IR Officer at Adcorp Holdings Limited

Job Description:

• Is responsible to render sound labour relations to minimize conflict, increase productivity and efficiency and to establish and maintain good and fair labour relation practices to ACMS and client.
• To develop and maintain a high performance, productive, responsive and flexible work force through the application of sound human resource management and employee relations principles.

Minimum Requirements:

Experience:

• Minimum 3 - 5 yrs. Labour Relations experience essential with extensive exposure to CCMA, Conciliation, Arbitrations, unions etc.
• Proven experience in managing the delivery of personnel services to a workforce in excess of 600 employees.
• Experience within the distribution and logistics sector will be an added advantage
• Registration with a professional body would be advantageous

Qualification:

• Grade 12
• Labour Law or IR qualification or equivalent 

Additional Requirements:

• N/A

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Maintain oversight of all TSE first-line discipline (charge sheets, warnings, notices, etc.)
• Oversee and get involved with Disciplinary Proceedings (Grievances, Desertions, Counselling, Informal And Formal Hearings)
• Facilitate disciplinary enquiries, appeals, grievances and CCMA cases;
• Maintain the IR tracker;
• Advise employees and management on disciplinary processes and procedures;
• Attend CCMA when required on conciliation and Arbitration;
• Assist with the documentation for Arbitration;
• Liaise with Union officials and representatives when required.
• Co-ordinate all external referred disputes i.e. Labour Court, CCMA;
• Arrange and collate background information on disputes; 
• Conduct preliminary investigations and compile background reports for submission to Bargaining Council;
• Research relevant case law, liaise with labour experts and compile case reports in preparation for disputes for either arbitration or CCMA;
• Ensure formal engagement between labour and employer for purposes of consultation and negotiation;
• Give advice to Management, staff and unions on labour-related matters and evaluate policies and procedures in line with labour legislation;
• Build and maintain constructive relationships with unions, management and councillors;
• Ensure compliance with relevant collective agreement;
• Monitor and give advice with the handling of disciplinary hearings/incapacity hearings;
• Conduct preliminary investigations to establish the need for formal disciplinary procedures to be proceeded with;
• Coordinate and facilitate Labour Relations Training;
• Implement and maintain strike contingency plans;
• Keep a record of daily Labour Relations-related activities, and update records and files to maintain a database of labour matters.Receive all regional legal correspondence and liaise with all stakeholders to ensure auctioning thereof;
• Compile any Industrial Relations documentation linked to labour matters;
• Develop and maintain an effective process for the storage, indexing, sorting, classifying, filing, and communication of all Industrial Relations documentation
• Consolidate DC Industrial Relations stats in region, suspension and settlement report, training report and others as requested by regional management
• Complete monthly Industrial Relations Report, analyse and make recommendations before submission to National Operations Manager
• Complete Industrial Relations Training Tracker Report and submit it to National Operations Manager
• Ensure that CCMA cases are controlled and regulated to minimize costs
• Establish and maintain relationships with internal staff to enhance a transparent and open working relationship resulting in minimised risk to the DC.
• Stay abreast of all legislative changes in order to keep regional management and clients informed at all times
• Design and implement labour relations-related initiatives within the company and with clients, thereby creating unique differentiators
• Provide input/guidance to clients on Labour Relations matters to minimise risk
• Develop and implement action plans around specific labour relations-type situations
• Custodian of internal company Labour Relations documentation and processes, and make recommendations and agreed on changes.

End Date: October 25, 2025