HR & IR Officer (Mining Operation)

You'll handle the full HR cycle for an agricultural pack house in Middelburg (MP), from hiring to hearings. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

This post is in Middelburg (MP) (Mpumalanga). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Start date: as soon as possible for the right person.

• Compile the Employment Equity report and the Workplace Skills Plan.
• Coordinate training and submit SETA grant claims on time.
• Handle grievances with notes, dates and a clear written outcome.
• Run onboarding, contracts and probation reviews for new staff.
• Consult with shop stewards and attend union meetings.
• Chair or initiate disciplinary hearings and write up the outcome.
• Run exit interviews and report turnover each quarter.

• CCMA experience, at least at conciliation
• Confident facilitating hard conversations with managers and unions
• Good report writing and Excel
• A degree or diploma in HR management, labour relations or industrial psychology

• SABPP registration
• Skills development facilitator (SDF) training
• Experience on a unionised site or in a bargaining council sector

• Company car or travel allowance for site visits
• CPD and SABPP fees paid
• Medical aid and provident fund contributions

• Name the bargaining councils or unions you have dealt with, as sector knowledge often decides the shortlist.
• Quantify your IR work: how many hearings, CCMA cases and outcomes; that is what HR managers check first.