Human Resources Assistant : MiWayLife Parktown, Gauteng (12 Month contract)

Date: 27 May 2026

Location:

Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

Company: Sanlam Group

MiwayLife is dedicated to supporting, growing and empowering clients with affordable, simple, and suitable solutions, primarily through telephonic intermediary channels. We have tied sales agents, all dedicated to meeting the financial needs of our clients and prospective clients.
MiwayLife’s vision is to establish a world-class direct financial service business that seeks to:
⦁ offer its clients excellent service, superior value products, and fair treatment always;
⦁ be an employer of choice; and
⦁ be a good corporate citizen and play a meaningful role in the transformation of the Financial Services industry.

MiwayLife’s culture is values-based and is built around the pillars of Accountability, Attitude, Energy Freedom and Professionalism. We are a family of vibrant and energetic free-thinkers, constantly looking to innovate and disrupt.

What will you do?

This is a fixed term contract role.

They key responsibilities for this role is Human Resources administration support and coordination with regard to:

Recruitment, selection, and induction processes
- Advertising vacancies in our recruitment portals.
- Shortlisting of potential candidates from recruitment portals and recruitment agencies
- Regular communication with candidates
- Schedule interviews and assessments for shortlisted applicants
- Arrange orientation and induction for newcomers.
- Prepare and send out regret communication to unsuccessful candidates.
- Responsible for onboarding and off boarding of employees
- Complete background and risk checks for successful applicants
Handling employee enquiries relating to HR processes
Compiling of monthly HR reports
Diary management
Drafting of Letters pertaining to IR matters
General office management - coordinating of interviews, assessments, and HR onboarding sessions.
Assist with HR Projects
Ad hoc support

What will make you successful in this role?

Qualification & experience

Human Resources related qualification.
2 - 3 years HR administration experience
A good understanding and knowledge of HR related processes and systems
Experience in bulk recruitment will be advantageous.
Computer literate in MS office i.e., Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint

Knowledge and skills

MS Office
Financial Services Industry Knowledge
Reporting
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
A high level of confidentiality
Excellent interpersonal and customer-facing skills

Personal qualities

Cultivates Innovation
Client Focus
Drives Results
Collaborates
Flexibility and Adaptability
Action orientated
Plans and aligns
Optimises work processes
Concern for order and accuracy
Effective Communication skills

Qualification and Experience

Grade 12 with some general office and/or personnel experience.

Knowledge and Skills

HR Process and Practice implementation

HR administrative support

Data analytics and MIS reporting

Personal Attributes

Interpersonal savvy - Contributing dependently

Decision quality - Contributing dependently

Action orientated - Contributing dependently

Optimises work processes - Contributing dependently

Build a successful career with us

We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realize their worth.

Core Competencies

Cultivates innovation - Contributing dependently

Customer focus - Contributing dependently

Drives results - Contributing dependently

Collaborates - Contributing dependently

Being resilient - Contributing dependently

Turnaround time

Due date for applications:

The closing date for applications is 3rd June 2026.

Note though that the recruiter reserves the right to withdraw the advertisement prior to the closing date, or to allow for further applications to be submitted after the closing date indicated.

Turnaround times

The time taken to complete this process depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.

Our commitment to transformation

MiwayLife is committed to transformation and embracing diversity and our employment equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society as well as people with disabilities.