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Step into a HR Assistant role in Richards Bay and make your mark across KwaZulu-Natal. The team is hiring now and wants to hear from sharp, committed candidates.
About This Position
The HR Assistant position is part of an ongoing recruitment drive across KwaZulu-Natal. The brief has been shaped carefully, with a focus on delivery in Richards Bay and across the hr jobs space.
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 Richards Bay team.
Internal documentation, process notes and shared playbooks make it easier for the HR Assistant to step into the hr jobs workflow quickly. Institutional knowledge is well-organised, so people are not reinventing the wheel from one week to the next.
About the Team
You will join a tight-knit, collaborative team that knows the hr jobs side of the business inside out. The Richards Bay group is a healthy mix of experienced operators and newer joiners, all of whom share a strong commitment to delivery and to one another.
Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.
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.
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.
Crucially, the Richards Bay 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 Richards Bay.
Core Functions
- Manage benefits, pension or provident fund and medical aid administration
- Compile workforce reports for EE, B-BBEE and skills development submissions
- Support organisational design, job evaluation and grading processes
- Coordinate performance management cycles and calibration sessions
- Run exit interviews and feed insights into retention strategies
- Coordinate training, learnerships and bursary programmes with SETAs
- Maintain accurate employee records on the HRIS
- Advise managers on application of the LRA, BCEA and EEA
Candidate Profile
- Comfortable in a unionised environment where applicable
- Member or affiliate of SABPP or IPM is an advantage
- Sound understanding of EE and B-BBEE compliance reporting
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills appropriate to the role
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Experience supporting CCMA, disciplinary and grievance processes
Candidates who meet most of these criteria are welcome to be considered for the role.