Employee Relations Wellness Specialist at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Summary

• To advise business and employees on Labour related issues, highlighting the risks to the business and employees alike whilst ensuring that fair and equitable employee relations outcomes are achieved.

Job Description

• Implement ER Strategy: Provide advice on the specific relevance to the strategy.
• Cascade the ER strategy within the Cluster Ensure the ER Policies, Disciplinary Code and procedures are implemented within the Cluster.
• Measure the ER climate in the environment as per Cluster requirements.
• Ensure the cluster leadership engages appropriately with the country ER, Wellness and Diversity Programme. 
• Provide specialist ER, Wellness, Diversity and Inclusion advise:
• Ensure ER model is applied within the Cluster Motivate line managers to enhance their skills levels to manage ER in their environments Run face to face workshops for presiding officers
• Be available for ER Specialist advice on ER policy, process and programmes (including IR, Wellness, Diversity and Inclusion.)
• Apply the appropriate advice and input consistently within the guidelines of the Regional ER Principles, Policies, Disciplinary Code and Procedures.
• Manage high risk cases, cases involving senior employees of the Bank, CCMA cases and cases where the outcome may be dismissal.
• Refer all cases to be logged via the HR Contact Centre Be available for support of other Cluster Represent the Group in external dispute resolution, e.g.: ➢ Interaction with Sasbo ➢ Representing Absa in the CCMA ➢
• Acting as liaison between the group and external parties acting against or on behalf of Absa Build relationships with unions on Cluster matters; manage union expectations and act as key contact within the environment Provide input and conclusion to Tip-offs and Dear Maria’s in the province on request 
• Implement ER projects in Cluster: Act as key contact point for the planning and implementation of ER projects in the province: Wellness Days and events Diversity and Inclusion events ER / IR communications and change Identify initiatives to improve ER in the province, obtain local and group sign off and implement.

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Labour Law (Required)