Work-Force
Step into a HR Manager role in Virginia and make your mark across Free State. The team is hiring now and wants to hear from sharp, committed candidates.
Overview
The HR Manager position is part of an ongoing recruitment drive across Free State. The brief has been shaped carefully, with a focus on delivery in Virginia and across the hr jobs space.
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.
Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the HR Manager is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in Free State is consistently high and consistently fair.
Based in Virginia
Working in Virginia means a place close to the Bloemfontein judicial hub, with a steady flow of activity and a strong local economy. The team has built solid relationships across the Free State region, and the Virginia office benefits from those long-standing connections.
Many candidates already living within reach of Virginia 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.
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 Virginia.
A Typical Day
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 rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Free State operations throw up the unexpected.
No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Virginia.
Key Outputs
- Maintain accurate employee records on the HRIS
- Support managers with disciplinary, grievance and incapacity processes
- Roll out HR policies and procedures and train managers on application
- Advise managers on application of the LRA, BCEA and EEA
- Support organisational design, job evaluation and grading processes
- Compile workforce reports for EE, B-BBEE and skills development submissions
- Coordinate performance management cycles and calibration sessions
Minimum Requirements
- Ability to handle sensitive employee information with discretion
- Comfortable in a unionised environment where applicable
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- 3-5 years’ generalist HR experience in a structured environment
- Coaching mindset with the ability to support line managers
If most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.