Employee Relations Manager at Bayport Financial Services

The purpose of this position is to:

• Design, develop and implement proactive labour relations’ policies, structures and procedures to enable effective management of disciplinary, incapacity, grievance, and other labour relations related matters.
• Assess and mitigate the risks on all disciplinary, incapacity, appeal, grievance, and labour dispute matters.
• Responsible for strategic and legal advice to management on labour related matters.
• Ensure that issues raised by employees are resolved in a fair and equitable matter.
• Review internal procedures in line with any legislative amendments and or practices with Bayport.
• Up to date recording of labour related matters.
• As and when required conduct or assist with internal or otherwise investigations related to employee relations.
• Represent the Company at CCMA proceedings and assist with Labour Court cases.
• Responsible for the formulation of HR related policies and procedures.

Requirements

EDUCATION

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor Degree in Law or Human Resource Management with a specialization in labour relations.

DESIRED REQUIREMENTS

• Postgraduate Diploma in Labour Relations Management

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum 5 years related working experience in Human Resources with 2 years in a managerial capacity in Employee Relations functions.
• Minimum 5 years related working experience in the Financial Industry.
• Strong understanding of South African Employment Law, (BCEA, LRA, EEA, OHSA, SDA etc.).
• Experience in managing the disciplinary enquiry process, CCMA cases, Retrenchments and other labour related issues
• Experience in managing a team of employees
• Ability to coach and guide the management team and employees on labour relations related matters
• Problem solving skills

DESIRED REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to manage and ensure that the poor performance management process adheres to labour legislation
• Strong analytical, drafting and presentation skills
• Excellent command of both English and other African languages
• Partnering with the Forensics Team in investigating employee related cases

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Proficient Computer Literacy (MS Office)
• Good written and verbal communication (English)