Assistant Director: Employee Relations at Department Of Tourism

REQUIREMENTS :

• A recognised NQF Level 6 qualification in Human Resources/Labour Relations/ Labour Law or Law. A minimum of 3-4 years of relevant experience in the appropriate environment of which 2 years should be on a senior practitioner level or equivalent. Knowledge of relevant Acts and Prescripts. 

DUTIES :

• The successful candidate will be responsible for facilitating and coordinating disciplinary processes; Ensuring registration of misconduct cases; Implementing outcomes of the Financial Misconduct Committee’s (FIMCO) decisions; Facilitating the appointment of investigators, initiators and presiding officers; Conducting investigations into allegations of misconduct and compile reports; Formulating charges of misconduct and preparing submissions; Preparing witness and initiating cases; Receiving presiding officer’s reports and drafting submissions; Communicating the outcome of the disciplinary hearing; Preparing submissions to the Minister of his delegate if appeal has been lodged; Capturing the outcome of disciplinary hearings on PERSAL; Processing of referred Harassment Cases; Facilitating and coordinating grievances and dispute resolutions;
• Ensuring registration of grievances; Facilitating the appointment of investigating officers; Co-ordinating the finalisation of grievances; Conducting investigations or convening conciliation or mediation meetings where appropriate; Receiving investigations officer’s reports and drafting submissions for approval; Communicating the outcome of the grievance to the aggrieved employee; Routing grievances to the Minister if employee remained dissatisfied; Recording receipts of disputes referral forma and notices from Council and Commission; Preparing documentary evidence on disputes; Coordinating the attendance of the dispute’s jurisdiction, condonation, representation, etc.; Advising implementation outcomes of the proceedings; Facilitating the promotion of sound relations between employer, trade unions and employees; Facilitating two (2) trainings per annum; Identifying priority areas within the department requiring training;
• Compiling training plan; Conducting impact assessment report; Conducting benchmarking exercises within the relevant institutions; Monitoring employee relations trends in terms of collective bargaining internally (DBC) and externally Council; Providing written or oral advice to management and officials; Coordinating and providing technical and secretarial services to the Departmental Bargaining Chamber (DBC); Coordinating four (4) DBC’s per annum; Establishing the employer’s availability for DBC meetings; Circulating the relevant documents to the Chamber Administrator; Taking minutes during the Task Team meetings, bi-laterals and multi-laterals and follow up on inputs made; Liasing with policy drafters for availability for the DBC; Obtaining policies, presentations and documents from drafters; Coordinating logistics for DBC and Bi-laterals venue, parking, communication; Securing a mandate where needed; Circulating the yearly meeting schedule to DG and organised labour;
• Ensuring that statical reports are compiled; Ensuring that databases of grievances and misconduct cases are updated regularly; Ensuring that six monthly grievances statistics are compiled and submitted to the Public Service Commission (PSC); Ensuring that annual financial misconduct report is compiled to the PSC; Ensuring that quarterly reports on Employee Relations (ER) cases are compiled and submitted to the Department of Public Service Administration (DPSA); Ensuring that monthly and quarterly reports are compiled for management.