Deputy Director: Labour Relations at Limpopo Department of Sport, Arts and Culture

REQUIREMENTS :

• A three-year National Diploma (NQF level 6) or Bachelor’s Degree in Labour Relations / Labour Law or equivalent qualification related to the field.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in Labour Relations environment, of which 3 years must be at an Assistant Director level (Junior Management). A valid driver’s License (except for persons with disabilities).

DUTIES :

• Disciplinary code and procedure, dispute resolution procedure councils and chambers resolutions in the department: Conduct a survey on the status of grievance rules ,disciplinary code and procedure, dispute procedure councils and chambers resolutions in the department, advise the hod on grievance rules ,misconduct, disputes and resolutions, collect statistics on grievances, misconduct and disputes and analyse the trend, compile a consolidated report on grievances, misconduct and disputes for submission to management and other relevant stakeholders, make recommendations to the hod on intervention strategies, develop intervention strategies to address the challenges and coordinate the flow of information on grievances, misconduct, disputes and resolutions to the key stakeholders. Handle and facilitate grievances, misconduct cases, dispute resolution and capacity building in the department: Receive allegations of misconduct from supervisors and or managers, secure attendance of witnesses to be present at the hearings, advise the Head of Department on all matters related to labour remedial service/misconduct cases, recommend the appointments of employer representative and chairperson of the disciplinary hearing, represent the employer during disciplinary hearings, draft allegations in terms of clauses 6 and 7 of the disciplinary code and procedure, PSCBS Resolution 1 of 2003, and inform the alleged offender about his/her rights, communicate the outcome of the disciplinary hearing with the alleged offender, preside over disciplinary hearings in terms of clause 7.3 of code, raise with the offending employee to submit an appeal, refer the appeal to the Executive Authority, receive complaints and grievances lodged including referrals of disputes declared, analyse issues in disputes surrounding grievances and disputes, advise and seek mandate from Head of Department for resolution of disputes, advise management on the validity of the complaints and or grievances, investigate the grievance and seek a fair resolution thereof, advise the aggrieved and management on the status of the grievance, advise the aggrieved employee on the outcome thereof if finalized and conduct research on the subject for capacity development, conduct capacity development and compile a report to the HOD thereof.
• Coordinate, monitor and evaluate the implementation of collective agreements in the Department: Facilitate and monitor implementation of collective agreements concluded in bargaining councils, coordinate, monitor and participate in the activities of task teams established in bargaining councils, conduct capacity building on collective agreements, report to the HOD and Management on the implementation of collective agreements.
• Coordinate, manage and monitor public service industrial action in the department, manage and monitor strike action in the department, develop a strike management plan, establish a departmental task team to manage the strike action, develop a contingency plan to minimize the harmful effects of strike action on service delivery, collect statistics on employees affected by the strike action, compile a report to Office of the Premier and other relevant stakeholders on the management of strikes,
• Coordinate, monitor, facilitate and evaluate capacity building on grievance rules and disciplinary code and procedure in the department: Coordinate capacity building sessions for the department, organise capacity building documents or manuals on grievance rules, disciplinary code and procedure and other relevant resolutions/collective agreements, develop capacity building programmes and advise and recommend to the HOD on Labour Relations capacity building needs.