Assistant Director: Labour Relations at Northern Cape Provincial Treasury

REQUIREMENTS :

• NQF6/7 qualification in Labour Relations/Human Resource Management/Industrial Psychology or Law.
• A minimum of 3–4-year experience working with Labour legislation and prescripts. Ability to interpret and apply policies.

DUTIES :

• Facilitate formal and informal disciplinary procedures as well as grievances: Conduct investigations on cases reported. Initiate proceedings of disciplinary hearings. Scrutinize and analyse misconduct cases to determine if there are grounds to charge. Facilitate the resolution of grievances and ensure grievances are dealt with in terms of its rules. Report the findings of cases to the relevant line managers.
• Monitor compliance with labour legislation, regulations and resolutions applicable in the public service (Department): Monitor the implementation of collective agreements and compliance thereof. Provide advisory services to line management on labour matters. Provide training on labour relations related policies and legislations.
• Compile quarterly case law reviews. Represent the employer in disciplinary hearings, conciliation or arbitration cases, bilateral multilateral meetings with trade union and bargaining structures: Scrutinize and analyse conciliation/arbitration awards. Ensure that all policies affecting employees directly are discussed and deliberated upon in the relevant structures.
• Collate and maintain records, statistics, register in respect of labour unrest, dispute and discipline within the Department: Record and report on all misconduct and grievance cases received. Record and update register on labour unrest.