Payroll and HR Officer

A Payroll and HR Officer is needed in Witbank. The role focuses on consistent delivery, accurate work and clear communication across the Mpumalanga operation.

Overview

This Payroll and HR Officer role sits within the hr jobs function in Witbank. 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.

Stakeholders for this position include line managers, peers across the hr jobs team and trusted external partners. Building those relationships early makes the next twelve months in Witbank much easier.

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.

The Witbank 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.

Practically speaking, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Mpumalanga operations throw up the unexpected.

Your Workplace

In addition, the environment blends desk-based administrative work with frequent interactions across the business. Confidentiality, fairness and compliance underpin the work.

On top of that, 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.

Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Witbank site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.

Key Outputs

• Support managers with disciplinary, grievance and incapacity processes
• Roll out HR policies and procedures and train managers on application
• Drive engagement, wellness and culture initiatives across sites
• Support organisational design, job evaluation and grading processes
• Coordinate training, learnerships and bursary programmes with SETAs
• Process monthly payroll inputs and resolve employee queries
• Manage relationships with unions and prepare for wage negotiations

Candidate Profile

• Excellent written and verbal communication in English
• Ability to handle sensitive employee information with discretion
• Project management skills for HR initiatives and rollouts
• Hands-on experience with HRIS and payroll systems
• 3-5 years’ generalist HR experience in a structured environment
• Comfortable in a unionised environment where applicable

If most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.