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HR & Admin Officer

OperationsSalcedo Village, Makati CityOnsiteFull-time

₱28,000 – ₱32,000 / month

You'll be the person who keeps designblue running — hiring, onboarding, payroll attendance, government remittances, and the office itself. It's a small team, so this is one role, not a department.

₱28,000 to ₱32,000 a month, depending on your experience and what you bring, plus ₱2,850 a month in non-taxable allowances — rice, uniform and laundry — and a meal allowance for days you're in the office. Full-time, onsite Monday to Friday at our office in Salcedo Village, Makati.

We're a design and web development agency of about a dozen people. Our clients are banks, insurers, hospitals, airports and listed companies — Aboitiz Land, InLife Benefits, Mactan-Cebu Airport, RCBC, Robinsons. The people building those sites need someone making sure they get hired properly, paid on time, and remitted for correctly. That's you.

A normal month looks like this. You post an opening on JobStreet and Indeed, screen who applies, and set up interviews. You prepare attendance for each payroll cutoff and send it to our outside accountants, then chase down anything that doesn't match before it becomes someone's short paycheck. You make sure SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG contributions go out on time and that every employee's 201 file is complete. In between, you're running to the bank, keeping petty cash honest, and making sure the office is ready when a client walks in.

You'll work directly with the Managing Director and the Head of Operations. There's no HR manager above you and no manual to hide behind, which is exactly why this suits someone who already knows the Philippine basics and likes owning them.

The honest part: some days are all people and paperwork, and some days you're out at a government office for half the afternoon. If you like a job where you can see that things are in order because you put them there, you'll fit in here.

Apply through this page. Tell us briefly about the HR and admin work you've handled on your own, not only as part of a team.

What you'll do

  • Run hiring from start to finish: job posts on JobStreet and Indeed, screening, interviews, offers and contracts
  • Onboard and offboard people — paperwork, access, clearances and final pay coordination
  • Keep attendance records accurate and prepare them for each payroll cutoff, flagging discrepancies before payroll runs
  • Work with our outside accountants on payroll, contributions and government compliance
  • Make sure SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG contributions and other remittances are paid on time
  • Maintain complete 201 files for every employee
  • Handle petty cash, bank runs, courier coordination, filing and renewals
  • Support the Managing Director with day-to-day scheduling and admin
  • Keep the office stocked and ready, and coordinate with building and cleaning staff
  • Organise team events and send internal announcements

What we're looking for

  • 1–3 years in HR, admin, or a combined HR/admin role
  • Working knowledge of Philippine labour law and government requirements — SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG, DOLE
  • Experience preparing attendance or timekeeping data for payroll
  • Organised and reliable: deadlines that involve other people's pay don't slip
  • Discreet with confidential information — salaries, contracts, personal records
  • Comfortable with Google Workspace, especially Sheets
  • Clear written and spoken English and Filipino
  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology or a related field
  • Able to work onsite in Salcedo Village, Makati, and travel to banks and government offices nearby
  • Legally allowed to work in the Philippines

Nice to have

  • Experience in a small company or agency, where HR and admin sat with one person
  • Handling government remittances directly through the agencies' online portals
  • Recruitment for creative or tech roles

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