Specialist Advertising Umhlanga

Duties & Responsibilities

Our Advertising Services client is seeking a Performance & Reward Specialist to join their team based in Umhlanga, Durban.

Purpose of the Job

The Group Performance & Rewards Specialist will play a crucial role in driving performance in the organization and in ensuring competitive remuneration and reward.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years experience within a reward and benefits specialist function.
• Sound Retirement Funds and Medical Aid Funds experience.
• Payroll experience and knowledge desirable. Data analysis is critical to understanding adherence to policy.
• Strong project management and systems experience. Strong SOP and guideline skills.
• Advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Vast Job Grading and Employment Equity submission experience.
• A solid understanding of local and an awareness of global regulatory reward frameworks, legislation, and best practice standards.
• Management of performance review processes.
• Implementation and management of rewards and recognition programs.
• Experience with reporting to REMCO.

Performance Management

• Management of the performance review process.
• Review best practices in performance management and drive process enhancements and re-design as appropriate.

Remuneration

• Review remuneration proposals for job offers and internal salary reviews.
• Prepare for Quarterly Remco meetings and maintain all documentation for such meetings.
• Identify and escalate remuneration gaps.
• Participate in annual salary surveys and extract insights informing remuneration policy and practices, and compensation decisions.

Incentive Schemes

• Provide input into the design of bonus schemes and other short-term incentives.
• Prepare bonus schedules aligned to performance scores and incentive scheme rules.
• Develop and update pay scales to ensure internal and external equity. Ensure increases and benefits eligibility are aligned to policy.

Employment Equity

• Analyse Employment Equity AA2 data and participate in the relevant meetings for the overall Employment Equity submission.
• Liaise with relevant stakeholders and benefit providers.
• Keep abreast of best practices in this field and continuously review.
• Facilitate Provident Fund Committee meetings.

Job Grading

• Facilitate the Job Grading process and ensure alignment of remuneration and benefits to grades.

Policy & Compliance

• Formulate and maintain all performance and reward policies to ensure current practice is recorded.
• Manage compliance with relevant policies.

Please take note: if you have not been contacted within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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