GVI Planet is hiring a
Reports to: Head of People
Contract duration: 6 month contract (with the possibility of extension)
Working location: Option to work remotely or from our office in Tokai, Cape Town
Start date: ASAP
About GVI
Looking to find a real purpose in your career again? At GVI, our teams bring a range of specialised skills together for a common goal: supporting a more sustainable future.
GVI is an international multi-award-winning social enterprise. We offer conservation and community development programs in 13 countries, all aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and led by our teams and experts from the communities we operate in.
Working at GVI is fast-paced and fun. We value passion, authenticity and innovation, and we treat each other with respect. But we can do better than words to show you who we are! To see what it's really like to work for GVI, click here.
About the role
GVI is looking for a highly personable, proactive, capable HR and recruitment professional to join our People Team. This is an incredible opportunity for someone passionate about HR and recruitment, but who is also keen to work for a global, purpose-driven organization on a mission to make a positive impact around the world!
The People Team is currently a multifaceted team of two, who take care of everything people related across our global team including HR, recruitment, onboarding, office management, well-being, training, development, and ongoing engagement. This role will be dynamic and fast-paced, with no two days alike, and will demand the ability to multitask, innovate and be highly flexible.
Our People Team is currently based in Cape Town, as part of the Central Support office, however, is currently working predominantly remotely, therefore this role has the ability to be based anywhere in South Africa.
Role and responsibilities:
Assisting with traditional HR administrative duties (compliance, performance management, administration, etc.)
Full life cycle recruitment of varying global roles. This includes: writing and posting job ads, screening CVs, doing first interviews, managing the candidate experience, reference checking, and contracting
Ensuring our Applicant Tracking System and HR database is up to date and organized (filing/auditing/pulling reports, etc.)
Assisting with onboarding new starters: coordination and documentation
Assisting with ad hoc office management duties when applicable
Assisting with, and contributing to, ongoing engagement, training and development initiatives
About you
If you are ambitious, purpose-driven, and you have a great sense of humour, we want to meet you. As an organisation, we know that welcoming a broad range of people with unique identities makes us a more powerful workforce and we are committed to evolving our diversity, equity and inclusion practice.
Personal attributes:
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Benefits
We’re not interested in empty perks like having a coffee culture. We do have coffee – if you join our central team in Cape Town, you could find yourself roped into coffee and snack challenges if you visit the office, but you could just as easily be taking your morning coffee at Roots cafe, high in the mountains of northern Thailand if you work on a base. Here’s what our global team enjoys:
You can find out more about the type of work GVI does and who we are as an organisation here.
To apply
Please send your CV, and LinkedIn link along with a cover letter stating why you feel you would be best suited to this position at GVI.
Please note: We will do our utmost to respond to all applicants, however, given the large volume of applications we receive, this isn't always possible. If you do not hear back from us within three-four weeks, please take it that on this occasion your application was unsuccessful.