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ASAVELA GIFT XHALA

ALIWAL NORTH

Summary

Driven and meticulous professional with experience at Social Development Department, adept in file management and data entry. Demonstrated leadership qualities through effective team collaboration and customer relationship building at Shoprite, ensuring repeat business. Excelled in recruitment strategies, achieving streamlined hiring processes. Ambitious Human Resources Intern pursuing diploma in Human resource management and trained to coordinate, execute and deliver HR programs related to recruitment, benefits, workers compensation and other HR projects and processes. Demonstrates solid analytical, problem-solving and presentation skills to foster excellent relationships and credibility at all levels of organization. Self-motivated, driven and displays initiative to prioritize tasks and handle numerous assignments simultaneously.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Human Resources Intern,

Social Development Department
09.2023 - Current
  • Filed paperwork, sorted, and delivered mail and maintained office organization.
  • Answered phone and performed clerical duties to assist human resources department.
  • Managed confidential employee files, maintaining accurate records for performance evaluations, salary adjustments, and promotions.
  • Created and updated tracking spreadsheets using MS Excel.
  • Developed strong written and verbal communication skills.

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DUTIES

ADMINISTER RECRUITMENT & SELECTION PROCESS

  • Receiving of applications
  • Assist in compiling the master list.
  • Assist in Secretariat to short listing & Interviews.
  • Assist in making logistic arrangements such as ensuring the availability of the attendance register, oath of secrecy, master list, appointment letters for panel members and invitation to a labour representative.

PROVIDE PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION – LEAVE MANAGEMENT

  • Ensure that the attendance register is updated & signed.
  • Ensure that leaves are signed, approved by signatories & dates correspond with attachments.
  • Attach Persal printouts with leaves.
  • Capture leaves on Persal.
  • Compile monthly leave reconciliation with a copy of the monthly attendance register & Persal printouts.

HOUSING ALLOWANCES

  • Receiving of applications
  • Validate the content of applications and accompany documents
  • Capturing of housing allowances
  • Checking of captured Applications

PENSION

  • Admission to pension fund
  • Withdrawal of pension benefits
  • Danger Allowances
  • Compiling and checking of leave gratuities and pension for the district

IMPLETATION & CAPTURING ON PERSAL AND HRMS

  • Appointments, leaves, stop order, verification of qualifications, quarterly PMDS reviews, housing allowance, performance bonuses & confirmation of probations.
  • Capturing of personnel, leave, remuneration & skills development files.
  • Assist employees in capturing their leaves in HRMS.
  • Assist in compiling leave report for each service office of Walter Sisulu area.
  • Assist employees in scanning their leave attachments on FILE DIRECT so they can appear on HRMS

HUMAN RESOURCE REGISTRY

  • Safe keeping of human resource records & archived documents.
  • Transferring of records to archives.
  • Handling of incoming & outgoing correspondences.
  • Opening & closing of files according to record classification system.
  • Filling all documents according to the approved departmental filling index.
  • Provision of control files movement.
  • Protection of registry against unauthorised access.
  • Reporting of filling system short coming.
  • Faxing documents.
  • Sorting of circulars for distribution within the district

ASSET MANAGEMENT

  • Capture assets on asset register
  • Ensure that users complete asset acceptance form
  • Render logistical support: Place orders for goods and services
  • Ensure that all assets are barcoded and movements are recorded
  • Check and issue furniture, equipment and accessories to component and individuals.

JOB FUNCTIONS:

Salary administration and other General Administration Work

  • Appointment of Employees on Persal and Office Administration Work.
  • Keeping of Data Base.
  • Keeping Monthly Report for the Office work.
  • Dealing with Clients coming in the office for their Queries.
  • Capturing of appointment using prescribed policies taking in to consideration of time frames.
  • Administer all service benefits, long service awards, Housing Allowances and general salary adjustments and remunerated work inside the Public service.
  • Correct capturing of Personal particulars on Persal.
  • Deal with distribution of letters, making copies and faxes.
  • Issuing of circular pertaining to general salary increases of staff.
  • Responsible for transfers, relocations, Probations and promotions.
  • Loading of pay progression on persal system.
  • Filing of Documents.
  • Writing of appointment letters to employees.

SERVICE BENEFITS

  • New application for housing allowance in case of Rent
  • New application for housing allowance (Homeowners - Paid Off)
  • New application for housing allowance (Homeowners - Repaying a Bond)
  • Requesting documents for Documents for State Guarantee if there are uncompleted documents
  • Reapplication in the case of an expired State Guarantee
  • Assisting employees on application for medical aid

Leave Administration and Pilir cases

  • Capturing of all leave applications on persal system using leave policy.
  • Deal with all aspects of Leave more especially those applicants that have to be dealt with in terms of pilir.
  • Screening applications for temporary incapacity leave (long or short term);
  • Refer Pilir cases to the Health risk Manager with prescribed time frames (Soma)
  • Provide advice and guidance to employees on the process, and in the completion of application forms.
  • Keep register of pilir cases and update regularly
  • Provide input towards the monthly pilir report;
  • Arrange for the payment of leave gratuities of employees exiting in the service as a result of resignation and Ill health Retirements
  • Dealing with enquires pertaining to temporary incapacity leave.
  • Drafting of Submissions
  • Capturing of Maternity leave of an educator on the system
  • Capture Special leave of educator
  • Capturing of Unpaid leave when the educator does not have leave credits available

Rendering of exit management service

  • Instating of end date on persal as a result of retirement or resignation to avoid overpayment.
  • Quotations’ for resignations/ all types of retirements
  • Drafting of all pension related correspondence
  • Planning and provision of personnel compulsory retirements
  • Dealing with all cases pertaining to Dismissal

Food Delivery Driver of Motorbike

Debonairs Pizza
03.2021 - 08.2023

Cashier

Shoprite
02.2020 - 03.2021
  • Greeted customers entering store and responded promptly to customer needs.
  • Welcomed customers and helped determine their needs.
  • Worked flexible schedule and extra shifts to meet business needs.
  • Operated cash register for cash, check, and credit card transactions with excellent accuracy levels.
  • Maintained a balanced cash drawer, ensuring accurate accounting at the end of each shift.
  • Built relationships with customers to encourage repeat business.

Education

Human Resources Management Diploma

Ikhala Tvet College
Aliwal North, South Africa
05.2025

Grade 12

Lutshaya Senior Secondary School
Lusikisiki, South Africa
11.2018

Skills

  • Data Entry
  • Recruitment Strategies
  • Leadership Qualities
  • File Management

Languages

Xhosa
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Advanced (C1)
afrikaans
Intermediate (B1)
isizulu
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Timeline

Human Resources Intern,

Social Development Department
09.2023 - Current

Food Delivery Driver of Motorbike

Debonairs Pizza
03.2021 - 08.2023

Cashier

Shoprite
02.2020 - 03.2021

Human Resources Management Diploma

Ikhala Tvet College

Grade 12

Lutshaya Senior Secondary School
ASAVELA GIFT XHALA