The Customer Engagement Administrator is responsible for executing Contact Centre and Walk-In Centre activities to ensure excellent customer service delivery. The role involves resolving first-line HR and employee queries, verifying system information, and submitting payroll input documentation. The incumbent will support Employee Services processes including Learning and Development, Employee Data Management, and Payroll Execution. They will also develop strong working relationships with resolver groups to manage workflow and query resolution effectively.

Responsibilities

• Portray a professional, customer orientated image of the GSS Employee Services organization.
• Cultivate trust within all customer relationships by means of effective customer communication and interact effectively while displaying empathy and courtesy. Continuously provide customer service in accordance with good corporate governance, rules and regulations
• Work as an integrated Employee Services team member with the Employment Data Management and Payroll Execution teams to ensure knowledge transfer
• Assist Customers in making more effective use of self-service stations and systems, products and services
• Educate and inform customers on the full range of services rendered by the Global Shared Services
• Staff and operate the Walk In Centre / Contact Centre with regards to:
• Current employee queries
• Potential future employee queries?
• Ex-employee queries
• Management queries
• HR queries
• Interface with customers and service providers by providing a first line problem resolution service for the GSS and the Customer
• Respond to and investigate Customer queries and problems reported
• Escalate tier 2 type queries to resolvers in the Employee Data Management and Payroll Execution teams for remedial actions. The incumbent must develop strong working relationships with these resolver groups to ensure effective management of workflow and the efficient resolution of queries
• Ensure correct logging of queries on the relevant systems
• Follow up and provide feedback, guidance and information to customers and stakeholders within the required SLA
• Assess common query trends and make recommendations of processes to be implemented to alleviate the creation of queries
• Where and when required, engage with the customer/s in order to resolve outbound queries referred to the WIC by the Contact Centre
• Respond to Customer Service requests (prioritizing as appropriate) e.g. reprinting of payslips, printing relevant payroll documents including leave form requests, etc.
• Ensure accurate and methodical logging of customer requests on the relevant systems
• Printing, sealing and distribution of monthly remuneration statements/payslips
• Receive customer documents to be forwarded to the Employee Data Management team
• Verify documents in terms of appropriate levels of customer approval. This includes checking validity of information captured on the payroll forms, ensuring all relevant fields are completed and rejecting documents that do not comply
• Verify documents in terms of correctness in terms of the Customer HR policies, procedures and relevant conditions of employment
• Ensure that the correct ES forms are utilized
• Where applicable and appropriately delegated, accept third party documentation on behalf of the customer and forward to Employee Data Management team
• Batch documents as per system requirements
• Scan payroll documentation into relevant OCR scanning system (courier arrangement - this may be BU specific)
• Act as a distribution point for distribution of general GSS and HR information distribution e.g. IRP5’s, Retirement Fund statements, etc.
• HR approval and forwarding to the successful job applicant
• Arrange logistics for medical examination required
• Contact successful applicant and confirm when he/she must report for service
• Arrange logistics for employee’s first day in service and notify necessary parties of start date
• Arrange company asset allocation for new employee based on the list received from Line Manager
• Physically engage employee by means of assisting employee to complete Sign on pack / employment
• Contract and relevant operational and statutory forms and as per information from the signed offer letter and applicable or relevant company policies
• Providing an Induction training session on the Customer’s conditions of employment (mainly for assisted employees). Where required employees can be assisted individually
• Forward employee contract to the embedded HR for relevant Manager sign-off and employee filing
• Submit engagement documentation to ES processing
• Forward termination pack to Embedded HR
• When received back, check document for relevant completion and forward to Employee Services processing
• Where and when required, advise employee and Embedded HR on termination requirements and processes
• Prepare permanent appointment letter for employees that received permanent appointment and sent to Embedded HR
• Actively pursues the exchange and preservation of information between operations and individuals to facilitate effective knowledge management according to organisational objectives
• Builds relationships with others in the Global Shared Services by sharing business information and knowledge
• Responsible for standardisation of delivery to the business by supporting the Service Management Framework
• Manages stakeholders by adhering to service level agreements
• Establishes and maintains Business Partner Relationships with the appropriate parties to facilitate the optimal functioning of the Walk-In Centre / Contact Centre
• Demonstrate behaviour in line with health, safety and environmental standards
• Report to your leader about any issues you cannot address
• Demonstrate behaviour in line with the Group’s values, standards and a professional workplace
• Participate as an effective team member by working collaboratively with your leader, peers and relevant others (including from other teams where relevant) to achieve business goals
• Operate in a cost effective way, within limits set by your leader
• Work within policies, processes and systems and advise your leader of any issues which impede your, or the team’s performance

Requirements

• Matric / Grade 12.
• Payroll or HR qualification (Recognition of Prior Learning will be acknowledged).
• Knowledge of SAP systems (SAP 409, SAP Fusion)
• Knowledge of a relevant query management system
• 2 – 4 years’ experience of working in a HR or Payroll field