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Bring your skills as a Industrial Relations Officer to Sasolburg and join a team that moves fast. This Free State role is one to watch.
About This Position
The Industrial Relations Officer vacancy forms part of how the Sasolburg branch keeps performing. It pairs day-to-day delivery with longer-running priorities that keep the hr jobs side of the business moving forward.
Expect a structured first ninety days, with onboarding milestones, regular check-ins, and an early focus on getting comfortable with the systems and processes that underpin the Sasolburg team.
Reasonable working hours and respectful planning are part of how the role runs. The team values strong delivery, and load is balanced fairly across the hr jobs group in Sasolburg.
Tools, systems and information are there to support the role rather than slow it down. The company continues to invest in the technology that backs its Sasolburg teams, and the new Industrial Relations Officer will feel that from the first week.
The Environment
Importantly, the environment blends desk-based administrative work with frequent interactions across the business. Confidentiality, fairness and compliance underpin the work.
Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Sasolburg site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.
Importantly, the working environment is set up to give the team the focus needed for deeper work, while keeping collaboration and quick problem-solving close at hand.
A respectful, professional environment is the standard in Free State. Bullying, harassment and unfair conduct have no place here, and managers are trained to act decisively when concerns are raised.
Diversity and Inclusion
Crucially, the organisation is committed to transformation and equal opportunity. Hiring is on merit, and applications are actively encouraged from women, youth, people with disabilities and other historically disadvantaged groups in line with the Employment Equity plan and B-BBEE objectives.
Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Sasolburg.
B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.
Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across Free State.
Why This Role
You will join a team that values respectful collaboration, honest feedback and shared wins. The Sasolburg colleagues take pride in supporting one another and in doing the hr jobs side of the business properly, day in and day out.
Notably, the company reinvests in its people: paid training, internal moves and the chance to take on bigger projects are all part of how careers in Sasolburg keep progressing.
Benefits are clear and consistent. Beyond the package on offer, the role includes the supports you would expect from an established South African employer in Free State.
Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Sasolburg teams.
About Sasolburg
Working in Sasolburg means a place in the Welkom gold fields, with a steady flow of activity and a strong local economy. The team has built solid relationships across the Free State region, and the Sasolburg office benefits from those long-standing connections.
Many candidates already living within reach of Sasolburg cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local Free State economy.
If you are relocating, the team can share practical pointers on neighbourhoods, transport and the typical pace of life in Sasolburg, Free State.
Accessibility is taken seriously: where the role allows, the team works toward a balance of in-office presence and flexibility for candidates based in and around Sasolburg.
Career Growth
Career progression here is real, not a slogan. The hr jobs space in Sasolburg offers a clear runway from delivery into team leadership and beyond, and managers sit down with each team member regularly to map out the next step in Free State.
Training is a mix of formal courses, structured on-the-job learning and exposure to broader projects, all geared at building practical skills.
Growth conversations happen at a regular cadence — not just at year-end — so the path forward stays current and realistic for every Sasolburg team member.
Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Sasolburg have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across Free State.
Core Functions
- Champion transformation and inclusion across all people processes
- Coordinate training, learnerships and bursary programmes with SETAs
- Drive engagement, wellness and culture initiatives across sites
- Run exit interviews and feed insights into retention strategies
- Manage benefits, pension or provident fund and medical aid administration
- Process monthly payroll inputs and resolve employee queries
- Advise managers on application of the LRA, BCEA and EEA
- Support organisational design, job evaluation and grading processes
Essential Criteria
- Commitment to fairness, transformation and ethical conduct
- Ability to handle sensitive employee information with discretion
- Excellent written and verbal communication in English
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Sound knowledge of the LRA, BCEA, EEA and Skills Development Act
Candidates who meet most of these criteria are welcome to be considered for the role.