View Vacancy – Regional HR Officer – AO (44/24 PTA)

• Excellent standard of IT skills is required, including Microsoft Office (including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams), SharePoint and the ability to use these systems to communicate and produce reports, charts, graphs etc.
• Strong proficiency in French or Portuguese will be an added advantage.

Learning and development opportunities (and any specific training courses to be completed):

• Induction
• Mandatory e-Learning courses (IT induction, Foundation Level module 1, mental health at work, Becoming disability confident, Resilience and wellbeing and commercial awareness).
• The British High Commission offers a broad range of learning and development opportunities including personal development around leadership, impact and collaboration, as well as more specific training for areas such as people management, financial procedures etc. For specialist training, study grants to contribute to costs can be provided based on merit and relative need. Study leave is also provided. Full training is provided on all bespoke software or British High Commission processes that are unique to the Mission.

Working patterns:

• Flexible working patterns, including hybrid working. This will depend on operational requirements and workplace policy.

Any other information (or specific local Post requirements):

• Opportunity to work regionally and broaden HR experience by working with different courtiers

The British High Commission pays in full for the Key Care Plus option on Discovery Health for staff including spouses/partners and dependants.

• Once you have successfully completed your probation the British High Commission will contribute 9% of your monthly salary to a Provident Fund.
• Annual leave entitlement of 25 days
• Working hours per week of 40 hours

• Please complete the application form in full as the information provided is used during screening.
• Please check your application carefully before you submit, as no changes can be made once submitted.
• The British High Commission will never request any payment or fees to apply for a position.
• Employees recruited locally by the British High Commission in Pretoria are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local employment law in South Africa.
• It is essential that the applicants already have the right to live and work in South Africa without the need to apply for a work permit.
• Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary may have their salaries reduced by the equivalent local income tax amount. 
• Information about the Civil Service Success Profiles can be found on this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles. Please note:  AA=A1, AO=A2, EO=B3, HEO=C4, SEO=C5
• Reference checking and security clearances will be conducted on successful candidates.
• Please log into your profile on the application system on a regular basis to review the status of your application.
• Appointable candidates who were unsuccessful may be placed on a ‘reserve list’.  If during the reserve period of 6 months the same or a largely similar role becomes available, that role may be offered to the second or subsequent candidate”.