Job Description

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How you'll role
As the Human Resources Manager, you'll ensure that HR practices across the organisation are fair, transparent, legally compliant, and aligned with the mission, values, and culture. Reporting directly to the CEO and operating independently of the Senior Management Team (SMT), you'll provide objective guidance on people management and organisational culture. The role helps to ensure procedural fairness, ethical leadership, and compliance with labour legislation while fostering a positive and supportive working environment.
What you'll do
Strategic and Advisory Support

• Serve as a neutral HR advisor to the CEO, providing independent counsel on human resource and organisational matters

• Support the CEO in ensuring that HR systems, structures, and practices are fair, transparent, and legally compliant

• Provide objective insight on HR issues and organisational culture without bias toward management or staff

• Prepare periodic HR reports for the CEO and the Board HR Committee to support oversight and good governance

Employee Relations and Conflict Resolution

• Act as an impartial and confidential resource for employees and managers in resolving workplace issues

• Facilitate constructive communication, mediation, and conflict resolution between staff and management

• Ensure disciplinary, grievance, and performance management processes are conducted fairly, consistently, and in accordance with IRSA policy and South African law

• Monitor staff wellbeing and organisational climate, escalating systemic issues where necessary

HR Policy and Compliance

• Develop, maintain, and update IRSAs HR policies and procedures in line with relevant South African labour legislation and good HR practice

• Ensure compliance with the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, Labour Relations Act, Employment Equity Act, Skills Development Act, and other relevant laws

• Oversee Employment Equity (EE) and Skills Development planning, implementation, and reporting

• Safeguard confidentiality and ensure proper data protection in all HR recordkeeping and systems

Recruitment, Induction and Workforce Planning

• Coordinate transparent and merit-based recruitment and selection processes

• Facilitate effective onboarding and induction programmes to promote alignment with IRSAs mission and values

• Support workforce planning and job evaluation to ensure clarity of roles, fair grading, and alignment with organisational needs

Learning, Development and Performance

• Support organisational and staff capacity development initiatives, identifying and coordinating relevant learning opportunities

• Implement and support fair, transparent, and constructive performance management systems

• Promote leadership, professional growth, and succession planning within IRSA

HR Administration and Systems

• Manage employee records, contracts, and HR data with accuracy, integrity, and confidentiality

• Oversee payroll inputs and benefits administration in collaboration with the Finance team

• Prepare and present HR analytics and workforce data for management and Board oversight

What you'll need
Essential

• Bachelors degree in Human Resource Management, Industrial Psychology, or a related field

• Minimum of 57 years progressive HR experience, includ.ing at least 2 years in an advisory or business Manager capacity

• In-depth knowledge of South African labour legislation and HR best practices

• Demonstrated experience in employee relations, HR policy development, and compliance

• Strong mediation, conflict resolution, and communication skills

• Proven ability to maintain neutrality, fairness, and confidentiality in sensitive situations

• High professional and ethical standards, with emotional intelligence and sound judgement

Desirable

• Experience in the non-profit/humanitarian sector

• Familiarity with governance structures involving Board oversight of HR

Skills Required