HR Compliance Team Leader

This role suits a detail-driven professional with strong experience in recruitment compliance or HR governance within a fast-paced, multi-client environment. You will lead and develop a compliance team, drive continuous improvement, and ensure alignment with South African labour legislation including BCEA, LRA, EEA, and POPIA. Experience in audits, risk management, and ATS/HRIS workflows is important, along with the ability to translate complex regulations into practical, operational guidance.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and developing a recruitment compliance team, with clear ownership of performance, capability, and delivery standards
• Setting KPIs, quality benchmarks, and governance frameworks aligned to business and client expectations
• Coaching and mentoring team members to strengthen legislative understanding, decision-making, and audit readiness
• Owning and maintaining recruitment-related policies, ensuring alignment with labour legislation and data protection requirements
• Translating legislative updates into clear, practical guidance for recruiters and stakeholders
• Acting as a subject matter expert on recruitment compliance and policy interpretation
• Managing the full pre-employment screening framework, including identity, right-to-work, qualifications, references, and role-specific checks
• Ensuring all screening practices are legally sound, proportionate, and aligned to data privacy requirements
• Overseeing vendor performance, SLAs, and quality of screening outputs
• Driving standards for digital employee file completeness, accuracy, and governance
• Leading file audits, remediation efforts, and ongoing quality assurance processes
• Partnering with HR and payroll teams to address systemic gaps and improve controls
• Designing and leading internal and client-facing audit programmes, including routine audits and spot checks
• Managing risk registers, corrective actions, and ongoing compliance improvement initiatives
• Representing the function in client audits and governance discussions
• Embedding client-specific contractual requirements into recruitment processes and compliance frameworks
• Delivering training and maintaining a central knowledge base for compliance, policy, and legislative updates
• Producing dashboards and reporting on compliance performance, using insights to drive continuous improvement

Key requirements:

• A relevant qualification in HR, law, compliance, or risk is expected, with professional membership (such as SABPP) being advantageous
• 5 to 7 years experience in recruitment compliance, HR governance, or risk within a high-volume environment
• Proven experience leading and developing teams
• Strong working knowledge of South African labour legislation, including BCEA, LRA, EEA
  
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