Work-Force
Listing live now. Role: Payroll and HR Officer. Location: Ermelo, Mpumalanga. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.
About This Position
This Payroll and HR Officer role sits within the hr jobs function in Ermelo. It offers a defined scope, clear measures of success, and the support of an experienced team across Mpumalanga.
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.
The role has been written to be sustainable, not just busy. Strong output is expected, and managers in Ermelo also pay attention to recovery, learning and the kind of breathing room that keeps people doing good work over time.
Growing With Us
On top of that, this role can grow with you. Strong performers in the hr jobs team in Ermelo have moved into senior, supervisory and specialist positions, and that journey is supported through coaching, training and exposure to bigger projects.
Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Ermelo have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across Mpumalanga.
Training is a mix of formal courses, structured on-the-job learning and exposure to broader projects, all geared at building practical skills.
Why This Role
Few roles let you see the impact of your work as quickly as this one. Every shift, project and decision in Ermelo contributes to real outcomes for clients and colleagues across the hr jobs space in Mpumalanga.
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 Ermelo 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 Mpumalanga.
Equal Opportunity
Beyond that, 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 Ermelo.
Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across Mpumalanga.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage benefits, pension or provident fund and medical aid administration
- Coordinate training, learnerships and bursary programmes with SETAs
- Manage end-to-end recruitment from briefing to onboarding
- Support managers with disciplinary, grievance and incapacity processes
- Maintain accurate employee records on the HRIS
- Coordinate performance management cycles and calibration sessions
What You’ll Need
- Hands-on experience with HRIS and payroll systems
- Comfortable in a unionised environment where applicable
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret HR metrics
- Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Human Resources or Industrial Psychology
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
Each application is reviewed carefully, and strong matches against the criteria above will move forward in the process.