage diaries, schedule meetings, and book rooms.
• Take minutes at meetings.
• Type letters and reports.
• Update computer records using a database.
• Print and photocopy documents.
• Maintain office systems.
• Liaise with staff in other departments, such as Finance and HR.
• Process online applications and handle digital documents.
• Draft and distribute HR/IR newsletters.
• Verify sick notes.
• Draft NTAs, suspension letters, warnings (WW, FWW, CFWW), and apply sanction guidelines.

Ad-hoc:

• Manage Employment Equity duties and responsibilities.
• Manage Skills Development duties and responsibilities.
• Maintain client relationships and manage client accounts.
• Oversee client onboarding and develop onboarding plans.