Manager: Talent Acquisition and Employee Experience

National Health Laboratory Services
South Africa
Full-time
Posted 3 hours ago
Full-time Human Resources
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Job Description

Key Job Responsibility

  •  Develop, advise and manage the implementation of recruitment and selection policies and procedures which align with labour legislation.  Develop national recruitment strategy aligned with organisational goals  Manage and oversee staff recruitment and selection services of the NHLS to ensure that the objectives of the HR strategy are met.  Manage and develop the Recruitment and Selection personnel.  Manage the Recruitment operational budget to ensure cost-effective recruitment and selection processes.  Monitor tender processes in collaboration with Procurement Office to ensure an effective interface with external advertising and recruitment agencies contracted to NHLS on a continuous basis.  Manage and oversee the national recruitment, selection, placement, terminations as well as national reporting of all academic & non-academic core staff and students.  Develop and maintain national onboarding and offboarding frameworks, standards, policies, procedures, ensuring alignment with the NHLS employee value proposition, HR strategy, organisational requirements and applicable legislation.  Provide governance, guidance and advisory support to Regions on the implementation of the national onboarding and offboarding frameworks, ensuring consistent application, service standards and employee experience across the NHLS.  Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of regional onboarding and offboarding implementation through defined service standards, reporting mechanisms and recommend continuous improvement interventions.  Develop and monitor Employee Experience KPIs across key stages of the employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, retention and offboarding, and provide national reporting and insights to inform HR interventions and organisational decision-making.  Coordinate and Manage the HR Audit processes.  Manage archiving of files. Forecast workforce requirements in collaboration with the HR team.  Build and maintain scarce and critical skills database.  Develop initiatives to position the organization as the employer of choice.

Minimum requirements & key competency

  • Human Resources Degree / 3 year National Diploma (NQF 6)  Post Graduate degree in HR related field (Desirable)  Registration with SABPP (Desirable)  7 years Generalist HR experience, of which 3 to 4 years must be within recruitment at selection, including 5 years at supervisory/management level  Experience in policy formulation and HR Auditing Knowledge of all relevant legislations governing the HR practices  Knowledge of recruitment and selection best practices  Basic knowledge of Oracle system (Desirable) Knowledge and understanding of the NHLS mandate (Desirable)  Knowledge of policy formulation  Knowledge of competency based recruitment methodologies  Knowledge of tender processes for contracting of preferred providers (Desirable)  Knowledge of HR Auditing  Institutional Knowledge  Strategic thinking  Computer literacy  Interpersonal skills  Basic financial skills  Analytical skills  Problem solving skills  Presentation skills  Negotiation skills  Communication and reporting skills  Attention to detail.  Strong leadership and Management skills  Ability to research and develop recruitment policies and procedures  Planning and Organising  Report & policy development skills  Ability to extract and analyse statistics  Excellent customer ethic

E-mail application to Nompilo.Phungula@nhls.ac.za


How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to National Health Laboratory Services on www.nhls.ac.za to apply

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Job details
Job TypeFull-time
LocationSouth Africa
CategoryHuman Resources
Experience7+ years
Posted23 October 2026
Closing Date23 October 2026
National Health Laboratory Services
South Africa

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