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SOUTH AFRICAN FORESTRY COMPANY (SAFCOL)
 


PLANTATION MANAGER 
Status: Permanent
Location: Uitsoek Plantation 
Grade: D3 
Reporting line: Regional Manager: South 
 
Role Mandate 
To manage a small plantation (Uitsoek) including all different activities within the plantation according to company policies, targets and objectives to maximize plantation profitability and sustainability. 
 
Key Accountabilities 
• Identify plantation risk and implement risk mitigation strategies 
• Develop and implement security systems in accordance with company regulations 
• Minimize CARS, manage CAR system and retention of FCS certification 
• Ensure consistent improvement of risk management processes 
• Manage plantation according to FSC principles 
• Ensure implementation of health and safety programmes and fire protection 
• Develop and implement mitigation strategies, environmental conservation policies in accordance with FSC requirements 
• Ensure management of growing stock, maintenance of fixed and moveable assets 
• Coordinate plantation activities and ensure maximisation of plantation resources 
• Manage and implement establishment, weeding and pruning operations according to company policies 
• Manage, implement thinning and clear-felling operations in accordance to company standards 
• Manage and maintain roads infrastructure according to company policies 
• Facilitate management and control pre-identified annual timber volumes 
• Lead optimisation of forest and non-forest products 
• Ensure pre-identified productions targets are met 
• Establish and maintain good relationship with internal and external stakeholders 
• Liaise with CSI regarding community projects and provide continuous support on implementation of community projects 
• Maintain membership, participate and provide input to Joint Community Forum 
• Maintain membership and participate on relevant FPA’s 
• Prepare detailed annual plantation budget and ensure approval thereof 
• Manage and control budgeted production cost 
• Manage and control annual expenditure within budgetary framework 
• Manage unplanned financial and operational risk 
 
Minimum Requirements 
• National Diploma in Forestry (NQF level 6) 
• B-Tech/ BSc. Degree in Forestry (NQF Level 7) will be added advantage 
• 5 Years’ experience as a Senior Forester in silviculture/ harvesting operations
• Valid driver’s license 
 
Leadership Competencies
• Driving change
• Operational delivery
• Self-awareness
• Business acumen
• People management
 
Behavioural Competencies
• Regulatory and compliance
• Planning and organizing
• Conflict management
• Problem solving
• Stakeholder management
• Coaching and mentoring
 
Technical Competencies
• Forest management and planning
• Business optimisation
• Safety management
• Fire prevention and control
 
 
SAFCOL Group is an equal opportunity company with the focus on gender equality and people with disabilities. 
 
Employment Equity will be taken into consideration in terms of all appointments within SAFCOL. 
 
Interested qualified individuals can e-mail a concise CV and must submit relevant copies of qualifications in confidence to: 
By submitting your CV to SAFCOL, you hereby give permission to circulate your information to the interview panel members for this vacancy only. Your information will not be used for any other position/purpose and will be disregarded after an offer has been made. 
 
Interested qualified individuals can e-mail a concise CV and must submit relevant copies of qualifications in confidence 
 
Ms. Magdeline Selopyane, Human Capital Practitioner, magdalinerecruitment@safcol.co.za  Tel no: 013 754 2700/2900 
 
Closing date: 24 February 2022 
 
Should you not have received a response within 30 days of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.





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MANAGER: PAYROLL 
Status: Permanent
Location: Nelspruit Office 
Grade: D2 
Reporting Line: Senior Manager: HCIS, Governance & Reporting 
 
Role Mandate 
To effectively manage the centralised payroll (wage & salary) function for the SAFCOL Group in line with stipulated deadlines, and in compliance with company policies and procedures and relevant legislation. 
 
