Human Resources Superintendent – Melrose and Group Projects at Glencore

The role is responsible for providing an HR Service to the Melrose office (Coal Assets and Shared Services in the Coal payroll) and ensure the proper coordination of the Employee Relations, Wellness and Transformation (HR Elements) initiatives; conduct gap analyses of HR Policies and recommend updates in line with legislation, Glencore Human Resources Standards and ICMM Performance Expectations; as well as coordinating other Group HR Projects. 

 Key Responsibilities

• Providing full HR Support for the Melrose Coal Assets Office.
• Coordinating the timeous compilation and review of all relevant legislative planning and reporting documents to various government bodies and other relevant industry bodies including but not limited Social and Labour Plans, Mining Charter Reports, Department of Employment Labour EE Plans, BCEA variations, Minerals Council of South Africa reports etc.
• Providing support for the establishment and maintenance of relevant HR Policies, procedures, templates and systems as they relate to employee relations, employee wellness and transformation (HR elements) and other relevant HR processes and projects.
• Coordinating the activities of various Group Consultative Forums in line with the Employee Relations Framework and Participative Structures Agreement, including driving the execution of elements agreed to in the wage agreements.
• Collating, preparing and obtaining sign-off for all HR internal communication and campaigns and liaising with the Communications Department as relevant.
• Consolidating of monthly reports in areas of responsibility, monitoring of trends and driving the sharing of examples of internal and external best practices.

 Minimum Qualification:

• Relevant Degree in Human Resources/Social Sciences.
• A relevant post-graduate qualification is an added advantage.

Minimum Experience:

• Minimum 5-7 years HR Generalist experience, 2 of which must be at an HR Officer level.
• Working experience of the application of the various HR Policies and Procedures, with a specific focus on Employee Relations, Wellness and Transformation.
• Working experience of the various systems used in HR Administration and reporting including MS Office Packages and SAP.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Ability to initiate and build long-term trust relations with stakeholders across all levels in the business.
• Ability to take the initiative and invest energy to make things happen.
• Ability to stay calm and focused on the task at hand under pressure.
• Consciousness for details and the ability to produce constantly high quality and accurate work.