Emeris consolidates resources and expertise from IIE Varsity College, IIE MSA, IIE-Vega School, and IIE School of Hospitality & Service Management, with a unified approach ensuring a consistent standard of excellence in teaching, learning, and student support. 

Independent Contractors and Sessional Worker Screening Process

• Check Independent Contractor ticketing system for call logged from Campuses, regarding Contracts, Annexures and Independent Contractor Payroll queries
• Perform Managed Integrity Evaluation (MIE) checks for new ICs, including qualification verification, professional membership (where applicable), passport and visa verification, and criminal checks.
• Complete IC screening process and upload all documentation into IC team folder, ensuring accuracy and compliance with PoPIA.
• Request approval for Non-South African Independent Contractor and Personal service provider in line with company and statutory requirements.

Administration Of Independent Contractors and Sessional Worker Contracts

• Check all screen documents are received relevant departments and uploaded into HR System in order to complete Independent Contractor Agreement and Annexures
• Responsible for ensuring that all Independent Contractors agreements and annexures meet the required company and audit standards.
• Send welcome email with onboarding documents as per the P15 check list to Independent Contractors
• Send Independent Contractor Agreement and Annexure to Dean/Authorised Signatory and Independent Contractor via Adobe sign, at the beginning of the year or when they start. 
• Follows up on any queries or outstanding documentation from the Independent Contractor packs before filing copies into Teams as per the naming conventions
• Checks the support documents from Independent Contractor are correct and meets audit standards. Ensures that the relevant payroll forms are uploaded in Teams folder for each Independent Contractor and that their details are loaded correctly in the HR Systems (Personal Info, Independent Contractor Agreement details etc.).
• Ensures that claiming deadlines are communicated to Independent Contractors on a monthly basis.

Administration Of Independent Contractors and Sessional Worker Payroll

• Capture and verify all payroll-related data for new hires, terminations, and changes (e.g., banking details, tax information, benefits) accurately in the HR system within payroll cut-off dates.
• Responsible for checking invoices are sign off by the respective Dean or Faculty Manager and Independent Contractors before capturing in the HR System, in line with the claim deadlines. Notify campuses of payments queries. 
• Ensure that all claims are reflecting on the Independent Contractor  Prelim payroll reports and the correct tax method has been deducted correctly for Independent Contractors. Ensure that the Team Lead completes prelim app together with the correction schedule (if applicable).
• Responsible for assisting Independent Contractors with any payment queries and escalating these to the Team Lead if need be.   
• Responsible for communicating with Faculties regarding termination of contracts in HR systems.

Ad Hoc

• Assist with payroll audits by providing accurate records and supporting documentation as required.
• Assist with National payroll projects as required
• Assist with National MIE checks