Human Resources Officer – Permanent Position

About the role

The Kgatelopele Municipality seeks a qualified Human Resources Officer to join its Corporate Services department. This permanent role involves managing HR processes, supporting labour relations and ensuring compliance with statutory requirements within a dynamic municipal environment.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare employment notifications, contracts, regret letters and termination documents.
• Compile and submit personnel reports on medical boarding, study loans, bursaries and other HR matters.
• Process grievance, dispute resolution and disciplinary cases, maintaining accurate registers.
• Verify vacancy requisitions, draft job advertisements and manage the short‑listing of candidates.
• Coordinate interview scheduling, communicate with applicants and ensure statutory onboarding procedures (UIF, tax, banking, medical checks).
• Handle training and study‑loan applications, liaise with accredited training providers and monitor budget allocations.
• Extract HR data from information systems to produce statistical summaries on employment categories, gender, race, disabilities and skills profiles.
• Prepare minutes, agendas and reports for committee and council meetings, ensuring accurate documentation.
• Develop and deliver training programmes, coordinate skill‑capacity initiatives and compile the Workplace Skill Plan and Annual Training Report.

Required profile

• National Senior Certificate.
• NQF Level 6/7 (National Diploma or Degree) in Human Resource Management or a related field, recognised by SAQA.
• 2–5 years of relevant experience in Human Resource Management and/or Labour Relations.

What we offer

• Basic salary per annum R304,816.03 (Task Level 10) plus benefits.
• Permanent employment contract within a supportive municipal environment.