Work-Force
Bring your skills as a Recruitment Consultant to Senekal and join a team that moves fast. This Free State role is one to watch.
What This Role Involves
The Recruitment Consultant vacancy forms part of how the Senekal branch keeps performing. It pairs day-to-day delivery with longer-running priorities that keep the hr jobs side of the business moving forward.
Day-to-day, the role balances focused delivery with the kind of collaboration that keeps things moving. The successful candidate is trusted to make sensible decisions inside the agreed scope, with line-management support whenever a sounding board is useful.
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 Senekal.
In addition, the role has been written to be sustainable, not just busy. Strong output is expected, and managers in Senekal also pay attention to recovery, learning and the kind of breathing room that keeps people doing good work over time.
Why Join Us
You will join a team that values respectful collaboration, honest feedback and shared wins. The Senekal colleagues take pride in supporting one another and in doing the hr jobs side of the business properly, day in and day out.
Beyond that, 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 Senekal 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 Senekal teams.
Your Workplace
Equally, the environment blends desk-based administrative work with frequent interactions across the business. Confidentiality, fairness and compliance underpin the work.
Equally, 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.
Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Senekal site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.
Day in the Life
Your day is people-shaped from the moment you log in. You move between recruitment screens, manager calls, payroll queries and the occasional sensitive conversation that needs your full attention. Mid-morning you might be running an onboarding session for new starters, and by the afternoon you’re back at your desk preparing EE or B-BBEE reports. Through it all, you balance compliance with care, making sure that policies are followed and people are heard.
Beyond that, the Senekal office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.
No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Senekal.
In addition, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Free State operations throw up the unexpected.
Your Team
Importantly, you will join a tight-knit, collaborative team that knows the hr jobs side of the business inside out. The Senekal group is a healthy mix of experienced operators and newer joiners, all of whom share a strong commitment to delivery and to one another.
Collaboration is the default working mode. Whether picking up a quick query or working through a complex project, you will find colleagues willing to lean in and help.
In addition, the team mix in Senekal reflects a balance of experienced operators and emerging talent, with deliberate space for diverse voices and backgrounds.
Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive engagement, wellness and culture initiatives across sites
- Roll out HR policies and procedures and train managers on application
- Coordinate performance management cycles and calibration sessions
- Champion transformation and inclusion across all people processes
- Manage end-to-end recruitment from briefing to onboarding
- Support organisational design, job evaluation and grading processes
- Compile workforce reports for EE, B-BBEE and skills development submissions
Essential Criteria
- Ability to handle sensitive employee information with discretion
- Project management skills for HR initiatives and rollouts
- Coaching mindset with the ability to support line managers
- Excellent written and verbal communication in English
- Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Human Resources or Industrial Psychology
- Experience supporting CCMA, disciplinary and grievance processes
Each application is reviewed carefully, and strong matches against the criteria above will move forward in the process.