Key Accountabilities 
• Ensure net salary run (ACB) is conducted timeously 
• Prepare third party payments and captures on financial system 
• Prepare salary journals from payroll and captures to financial system 
• Ensure timeous and accurate payments to SARS to avoid penalties 
• Ensure that payroll third party payments are processed and paid accurately and timeously 
• Oversee the process of data capturing into payroll system is accurately and timeous captured 
• Maintain and file all payroll input data for audit purpose 
• Ensure employees’ salaries are paid timeously and accurately 
• Ensure proper administration of medical aid deductions and payment thereof 
• Administer benefit plans 
• Build and maintain effective working relationship with all relevant internal and external stakeholders 
• Resolve and manage all payroll related queries 
• Prepare and process annual salary increase schedule and upload into payroll system 
• Develop and oversee implementation of payroll policies procedures and processes
• Ensure no fictitious payments are made 
• Ensure that payroll complies with all relevant legislations 
• Identify payroll system ineffectiveness and provides solutions 
• Ensure payroll system is constantly updated and upgraded to meet the relevant changes in legislation 
• Ensure payroll inputs are valid and reviewed before salary payments are made 
• Ensure paid employees have been confirmed by the relevant Business Unit 
• Compare employees on payroll system against budgeted headcount 
• Manage South African Revenue Services (SARS) payments 
• Prepare and submit COIDA employee’s earning data for COIDA assessments 
• Perform monthly backups and rollovers to next month 
• Execute payroll stop further entries 
• Prepare and submit bi-annual and annual tax reconciliation to SARS 
• Prepare and disseminate IRP5/IT3’s for all SAFCOL employees 
• Identify risk areas and provide mechanisms to mitigate possible risks, which include ghost employees 
• Continuously monitor opportunities and incidences of fraud and ensure these are mitigated accordingly 
• Ensure all payroll information and records are maintained in accordance with statutory requirements and support internal and external audits 
• Prepare and processes payroll clearing journals monthly 
• Ensure that payroll clearing reconciliations are done monthly and cleared, where necessary 
• Perform employee debtor’s reconciliations monthly and summarise it for management reports 
• Process monetary applications and its recovery from payroll 
• Reconcile the advance account and other payroll deductions 
• Ensure that all payroll employees have signed performance agreements 
• Conduct regular performance review for payroll employees 
• Identify and draw up action plans to address poor performance (payroll employees), where applicable 
• Identify training or development needs for payroll employees and suggest appropriate intervention to close gaps, when required 
• Ensure ongoing training and development of payroll employees 
• Implement consequence management in line with SAFCOL disciplinary policy and procedure, when required within the payroll section 
• Ensure that payroll costs are correctly allocated within business units 
• Provide payroll related reports after each month-end closure to relevant line managers and relevant stakeholders 
• Ensure interface between payroll and financial system by downloading reports, preparing journals, and importing to financial system 
• Prepare annual budget report and submit to relevant business units 
 
Minimum Requirements 
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, HR or similar (NQF Level 7) qualification 
• Post graduate Degree – will be an added advantage 
• Membership to payroll bodies – will be an added advantage 
• 5 year’s Payroll Administration experience of which, 2 years in a supervisory or management role 
• Experience in managing a payroll for a company with 2000 or more employees - will be an added advantage 
• Experience in SAP and Sage 300 - will be an added advantage 
• Valid driver’s licence 
• Be prepared to travel and to work additional hours to resolve Payroll and System problems 
 
Leadership Competencies
• Strategic Thinking
• Business Acumen
• Driving Change
• Operational Delivery Excellence
• Self-Awareness
• Leading Others
 
Behavioural Competencies
• Analytical & Problem Solving
• Attention to Detail
• Result Orientated
• Integrity
• Planning & Organising
• Risk Management
 
Technical Competencies
• Payroll Administration
• Advance Excel Knowledge/Skills
• Payroll Related Legislation
• Reconciliations
• Stakeholder Management
• Accounting & Financial Management (Basic)
 
 
SAFCOL Group is an equal opportunity company with the focus on gender equality and people with disabilities. 
 
Employment Equity will be taken into consideration in terms of all appointments within SAFCOL (Coloured Female will be targeted) 
 
By submitting your CV to SAFCOL, you hereby give permission to circulate your information to the interview panel members for this vacancy only. Your information will not be used for any other position/purpose and will be disregarded after an offer has been made. 
 
Interested qualified individuals can e-mail a concise CV with relevant copies of qualifications in confidence to: Ms. Sandra van der Walt, Human Capital Practitioner, sandrarecruitment@safcol.co.za, contact number 012 436 6378/082 079 1092 
 
Closing date: 22 February 2022 
 
Should you not have received a response within 30 days of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.