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Step into a Industrial Relations Officer role in Phuthaditjhaba and make your mark across Free State. The team is hiring now and wants to hear from sharp, committed candidates.
About This Position
An experienced Industrial Relations Officer is needed to support operations in Phuthaditjhaba. The role forms part of how the business keeps its hr jobs portfolio strong in Free State.
The successful applicant is given the room to plan, deliver and review their work without unnecessary noise. The organisation has built its Phuthaditjhaba team on trust, and the Industrial Relations Officer role will feel that from week one.
Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Industrial Relations Officer is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in Free State is consistently high and consistently fair.
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.
Notably, the Phuthaditjhaba 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.
Notably, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Free State operations throw up the unexpected.
Why Join Us
You will join a team that values respectful collaboration, honest feedback and shared wins. The Phuthaditjhaba colleagues take pride in supporting one another and in doing the hr jobs side of the business properly, day in and day out.
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 Phuthaditjhaba teams.
Core Functions
- 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
- Coordinate performance management cycles and calibration sessions
- Support organisational design, job evaluation and grading processes
What You’ll Need
- Member or affiliate of SABPP or IPM is an advantage
- Experience supporting CCMA, disciplinary and grievance processes
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Sound understanding of EE and B-BBEE compliance reporting
- Project management skills for HR initiatives and rollouts
Each application is reviewed carefully, and strong matches against the criteria above will move forward in the process.