Human Resources | Graduate Intern

Function

Human resources

Facility

Life Nkanyisa | Waverley care centre

Position

Human Resources | Graduate Intern

Introduction

A vacancy exists for a Human Resources Graduate Intern, at Life Nkanyisa Waverley Care Centre for a duration of 1 year. The position reports to Hospital Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for human resource duties at Life Nkanyisa Waverley Care Centre.

Critical Outputs

HR value proposition in the Hospital

• Visibility and sound partnership with management and staff in the facility
• Assist in ensuring HR best practices.
• Assist in ensuring Hospital HR plan is aligned to Group and Regional HR strategy.

Resourcing and Talent Management

• Support and assist the line to ensure compliance with effective recruitment and sound processes.
• Assisting with recruitment administrative duties
• Assist and support effective training, development processes.
• Assist with monthly induction and on-boarding of employees administrative duties
• Assist with full recruitment administrative duties function including setting up of interviews, placing advertisements, regret letters to unsuccessful candidates.

Transformation

• Providing administrative support in effective guidance through influence and the promotion of diversity

Effective Employee Relations

• Provide administrative support in ensuring engagement and communication structures are effectively managed with and through the line e.g. consultative forum,

 

• Providing administrative HR support to management on risk mitigation.
• With line, effectively provide administrative support on day-to-day industrial relations.

Employee Engagement and Enablement

• Provide administrative support to line on effective leadership engagement and enablement in the hospital to enhance the company EVP (including survey actions, reward & recognition, culture)
• Provide administrative support to line on employee productivity in the facility (including performance and absence management)
• Provide administrative support on effective and integrated employee wellness programme

HR Best Practices, Compliance and Risk Mitigation

• Providing administrative support with line managers to ensure best practices, policy and process compliance, successful HR / legal audits, mitigate HR risks.
• Provide administrative support towards employee services by ensuring good administration, accuracy, quality and achievement of deadlines (Kronos and payroll submission deadlines)

HR Projects

• Support line, to effectively drive and implement HR, Functional and Business projects
• Provide MANCO administration support to implement facility initiatives, such as, the retention of key skills
• Provide administrative support and assist with HR related projects on an ad hoc basis as required
• Administrate the uniform ordering and delivery process for the entire hospital.

Training and Development

• Provide administrative support by assisting with planning and organizing relevant training and induction of all newly appointed employees.
• Assist with training administration to make necessary arrangements, such as, sending out invitations, and reminders to the staff.
• Provide administrative support and assist in the compilation of the workplace skills plan and the annual training report.

HR Administration

• Assist in creating and maintaining an appropriate filling system to ensure accurate records of all reports and other documents is maintained.
• Assist in conducting regular audits on employee files to ensure that all paperwork is in the files as per the company audit requirements.
• Attend promptly and politely to human resources related queries from internal and external customers telephonically, in person and in writing as appropriate.
• Provide administrative support in recruitment, new hires, terminations process.
• Administration of all HR records including filling of current employee files and terminations and new appointments.
• Assisting Admin Clerk and FPA with general administration duties as needed
• Assisting line managers with Kronos.
• Providing a prompt, courteous service to all employees

Requirements

• Relevant HR qualification (NQF 7) – Degree, Advanced Diploma or B-Tech
• Matric/Grade 12
• Knowledge of HR practices and an understanding of SA legislative context
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office (excel, word)

Competencies

• Problem-solving and analysis
• Engaging diversity
• Verbal & written communication and presentation
• Influencing
• Excellence orientation
• Building relationships
• Customer responsiveness
• Organisational awareness
• Leading by example
• Motivating and developing people

Email

sue.khumalo@lifehealthcare.co.za

Closing date

Friday, January 30, 2026