People Officer

We are seeking an enthusiastic and vibrant People Officer to join our People Team based in our Rhodes Head Office. As an early career HR generalist, you are looking to gain further experience working across Recruitment and HR Policy and Practice functions, including; HR systems, end to end recruitment and people-related learning and development. You will benefit from exceptional learning and development opportunities working in a team of high performing and collaborative team members. If you are looking for a position with variety, are detail oriented, and have a sense of humour then this role could be the role for you!

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Respond to employee enquiries and escalate where necessary

• Coordinate recruitment including preparation of job adverts, providing support to hiring teams and conducting reference checks

• Lead onboarding and induction process for new starters and identify ways to continuously improve

• Draft correspondence, various letters, and offers of employment.

• Manage the People Team related Staff Intranet collateral and People Post newsletter

• Participate in cross-functional projects

• Maintain documentation, version control for HR Manuals and other key documents in the database

• Support with and participation in organisational and people-related learning and development

• Responsible for organising and administrating employee life-cycle activities including performance appraisal preparation, probation tracking, and employee onboarding and offboarding related activities

The successful candidate will have:

• Bachelor's degree in business, Human Resources Management or related discipline;

• 1-2 years Human Resources experience;

• Sound working knowledge of HR functions including remuneration, benefits, recruitment, training and development and understanding of labour laws

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to liaise with a wide variety of stakeholders;

• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Outlook and SharePoint

• Ability to work autonomously

• Attention to detail while working in a fast-paced environment