Fresh Roles at Rhodes University

Main Objectives
As the line manager of the relevant unit, the Senior HR Practitioner and the unit team are required to offer a professional and valued HR service to the relevant Faculties and/or Divisions. Within the Recruitment and Staffing Section, the individual is also expected to contribute to developing best practices, policies, and processes that enable and drive increased long-term efficiency and effectiveness of staff within the relevant Faculties/Divisions. 

The HR Officer and the Senior HR Practitioner will operate in a unit. These units are in the Recruitment and Staffing Section. The Recruitment and Staffing section is within the P&C Division.

The Requirements
A relevant B. Degree (preferably in Industrial/Organisational Psychology or Human Resources) plus approximately 6 years’ relevant experience where such experience includes: -

• A minimum of 4 years’ previous experience as an HR Practitioner, where recruitment and HR Admin are key responsibilities;
• Experience where HR work has been executed with the use of an HR information technology system;
• Experience in most, if not all, areas of HR (for example, Recruitment and Selection, HR Administration, Industrial Relations, Training and Development, Remuneration, Performance Management, HR IT systems, and Well-being);
• At least one year’s management experience;
• Assisting with the development of structures, systems, and processes to ensure service delivery of a high quality that is valued by others;
• At least 24 months of experience in a pressurised, complex, and high-volume people management environment, dealing with a large staff complement (minimum of 500 employees);
• Previous experience within the Higher Education sector will be an advantage.

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Main Objectives

The main objective of this job is to manage service delivery and administration of the Support Section within the Information and Technology Services Division.  This is to ensure the delivery of a high standard of service to the University’s IT end users, offering the most efficient solutions in the least amount of time.

The Requirements

Grade 12 plus 7 years’ plus seven (7) years relevant experience where such experience includes: -

• Previous experience working in a service-related environment where the critical focus has been planning and organizing service delivery within an IT environment.
• Previous administrative experience.
• At least one (1) year of supervisor experience OR the RU Supervision Certificate and experience mentoring of Tech I and Tech II staff.