Human Resources Business Partner

Who we are?

Europa Worldwide Group is an ambitious independent logistics operator with three divisions, Europa Road, Europa Air & Sea, and Europa Warehouse, and has been featured in The Sunday Times Top Track 250 for three years.

The group employs over 1,300 people with 15 sales and customer services sites across the UK and Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland, plus Europas own teams in Belgium, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, China, India, the UAE and South Africa.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic HR Business Partner to join our team! This is a very exciting opportunity for someone who is highly knowledgeable in South African Employment Law and is looking for their next challenge in a growing company. The successful candidate will be responsible for all general HR tasks and projects at our office in Cape Town.

The working hours for this role is 11am-7:30pm and 10am-6:30pm SAST depending on the time of year. Please only apply for this vacancy if you can commit to these working hours.

What can we offer in return?

• Competitive package up to 531,723R per year depending on experience
• Generous Time Off: Benefit from 25 days of annual leave.
• Enhanced Family Leave: Benefit from enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay.
• Wellbeing Focus: Access our employee wellbeing programme for your overall health and happiness.
• Referral Rewards & Car Parking facilities
• Work-Life Balance: Thrive in a fantastic working culture that promotes an excellent work-life balance.
• Recognition Programs: Celebrate your contributions with our charity 50-50 and long service awards

What you will be doing:

• Support in the delivery of onboarding in close collaboration with the Recruitment team and managers and assist/lead on probation reviews as part of employee ongoing development.
• Provide up to date and knowledgeable advice to managers on the principles of employment law. Ensuring HR policies, processes and procedures are implemented to the required standard across the business.
• Support Managers in the delivery of the Appraisal and Review processes, including attendance at annual reviews ensuring progress is tracked and performance is managed.
• Partner with managers to efficiently handle employee relation issues in a pragmatic and efficient manner while maintaining employee engagement and compliance with current legislation.
• Consistently deliver an accurate and timely response to issues including employment tribunal claims, redundancy, organisational restructures, terminations, TUPE, grievances, misconduct, code of conduct issues and disciplinary action.
• Conduct exit interviews immediately upon notification of resignation and communicate relevant recommendations to management.
• Coach, challenge and develop managers to equip them with the appropriate tools and knowledge to effectively manage their people across all employee management areas as needs are identified.

Our Ideal Person:

• Has In-depth knowledge of South African labor laws and employment practices (e.g., BCEA, LRA, EE Act).
• Well-rounded HR experience and project management skills
• Microsoft Office skills, including word, excel, PowerPoint
• Up to date Employment Law for the UK and South Africa
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Strong relationship building skills and the ability to work on your own initiative.

Europa Worldwide Group do not accept agency CV submissions unless specifically requested/ engaged with the role by the Internal Recruitment Team. Please do not submit speculative CVS to our Recruiters, Employees, Hiring Managers, or any branches/locations directly. Europa will not be responsible for any fees related to CVs received in this unsolicited manner.

Please note - if you submit your CV, you are giving Europa Worldwide Group Ltd, and its subsidiaries consent to hold your personal data. All applications will be dealt with according to General Data Protection Regulations. Europa Worldwide Group are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: Up to R531 723,00 per year

Application Question(s):

• Are you knowledgeable on South Africa labor law?

Experience:

• Human Resources: 4 years (Required)

Location:

• Cape Town, Western Cape (Preferred)

Information :

• Company : Europa Worldwide Group
• Position : Human Resources Business Partner
• Location : Cape Town, Western Cape
• Country : ZA